AT&T's next business: Securing your home
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contend with Verizon and the cable providers have also started offering similar services. The company will handle the professional installation of the sensors and devices, care for a wireless and integrated platform for security and automation services, and provide an application that allows customers to customize their aid, as well... It will also provide security services through its own monitoring services. "AT&T digital life will change the way people palpable, work, and play -- and meets a clear need in the market," said Kevin Petersen, postpositive major vice president of AT&T's digital life business. The devices are all hooked into the home's broadband network, and can get commands from the homeowner's iPad , Android smartphone, or other ambulatory device using a cellular network. "The home security market is the proverbial low-hanging fruit as it has been a pretty putrid market with little innovation over the years," said Roger Entner, a consultant with Recon Analytics. The digs security and automation business is a burgeoning opportunity for a company looking for new sources of growth. The company's underline of "Rethink Possibilities" commercials have long touted several pie-in-the-sky services, including a person's ability to remotely domination the lights in a house even while away in another country. It's part of the broader push by carriers to expand into different businesses beyond household telephone or cell phone services, which have begun to show signs of maturing.
Source: CNET