Findings from a Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) market study indicate built-in home technology is moving from being a luxury to a standard option. Growth of the home technology market held steady from 2011 to 2012, as built-in new home technology installations reached or exceeded 2008...Learn More

Time Warner Cable is the latest broadband service provider to go all in on home monitoring services, with the announced expansion of their IntelligentHome platform. First introduced in their Charlotte market, the home monitoring and control service is now available in all of their Carolina...Learn More

More than half of broadband households without professionally monitored interactive security services are willing to pay for them if they’re combined with remote monitoring and control capabilities, according to “Smart Home Systems: Consumer Adoption and Attitudes,” a report currently featured on Strategy Analytics’ Smart Home...Learn More

AT&T today said it will launch its wireless-centric home security and control offering to eight markets beginning in March. The carrier also revealed that Cisco Systems will supply the control panels that will be installed in customers’ homes. Cisco’s involvement is a bit of a...Learn More

When it comes to digital lifestyle, consumers are looking for offerings that bundle telecommunications, entertainment, Internet, home security and energy management in one neat, easily accessible packaged service, according to the inaugural J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Digital Lifestyle Study. “Referred to as a digital...Learn More

BELLEVUE, Wash. & SAN FRANCISCO–Oct 24, 2012–Today, T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Lookout Inc., the leader in mobile security, announced the companies have partnered to provide T-Mobile customers instant protection against mobile threats with Automatic App Security. Exclusively for T-Mobile customers, Lookout’s Automatic App Security will...Learn More

New Internet home services is opening up new market opportunities for telecompetitors and other service providers, according to a new study from Parks Associates. In “The Market for Home Control and Security Systems,” Parks found that 14% of U.S. broadband households are “highly interested” in...Learn More

Updated  AT&T today confirmed reports that it plans to shut down its 2G network. In a statement, the company said it plans to fully discontinue service by approximately January 1, 2017. Sources in the machine-to-machine industry told Telecompetitor several weeks ago about AT&T’s 2G shutdown...Learn More

Home security and automation is an “attractive” market for cable operators and telcos and is a “sensible service extension for a largely fixed cost infrastructure,” says Bernstein Research, an influential financial research firm, in a research note issued yesterday. “We believe cable and telco operators...Learn More

Home automation systems are poised for strong growth, driven in large part by service providers entering the home automation market, predicts ABI Research in a new report titled “Home Automation and Monitoring.” The report forecasts global home automation system shipments of 12 million for 2016, up...Learn More

New research by Parks Associates forecasts that the US market for IP-based home security monitoring services will grow 30% by 2020. The market generates as much as $10 billion in revenue annually from service fees and covered 18% of U.S. households in 2010, according to...Learn More

July 25, 2011 — SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comporium today announced that two cable television operators, NewWave Communications and Massillon Cable, who are part of the Comporium Security Dealer Program, are launching the nation’s most advanced smart home management and security system, powered by iControl. These Connected...Learn More