Home Automation

Motorola and Verizon Collaborate to Deliver Connected Home Services

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Oct. 12, 2011-Motorola Mobility, Inc. has teamed up with Verizon to bring consumers the connected home. Verizon announced its Home Monitoring and Control service today. The new service leverages Motorola’s 4Home technology to make homes smarter and provide useful insight into energy use.

Using this service it will be possible to do the following:

• see who’s at the front door or  on your phone
• turn off all the lights with the push of a button
• automate the household thermostat to keep utility bills down

The service will deliver a smarter house with informed energy use. In short, peace of mind, courtesy of Motorola and Verizon.

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NetComm selects Sierra Wireless 4G LTE embedded modules for new residential WiFi router

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Barcelona, Spain – 15 February, 2011 – Sierra Wireless today announced that NetComm Limited, a leading international manufacturer of data communication solutions for small business and home users, has selected Sierra Wireless AirPrime™ MC7750 and MC7710 intelligent embedded modules to provide 4G cellular network connectivity for its new NetComm Liberty™ Series LTE WiFi Router.

By providing cellular network connectivity of up to 100 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload, NetComm’s Liberty Series routers will provide consumers with broadband connection speeds comparable to—or even surpassing—high-speed cable and ADSL wired broadband. In the future, these NetComm LTE WiFi routers could help mobile network operators in Europe and North America expand into new markets, offering bundled voice and data packages comparable to those currently offered by wired network operators.

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AzQtel Selects Prodea to Deliver the First Connected Home Services to Azerbaijan

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Leveraging Their WiMAX Network, AzQtel Will Deliver a Suite of New and Exciting Applications and Services to the TV, PC, Mobile and More

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 23, 2010 - AzQtel, Azerbaijan's leading WiMAX based service provider today announced a partnership with Prodea Systems to enhance their broadband service offering with an app-store of new content experiences and connected life services.

AzQtel's broadband service, known as "Sazz", brings to the people of Azerbaijan an unprecedented Internet experience using their state of the art WiMAX technologies. The service is readily available to over 4 million people in Baku and the surrounding areas, with additional coverage to be announced shortly.

Prodea Systems' breakthrough solution provides a simple interactive experience, requiring no personal computer or technology expertise. This revolutionary approach to the connected home provides consumers of all ages and technical abilities a simple, user-friendly solution to enjoy a host of multimedia experiences and services, ranging from premium video-on-demand, personal media and Internet applications, to video conferencing, home security, smart home, eHealth and eLearning services.

AzQtel intends to continue to complement its broadband Internet with an ever increasing bundle of new applications and value-add service utilizing Prodea's platform and to deliver these experiences in a cost effective manner across a variety of devices, including TV, PC, mobile and tablets.

"Prodea Systems' a market-leading connected life solution is an innovative new way for consumers to experience broadband powered services," commented Jayhun Mollazade, CEO of AzQtel. "Our goal is to equip our subscribers with not just another Internet browsing experience, but to provide them with a completely new way to experience the power of the Internet and a connected lifestyle, powered by WiMAX and cutting edge solutions like that which Prodea has created."

"As a provider of broadband powered solution, we are excited to partner with AzQtel and demonstrate the combined power of the Sazz WiMAX service and our unique approach to the digital home" said Anousheh Ansari, CEO of Prodea Systems. "The coupling of these two cutting-edge technologies will usher in a new era of services for the people of Azerbaijan."

About Azqtel LLC
AZQTEL is a telecommunications company based in Baku, Azerbaijan founded in December 2005 to provide High Speed Broadband Internet and other Value Added Services throughout the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Company is organized as a joint venture company between foreign investors and Transkaspian Telecom LLC of Baku, Azerbaijan.


About Prodea Systems
Prodea Systems, based in Plano Texas, is a privately held company formed by the Ansari family, inventors and proven entrepreneurs with a history of building companies based on industry-changing technologies. Prodea Systems is their latest endeavor to address the challenges of today's increasingly complex digital home and connected small business environment and combine state of the art technology and simplicity in a single command center for the everyday consumer.

Source: Prodea Systems

Marvell Acquires DS2 Technology

Friday, 27 August 2010

SANTA CLARA, Calif., USA 19 August 2010 - Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) , a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today announced it has acquired the intellectual property and assets of Diseno de Sistemas en Silicio S.A. ("DS2"), a supplier of high speed semiconductor solutions for powerline communications. Powerline technology converts any existing electrical power wiring into an intelligent, high-speed networking medium, enabling consumers to quickly and affordably create a "connected home" that can stream virtually any personal or subscription-based digital content to and from any room at high speeds. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

An increasing number of homes today are using multiple networks - including simultaneous wired and wireless networks - to support everything from backbone data transmission and entertainment sharing, to on-demand video and home automation. This trend is driving the need for ever greater bandwidth requirements in the home, as people and families expect to seamlessly share content and information across a growing number of connected digital and energy management devices. Powerline technology represents one of the easiest and most reliable ways to meet this growing market demand by offering a ubiquitous broadband solution that optimizes networking over existing power, coaxial cable, phone lines and other wiring. Powerline's advantages become even more clear and compelling when compared to the alternative of spending time and money wiring a home for Ethernet or deploying a wireless network that cannot provide the transmission speeds necessary for streaming digital video and other multimedia content.

"With the industry ready to standardize on Powerline technology and consumer demand for new home networking options rising fast, now is the time to drive innovation in this space," said Gani Jusuf, Vice President of Product Development, Communications and Consumer Business Group of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. "Powerline technology makes sense for many reasons, even for consumers who already have existing wired or wireless networks. By enabling any wall outlet in your home to serve as a broadband network connection that can send and receive data at high speeds, consumers can extend the capabilities of their existing networks or construct a totally new stand alone network optimized for streaming media. Our newly integrated engineering teams will focus on raising the bar for Powerline's performance, availability and ease-of-use for consumers everywhere."

DS2 was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Valencia, Spain. DS2 was a leading technology innovator in next-generation wireline technology based on the G.hn standard, which aims to combine, powerline, coaxial, and phoneline wiring within a single wired home network. DS2 was also a global supplier of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solutions and Universal Powerline Association (UPA) compatible circuits for Digital Home, Smart Grid and Ethernet over Coax applications.

DS2 Product Integration
Marvell will continue to sell DS2 products and support existing customers. Marvell will also develop and integrate DS2 core technology into its existing IP portfolio to provide the most complete home networking products. At the close of the acquisition, approximately 75 employees joined

About Marvell
Marvell is a world leader in the development of storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions. Marvell's diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure including enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking. As used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

Source: PRNewswire