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Philips Home Control celebrates 1 billionth milestone in remote control production at IBC
Philips Home Control is proud to announce it has now produced 1 billion remote controls since manufacturing commenced in 1991. The timing of this major milestone coincides with the company?s participation at this year?s IBC. This achievement underscores Philips? leadership position in remote control production for OEM customers worldwide
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Ericsson awarded its largest fiber-to the-home contract in India
More than half a million Indian subscribers to get connected through fixed broadband more
European high-level panel consults on ICT solutions to help elderly to live more independently
A consultation inviting citizens, businesses and researchers to share ideas on how best to use information and communications technologies (ICTs) to help older Europeans live more independently, and more generally to establish new ways to put ICTs at the service of the most vulnerable members of society, has been launched by a high-level panel established to advise the European Commission on the functioning of the Ambient Assisted Living joint programme (AAL JP)
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ABB collaborates with Philips to promote the smart home in China
Philips’ Hue will be seamlessly integrated with ABB’s i-Jia, a smart home control system, to give chinese consumers an amazing connected lighting experience and further the adoption of smart homes in China
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Panasonic and Fujitsu begin joint testing of an in-home monitoring service for the elderly
Integrates cloud-service air conditioners and non-contact life-sign sensors in a new approach to monitoring more
Bosch at 2015 International CES: Advancing connected, convenient, sustainable and secure living
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How service providers can reduce operating costs through virtualizing residential gateway functions into the network cloud
Simplifying digital home networks enables easier connectivity for home devices, greatly reducing technical assistance or costly home service visits more
Philips welcomes initial results of largest home healthcare clinical study to date
UK Department of Health study of 6,000 patients early findings show lower mortality rates, fewer emergency admissions and shorter hospital stays in patients using home healthcare technologies
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