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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.
“We share Verizon’s vision for a digital home that makes practical sense to the consumers,” said Leon Hounshell, division general manager, Managed Home Solutions, Motorola Mobility. “With Verizon’s service launch we’re making this a reality for millions of households.”
Motorola’s 4Home software platform is powering Verizon’s new services. It’s the most versatile and practical way for Verizon and other digital home innovators to offer connected home services.
The software platform is embedded into the gateway included in each Verizon service kit. The software communicates with Motorola’s portal server solution to provide real-time support for the home monitoring, control and energy management services. The result is reliable connected home services for consumers that can be hosted and managed in real-time.
“The bandwidth-rich ecosystems Verizon networks create are enabling more and more connected devices in the home than ever before," said Eric Bruno, Vice President of Product Management, Verizon. "We’re collaborating with partners like Motorola to design new services that can help people save time and deliver the borderless, digital lifestyle.”
About Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility, Inc. fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices.
