Will Verizon Win the Home Automation Wars?
By Julie Jacobson
Exclusive details of Verizon's home monitoring system, and how it will compete with Comcast, AT&T, ADT and others; 4G LTE ultimately will give Verizon an edge.

Verizon is getting into the home automation business, challenging Comcast (Xfinity), AT&T, ADT and other mass-market providers in the coming year. Will it prevail?

During the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month, we got a close look at Verizon’s products that allow users to remotely access and control their lighting, thermostats, surveillance cameras and a small array of Z-Wave wireless devices such as motorized door locks.



The company's solution, called Verizon Home Monitoring and Control is based technology from 4Home, a platform developer recently acquired by Motorola.

Although Verizon is the first major provider to employ the 4Home platform, the telco's offering is not unlike the ones planned by competitors in the security, cable and broadband industries (details below), all of which hope to exploit their substantial customer base by tacking home control services onto their monthly bills.

The Verizon Home Management Solution
Verizon has a slick, if fairly limited home control offering (view the ecosystem) powered by Motorola’s 4Home platform. The service is hosted in the cloud, at Verizon’s own servers.

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