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Parks Associates recently spoke to David Jones , Senior Director of Business Development at Irdeto, about the market for smart home devices and services in Europe. David will speak at the 12th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe Conference , held 1-2 November in Amsterdam. For more information about the conference, including the online agenda and list of speakers, visit www.connectionseurope.com . What are the largest recurring revenue opportunities for the smart home industry...

Prior to his keynote at the 12th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe conference in November, Matthias Mieves , Head of New Business, Sales & Marketing Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom, provided perspective on the growth of smart home and IoT markets in Europe. Matthias will present the keynote “ Bringing Smart Home to Mass Market ” on 1 November at 9:30. For more information on CONNECTIONS™ Europe, visit www.connectionseurope.com . What are the largest recurring...

Parks Associates will host the 12th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe: IoT and the Connected Consumer , November 1-2, 2017 at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel, featuring high-level speakers from the top European and international companies in the digital living ecosystem. Early confirmed keynotes include: Sudeep Maitra , Global VP, Strategy and Development,  Centrica Matthias Mieves , Head of New Business, Sales & Marketing Connected Home,  Deutsche...

The European smart home market is moving forward, but differences between Europe and the U.S. create unique challenges. In the U.S., adoption of professionally monitored security exceeds 20% of households. Overall, adoption of professional monitoring services in Europe is under 3% of households. In the U.S., the security channel is the leading channel for smart home services. Many telecoms have entered the security market because it has an established market with a proven approach...

Telcos have reached a crossroads in business strategy where innovation is inevitable and continues to impact subscriber growth across different distribution channels. Entry of nontraditional but formidable players such as Google, Amazon, and Apple into entertainment, content, and smart home services intensifies the risk; however, all players struggle with similar challenges. Key factors in driving adoption in the smart home are providing valuable and recognizable benefits to consumers,...

Before attending CONNECTIONS™Europe  in Amsterdam, Tobin Richardson , President and CEO at ZigBee Alliance, answered several industry questions: Where do you feel the largest opportunity is for the smart home industry in Europe? The biggest opportunity will come from the establishment of open product ecosystems. Lighting is ‘illuminating’ the way for many applications, and LED is a great way for product and service providers to gain entry to the home with...

The European Commission is driving infrastructure changes to contribute €250 billion of tech-industry growth to the European economy by 2020 through the Digital Economy Policy . This will create hundreds of thousands of jobs across Europe. But one looming issue with this policy is that, according to the EC's own figures, there won't be enough appropriately skilled workers to take on these roles, with an anticipated 756,000 unfilled ICT vacancies in 2020 . While the Commission is...

Before attending CONNECTIONS™ Europe  in Amsterdam, Antti Vihavainen , Partner, Business Development at Cozify, answered several industry questions: Where do you feel the largest opportunity is for the smart home industry in Europe? It is in assisting other industry verticals to transform their consumer businesses. Examples include insurers, telecommunications, home appliances and consumer electronics. What challenges does Europe face with rolling out new...