Tele-information feature used outside France ?

[@VincentRecipon]

I've published a post about a GCE Teleinformation module which is connecting to electricity meter to retrieve information and send it to eedomus.
I 've put some time to translate the post in english, it's available here : http://www.vrdigitalworld.com/smarthome/test-du-module-tele-information-gce-electronics?lang=en

This tele information feature on meters is standard in France. I wonder if there is such kind of feature in other countries ? Are those using same kind of protocol or interface to send information ?

All in all, is that post relevant for other people outside France, and then should I translate posts regarding Tele information ?

[rickys]

Tele-information services are based on an alliance of digital telecommunication and computer technology that play an important role in inter-human communications. It is a classification of information flows broken down so that the presentation and information content are not confused with the character of the information flow. Tele-information services consist of four definable information traffic patterns being allocution, conversation, consultation and registration. These information traffic patterns can be combined to form more complex multi-pattern services and networks made up of any number of information traffic patterns. Must check 99Generatorfor more information.