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In Germany, the enormous growth of distributed generation (DG), in particular from photovoltaic (PV) panels, pushes the low voltage (LV) networks to their limits. Over-voltages in LV networks limit the further absorption of DG, especially in rural and suburban areas. Several voltage control (VC) applications can be implemented to solve these issues. These VC applications can be further combined or even coordinated with the help of information and communication technology (ICT) to improve the control effect. This paper focusses on the combination and coordination of these VC applications. The control effects are evaluated are evaluated for a wide range of artificial synthetic LV networks. The assessment is made with the help of the Smart Grid Metrics framework (SGM).