Utrecht, The Netherlands – GreenPeak Technologies, a leading low power RF-semiconductor company, has announced the availability of a low cost, low power ZigBee solution for end nodes in the smart home. This will allow operators to further accelerate market adoption and enable ZigBee smart home solutions that cover the full home and last for up to 10 years without battery replacement.
Smart home service offerings such as home monitoring, energy monitoring and control, elderly care, etc. will now be available from operators at a very low cost, enabling profitable business models for them and their supply chain.
GreenPeak’s newly released low cost, low power and easy to install ZigBee PRO solution runs on coin-cell batteries for up to 10 years, essentially removing the need for battery replacement and allowing ZigBee smart home networks to become virtually maintenance free.
The robust devices can guarantee reliable, full home coverage. Easy to install, the ZigBee end nodes can be securely installed with a single click, allowing DIY installation by the consumer without requiring technical support.
In this way, GreenPeak’s ZigBee chips allow operators to address a very profitable US$3 billion smart home market. It also helps operators to further implement the strategy of making the set-top box the centre of the smart home by enabling customers to reach their devices at home with their smart phones from any location in the world.
“GreenPeak is the first to enable the development of ZigBee end node solutions for smart home applications that are robust, virtually maintenance free, low cost, and can be installed with a single click,” says Cees Links, Founder and CEO of GreenPeak Technologies. “Operators and service providers will be able to offer smart home services at a low initial cost and attractive monthly fees. By using GreenPeak chip solutions, sensor nodes manufacturers can supply devices around the US$5 mark, which is three to four times lower than the cost of ZigBee PRO offerings today. This will accelerate consumer acceptance and increase the ARPUs of the operators.”
Greg Potter of Multimedia Research Group says: “Operators looking to expand revenue by offering home automation services are currently driving the majority of growth in the connected home market. Low chipset costs, good security, and low power usage have made ZigBee the protocol of choice for most cable providers today and will remain so for the foreseeable future. In fact, revenues for services derived from ZigBee backbones within the home are set to grow immensely over the next years, and are driven primarily by cable providers and operators looking for new revenue streams by offering fifth play services.”
ZigBee and ZigBee PRO are trademarks of the ZigBee Alliance.
GreenPeak Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company and one of the leaders in the ZigBee market segment with a rich offering of semiconductor products and software technologies for smart home data communications and the Internet of Things.
The GreenPeak founders have significantly contributed to the invention of WiFi and made it into a commercial success, used by several billion people today. GreenPeak is recognised as a leader in developing new wireless technologies for consumer electronics and smart home applications, demonstrating rapid growth and adoption by major customers.
GreenPeak is privately funded. It is headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands and has offices in Belgium, France, USA, Japan and Korea.
