Deutsche Telekom announced at the recent IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin that two new partners have joined its manufacturer-independent smart home platform, Qivicom. E Wie Einfach and Bitron Video, two leading manufacturers of smart home devices will be making use of the platform to offer complete white label solution.
E Wie Einfach plans to launch its products and services in Germany, while Bitron Video is aiming at both the Italian and French markets. Bitron Video joins Austria’s eww and Dutch KPN as the third company to market an international SmartHome offer based on the QIVICON platform.
At the same time, Deutsche Telekom said that it has updated its Qivicon smart home platform to Home Base 2.0 which will support a range of different smart home models to suit different markets. A specific model designed for the German market, and several other markets already includes protocols such as HomeMatic, Homematic IP and ZigBee Pro. Another model includes the ZigBee Pro and Z-Wave radio modules. All versions of the new Home Base 2.0 can be connected to home DSL routers either by cable or wirelessly, via Wi-Fi. In addition, users can integrate additional wireless protocols via USB flash memories as soon as interoperability with the QIVICON platform is assured.
Anirudh Bhaskaran, Senior Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan
What is more, Deutsche Telekom offers business customers a range of different partnership opportunities. For example, telecommunications companies and energy suppliers can use Deutsche Telekom's white label offer as a means of offering their own complete ranges of smart home products, and of developing the smart home market quickly and efficiently.
Thomas Rockmann, head of Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom
We are now partnering with over 40 companies, have presence in a range of different European countries and offer users numerous apps and components, from different manufacturers, that make home environments more secure, more comfortable and more energy-efficient.
