smart homes
Connected homes will drive greater growth when the IoT sector learns to work together, says DT
Jon Carter, UK head of Business Development – Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom, tells M2M Now‘s Jeremy Cowan about the opportunities to expand the take-up of connected home technologies.
Read moreCompatibility and energy consumption are the keys to new smart home solutions
From new wireless solutions to intelligent door intercoms for the existing telephone system and wine refrigerators that can be monitored using an app, innovative smart home products were one of
Read moreControl system for smart homes already installed in 11% of Spanish homes with broadband
Today’s connected home is a changing place. The growing infiltration of high speed broadband is allowing consumers to acquire new habits and new devices with greater interconnection capacities. According to
Read moreNominees Product Innovation Awards European Utility Week 2014
The 12 nominees from the four categories of the European Utility Week Product Innovation Awards have been made public. After an intense period of sifting through the numerous entries the
Read moreWill Germany set the smart home standard?
In the UK, smart homes are mainly the preserve of the wealthy. In Germany however, the standards-based solution QIVICON has brought smart homes within reach of the wider public, and
Read moreOne in nine UK homes to be ‘smart’ by end of the year
London – 16 July 2014 – One in nine (11%) UK households will have at least one smart system by the end of this year, rising to over one in
Read moreQIVICON wins innovation prize and gains new partners
Bonn, Germany – International management consultancy Frost & Sullivan has announced smart home platform QIVICON as the winner of its European Visionary Innovation Leadership Award, naming QIVICON as the most innovative solution
Read moreTech Start-Up Launches Next Generation in Home Automation: The i-Bell Wi-Fi Doorbell
Ever wished you could be in two places at once? A brand new Wi-Fi enabled camera doorbell will launch with a crowdfunding campaign later this month making it possible to
Read moreIs M2M a waste of money?
(Blog) — As entrenched veterans in the machine-to-machine communications (M2M) industry, says Larry Bellehumeur, it’s easy to think what we do is absolutely vital and that anyone who doesn’t hop
Read moreBritish Gas chooses GEO for next generation energy displays
Cambridge, UK – Cambridge-based technology firm, Green Energy Options Ltd (GEO), has announced the award of two contracts with British Gas Trading Ltd for the provision of two customised in-home
Read moreM2M can make Jetsons-like homes, but will you pay for them?
(BLOG): July 8, 2013 — I’ve been reading a lot lately about Cisco’s vision of the Internet of Everything (IoE) and how it will change our lives. There have also
Read moreConsumers gravitate toward telephone companies for connected smart home services
London, UK – When it comes to purchasing smart home systems, consumers in major global economies prefer to buy from their familiar telephony providers, according to a new survey conducted
Read moreSmart home vision critical to selling benefits of smart meters, according to report by O2
A new report by O2, the commercial brand of Telefónica UK, has revealed that the concept of a smart home, where consumers can remotely manage their home appliances such as lights,
Read moreFocus on Chinese Broadband Home at HGI’s Shenzhen Meeting
Event date: June 18-21, 2013 Shenzhen, China China’s leading service providers set to discuss broadband home services and requirements for Smart Home architecture during open forum on June 18 in
Read moreIBM, STMicroelectronics and Shaspa enhance IoT control of home heating, lighting and security
IBM (NYSE:IBM), STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Shaspa have announced a collaboration to use cloud and mobile computing to enable consumers to manage and interact with their homes’ functions and entertainment systems.
Read moreSatellite-based communications node shipments for smart grids will quadruple by 2020, says Pike Research
Boulder, Colorado, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — While alternative communications options are generally more practical and cost-effective for home area and neighbourhood area network smart grid applications, sometimes satellite communication is
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