Blog category: industry-updates

Verizon, the American telecommunications giant, recently launched its range of Connected Home devices and services to give consumers a comprehensive Smart Home ecosystem. The new system offers a broad range of Connected Home devices from smart door locks to energy monitoring equipment, all manageable remotely from the web or a smartphone app.

In the UK the government is undertaking one of the largest rollouts of smart meters, installing over 50 million in UK homes and businesses by 2020.  This enormous undertaking is expected to cost in the region of £11 billion and as various trials have taken place across the country press coverage has snowballed, typically discussing the pros and cons of the project and whether there are savings to be made by the consumer...

The growth of the mobile market over the last few years has been nothing short of staggering.  Smartphones and tablets have revolutionised the way people browse the internet, purchase products, network and interact with brands.  In September 2009, just 0.02% of all UK web traffic originated from a mobile device, but compare this to January 2011 and the figure is up to 8.09% which represents a growth of over 4000%...

Read an article by Nabeel Mardi which discusses how Telco's can differentiate themselves from the competition by exploring niche opportunities.

In a White Paper by the Department of Health entitled “A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active Citizens” which was published on the 16^th of November 2010, a key issue that was raised was the “vision for prevention”. This vision emphasises that there should be a shift towards less of a reliance on the state for support...