Thomas Rockmann

Smart homes is where the Internet of Things sector is getting it right and wrong. So, Jeremy Cowan of IoT-Now.com asks Thomas Rockmann, vice president, Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom (DT), to shed some light on smart homes.

An open ecosystem offers several benefits to smart home market participants, says Thomas Rockmann, VP of Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom AG.

There are significant challenges facing the smart home market, and perhaps the most visible is being caused and perpetuated by market fragmentation, says Thomas Rockmann, VP of Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom AG.

The connected home may seem like common currency now – in 2016 we’re looking at an unprecedented increase in both acceptance and actual hardware running ‘in the wild’ – but the road here has been a long one.