AT&T's smart home service goes overseas: Telefonica to test it out
AT&T's Digital Life home automation and security platform has legs, both domestically and internationally.
AT&T and Spanish telecommunications Telefonica said on Monday that Telefonica would begin testing out the Digital Life smart life service in its own markets, licensing the platform from AT&T. The two companies made the announcement at a wirelessly connected home here, a day before the CTIA Super Mobility Week wireless trade show begins.
AT&T has been hot on the concept of connecting every single device in the home -- an idea many call the "Internet of Things" -- and has been in the smart home business for the past two years, having launched Digital Life in May 2012. At the time, AT&T stressed that it was more than a set of services; it was a platform which that includes wirelessly connected devices and home fixtures, security, software, and automation.
