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iControl Networks Selects Telit M2M Technology to Enhance Its Next Generation Home Security Solution
Cellular Technology Provides Reliable Backup when Wired Connection
is Lost, Offers Greater Peace-of-Mind to Consumers
RALEIGH, N.C. & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., the US-based machine-to-machine
(M2M) mobile technology arm of Telit Communications PLC (AIM: TCM),
and iControl Networks, the first provider of consumer-focused 'Home
Security 2.0' solutions, will incorporate Telit's cellular technology
into iControl's market-changing interactive Home Security solution.
Telit's M2M module with anti-jamming features adds unmatched cellular
back-up capabilities to iControl's platform, offering home protection
companies and service providers a complete next generation home
security solution.
By utilizing Telit's GE864-QUAD GSM/GPRS module, iControl's Home
Security 2.0 solution will now also offer reliable cellular backup.
Telit's M2M module will be integrated into iControl's iHub technology,
a home security router that plugs into the home network and wirelessly
connects to security panels, IP cameras, sensors, and Z-Wave-based
home control devices (such as lighting, door locks, thermostats,
etc.). The iControl solution provides both web and mobile access to
customers' home security systems, enabling traditional security
monitoring with advanced functionality such as remote access to video,
home control, and security panel operations from the web and mobile
phone. With Telit's M2M module, consumers will experience
uninterrupted connectivity to their home when their homes' phone and
broadband connections are down.
In addition, the module supports cellular communications to a
central monitoring station if the phone and broadband connections are
unable to send emergency alert information from the home security
system. Telit's Jamming Detection & Report feature ensures that both
the consumer and the central monitoring station are alerted when the
cellular signal is threatened by a jamming device or other network
disturbance.
"We are very excited to offer our service provider partners an
interactive home security solution that provides enhanced
peace-of-mind to their customers," said Reza Raji, Founder, President
and COO of iControl Networks. "Through our partnership with Telit, we
have developed a home security solution with an 'always-on' connection
- even in the event of malfunction or cut in the telephone line or
broadband service. Telit's superior cellular backup module with its
anti-jamming technology is ideal for iControl's next generation Home
Security 2.0 solution."
"iControl recognized the demand for an unwired connection and
enhanced its solution by integrating our cellular module," said Roger
Dewey, President of Telit Wireless Solutions - Americas. "Home
intruders will no longer be able to just snip a cord to disconnect a
home security system, they will have to contend with the nearly
universal coverage of a cellular network."
The Telit module will relay data to the home security provider via
GPRS when the wired telephone line or broadband connection is lost.
Production versions of iControl's iHub home security router with Telit
module are now shipping to partner home security, broadband and
telecommunications providers in the United States and Canada.
About iControl Networks
Palo Alto-based iControl Networks is a venture-backed software and
services company providing award-winning solutions for the home
security market. iControl Networks partners with home security
companies, Internet service providers and telecommunication firms to
deliver Home Security 2.0, the next generation of home protection and
connectivity. Investors in iControl include Kleiner Perkins Caufield
and Byers, Intel and Charles River Ventures. For more information,
please visit www.icontrol.com.
About Telit
Telit is a leading global wireless technology company. It
develops, manufactures and markets GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSDPA and CDMA/EVDO
enterprise communication modules for machine-to-machine (m2m)
applications which streamline business processes by enabling machines,
devices and vehicles to communicate via mobile networks. Telit's
products are sold and deployed worldwide through offices in China,
Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Spain, Taiwan,
Turkey and the USA. Telit Communications PLC is listed on the AIM
(Ticker: TCM). For more information about the company, please visit
www.telit.com.
For Telit:
Bob Gold & Associates
Angela Hein, 310-784-1040
angela@bobgoldpr.com
or
For iControl Networks:
Ruder Finn / Chicago
Margaret Hoerster, 312-329-3909
hoersterm@ruderfinn.com
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