Smart Homes

A recent Comcast report, compiled from almost 1,300 US consumers, explained that what consumers really want in the IoT connected smart home is services – Smart Home as a Service (AKA SHaaS) – not a bunch of connected devices that remotely control various widgets and devices in the home.

Infotecs, announced its participation in Security of Things World, 27-28th June 2016, in Berlin. Infotecs together with its partner cloudKleyer will present the ViPNet cyber security solutions encompassing Mobile, Cloud, Internet of Things and Industrial Security.

The ULE Alliance, reported that a ULE gateway from Huawei, branded as Qivicon powered by Deutsche Telekom, successfully passed the ULE certification programme.

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number smart homes in Europe and North America reached 17.9 million in 2015.

The IoT Tech Expo will be descending on Berlin’s Congress Center in two weeks (June 13-14) for two days of networking, five conferences, an exclusive workshop and an exhibition including connected vehicles, 3D printers, VR, AI, and drones.

The smart home market holds out the possibility of being a game changer with a world of helpful promises made by HomeKit, Nest, Vivint, Philips and others.

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Jetsons-style smart homes were once a pipe dream for consumers, however they are now slowly becoming a reality across the world.

ROC-Connect, the Smart Home as a Service provider, announced that it has selected mnubo, the Internet of Things analytics company, to empower the home insurance as well as the home security market with valuable business insights.

Breed Reply, Reply’s IoT investor, funding and supporting startups in the Internet of Things space, announced that agreements have been signed with Connecterra (Netherlands), Kokoon (UK) and Sentryo (France).

Over the last few months Berg Insight has been looking closely at the smart homes market. Home automation technologies have been available for decades, but up till recently this has mainly been a niche segment either for the affluent or extreme technophiles. In the past few years the market has really taken off and is

The ULE Alliance has announced that 10 smart home products from Panasonic have successfully passed the certification programme for ULE (Ultra-Low Energy) devices.

The report is an extensive analysis of current industry structure prevalent in United Kingdom. It details all existing business verticals along with the prospects of novice additions.

Drivers would opt to pay up to an additional 10% of a new car’s price to get the in-car technology that they want, according to a new survey conducted by Accenture.

HGI announced the publication of three new documents that provide clear guidance to manufacturers about service provider requirements for Home Gateways in regards to Wi-Fi technology requirements, Wi-Fi system requirements and service support through software modularity.

Powerline manufacturer devolo reports that it has reached worldwide sales of over 30 million adapters for home networking.