The broadband service provider industry will only hurt itself if everyone tries to build their own smart home platforms, making it easier for the West Coast USA tech giants to win market share in the smart home services sector. That was the warning from Jon Carter, UK Head of Business Development, Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom AG this week. He told an audience at Broadband World Forum in London that a key advantage for service providers is scale, and that Deutsche Telekom is willing to make its QIVICON open smart home platform available to other service providers and act as consultants for the roll-out of smart services.
“Our real competitors are not each other but the West Coast,” he said. “The smart home and IoT platform is not where the value-add is or where the cash is, so we are keen to work with others on a common approach and architecture, so everyone can then follow their own paths in areas where they think they can add value.”
