Broadband-Based System Enables Customers to Remotely Monitor Their
Home and Control Digital Thermostats and Lights in Real Time
Available Today in Several Market Areas Including Philadelphia,
Houston, Portland and Jacksonville with Additional Markets Launching
Before End of the Year
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the nation's leading
providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and
services, today announced it has expanded its new home security business
into six additional U.S. market areas. Xfinity Home Security offers
traditional home security components, like police and fire alarm
protection backed by 24/7 professional monitoring, as well as the
ability to adjust digital thermostats, turn lights on or off and watch
secure live streaming video from wireless cameras while away from home.
The service also comes with a new Xfinity Security app, which is
available for free on Apple's iTunes App Store®.
Xfinity Home Security (Photo: Business Wire)
"Xfinity Home Security brings digital home monitoring to a new level,"
said Mitch Bowling, Senior Vice President and General Manager of New
Businesses for Comcast Cable. "It comes with a range of broadband-based
technologies that empower customers to stay better connected to their
home virtually anytime, anywhere."
Xfinity Home Security offers consumers the ability to create
personalized settings that can do things like provide real-time e-mail
or text alerts when doors open or close or when motion detectors report
activity occurring inside or outside of the home. In addition, the
service comes with a tablet-like touch screen with a menu of widgets
that allow access to the latest weather, news, traffic, and sports
scores.
In addition to 24/7 professional monitoring, Xfinity Home Security
provides customers the ability to:
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watch live streaming video of their home via video wireless video
cameras;
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access security controls remotely via a Web portal or the Xfinity
Security app for the iPhone;
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manage home utilities like digital thermostats and lights;
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have more peace of mind since both battery and cellular backup helps
ensure customers remain fully protected even in the event of a power
outage;
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access features from some of Comcast's existing services. For example,
an Xfinity Voice customer could listen to a voicemail through an app
on the security interface.
Today, Comcast is selling the Xfinity Home Security Preferred Package
for as low as $39.95 per month. Xfinity Home Security customers will
also be eligible to receive up to a 20 percent discount on their
homeowners' insurance. Visit www.xfinity.com/homesecurity
for more information on pricing, equipment and additional features.
The service was first unveiled in Houston in mid 2010 and is now being
rolled out in parts of Philadelphia, Portland, Jacksonville,
Sarasota/Naples, Chattanooga and Nashville. Additional markets will be
introduced on a rolling basis.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com)
is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information
and communications products and services. Comcast is principally
involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in
the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news,
sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal.
Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet
and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is
the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates
entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast
networks, local television station groups, television production
operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.
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Comcast Corporation
Charlie Douglas, 215-286-3353
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or
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