Consumer Demands for a Connected Lifestyle and Ecosystem Expectations

Frost & Sullivan's online conference "Home of the Future" will discuss latest views on smart home solutions

LONDON, Sept. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

The connected (or smart) home market is attracting widespread attention from companies across numerous sectors. Connected homes depend on a rich ecosystem of network infrastructure, content delivery, and home automation technologies. Growth opportunities exist for companies spanning communications, energy, healthcare and security, to name a few. Frost & Sullivan has conducted a comprehensive survey of European consumers to understand views on smart home solutions.

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This online conference will explain consumer sentiment towards smart home solutions and identify new product and service opportunities in the evolving market environment followed by a live question-answer session.

This analyst briefing will provide a pragmatic view of current consumer perspectives. In particular, this presentation will help to:

• Identify consumer demands for a connected lifestyle
• Understand consumer challenges and expectations in a smart home environment
• Define the functions that consumers see most value in connecting within their homes
• Outline the level of functional integration expected by consumers

"Companies from across multiple industries are seeking to understand the potential of the smart home opportunity, and to understand the role that they can play," said Frost & Sullivan Research Director for Information & Communication Technologies, Adrian Drozd. "Frost & Sullivan's recent survey of over 2,000 European consumers highlights the challenges that providers will face when bringing advanced solutions to the mainstream, and offers insight into the expectations and preferences of end users," noted Energy & Environment Principal Consultant, Jonathan Robinson.

This presentation provides a broad view of connected home opportunities. It will be of particular value to companies from across the communications, energy, home automation, security, healthcare and construction industries.

To register for this complimentary web conference please, email Edyta Grabowska, Corporate Communications, at edyta.grabowska@frost.com. You may also receive a recorded version of the briefing at anytime by submitting your contact details.

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Edyta Grabowska

Corporate Communications – Europe
P: +48-22-481-62-03
E: edyta.grabowska@frost.com

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