9 MEASURING APPARATUS, NAMELY, ADDING MACHINES AND REVOLUTION COUNTERS, FOR AUTOMATICALLY READING GAS METERS, ELECTRIC METERS, AND WATER METERS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AUTOMATIC METER READING GAS, ELECTRIC AND WATER METERS AND FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION GENERATED BY SUCH MEASURING APPARATUS VIA WIRELESS AND OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS