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C Spire to Launch Next-Generation Home Automation, Security and Monitoring Services
15 Jul, 2014
C Spire Home suite of services will feature ultra-fast 1 Gbps Internet access, digital HD television and nationwide phone plus home automation services to help consumers realize “smart home” promise
Ridgeland, Miss. (July 10, 2014) – The connected “smart” home of the future, once a distant dream for consumers, will soon get a major boost - thanks to a suite of next-generation home automation, security and monitoring services that C Spire plans to introduce by the end of the year. Whether it’s adjusting the thermostat or turning off lights inside your home from the office or closing the garage door and locking your front door from the other side of town, C Spire will soon offer exciting new, customer-inspired innovation for the home that is intuitive, simple and easy for consumers to understand and use. The all-digital, IP-based suite of services will be the first in Mississippi offered by a telecommunications provider and gives consumers unprecedented control and security of their homes using any web-enabled device, PC, tablet or smartphone with the Android or Apple iOS operating systems. Called C Spire Home, the portfolio of services will include the company’s previously announced ultra-high speed, fiber-based Gigabit Internet service, digital HD television, IP home phone services along with new home automation, security and monitoring services. The Gigabit Internet services are expected to commercially launch in one or more C Spire Fiber to the Home markets by the end of this summer with the home automation, security and monitoring services expected to debut by the end of this year. Other home automation markets will be added in the future. As the platform for its ground-breaking Fiber to the Home and home automation initiatives, C Spire Home positions the company to continue its growth and diversification while building its reputation as a technology leader, according to Suzy Hays, senior vice president of Consumer Markets for C Spire. “C Spire Home is a next-generation suite of Internet, digital television, phone, security, monitoring and automation services that helps move us one step closer to making our homes a hub for smarter living,” Hays said. “With its unique integration and an intuitive app to easily control and manage every feature, this platform gives consumers what they want and need – meaningful applications coupled with simple, easy interfaces.” The remote home monitoring, automation and security services will be able to control and manage virtually every part of consumers’ homes through a lineup of wirelessly enabled devices, including:
- Cameras – see live and recorded video inside and outside the home from your smartphone
- Windows and door sensors
- Smoke, carbon monoxide, motion and broken glass sensors
- Door locks
- Thermostats
- Appliance and lighting controls