AT&T targets video home security as next broadband market
The most surprising applications often lead to market breakthroughs and we place in this category all applications that involve the transport of video through existing networks for security purposes.
Which is why AT&T?s announcement this week of a home monitoring service is likely to go down a treat with the ?paranoia ridden? US populace that is constantly wondering what?s happening to their homes, in a country that places a huge value on security and which occasionally has huge natural threats to homes. In Europe, where one of the best ways of solving street crime is to refer to the Closed Circuit TV systems that line the metropolitan streets, the transport of this video, once it is created, is a perennial network problem, and one that has spawned a huge industry.