Airtel to go for a foray into Home automation and smart Home systems

@ptrikha_2 (45331)
India
April 25, 2017 4:04am CST
Airtel, which is into Telecom sector in India-landline, broadband, Mobile calls and Mobile Internet plans to foray into Home automation and smart homes systems. This will be based on the promising Technology - IOT: Internet of Things. Such systems can be controlled using remote or smartphones. An example could be a smartphone to control a linked Refrigerator to control temperature, or a TV system; or even security systems. Looks exciting, isn't it? The source link:
Home automation is an area that offers retail customer use cases, Harmeen Mehta, group chief information officer at Bharti Airtel, told ET.
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• Madurai, India
25 Apr 17
Im a airtel customer...2 month before my aunt bought a led tv it has inbuilt airtel setupbox no need for external box and remote..Good from airtel....
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
26 Apr 17
@vignevikki Yeah I am awaiting for this one.
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• Agra, India
25 Apr 17
Sounds great..let's see how much it works
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
25 Apr 17
Yes @amitkokiladitya It does looks promising.
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@Sreekala (34314)
• India
25 Apr 17
I really don't know how it works? Just wait and see.
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
25 Apr 17
While I am no expert, Internet of Things is a machine to machine computational technology, which makes different computer based systems "talk". In an ideal scenario, it could be like: An alert telling a smartphone to decrease A/C cooling. Or, a refrigerator conveying message to increase the degree of cooling. Or a TV alerting remote or a phone to switch it off after 4 hours. There are already some such smarthome systems in the world, but not much in India.
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
25 Apr 17
This does sound very interesting. I hope that it works perfectly too and does not have issues
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
26 Apr 17
I hope so @Nawsheen
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@LadyDuck (455030)
• Switzerland
25 Apr 17
May be exciting but dangerous too. This is not something I would use, a hacker can take control of everything in your home. There are already so many keyless cars stolen due to hackers.