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Nokia develops a smart home platform to offer consumers new ways to control their
homes with a mobile device
Espoo, Finland — Nokia announced today it is developing a smart home platform, Nokia Home Control Center. The
platform is opening a new era for networked home services and solutions. Nokia´s Home Control Center will be the
basis for next generation security, smart home solutions and household energy management systems.
The platform is open allowing third parties to integrate their own smart home solutions and services; its core
consumer value is the plug and play experience across all solution areas with high security levels built in. All solutions
based on the platform can be used through a smart phone or PC locally or remotely. Consumers can monitor and
control their electricity usage, switch devices on and off, and monitor different objects, such as temperature,
camera, and motion. In future, entire systems within the home can be connected to the Nokia platform, including
security, heating, and ventilation systems.
“We see there is growth potential in the smart home market”, said Teppo Paavola, Vice President, Head of
Corporate Business Development, Nokia. “The home of today has intelligence everywhere, but to date there has not
been a solution that is interoperable with wide range of home systems that can easily be controlled. We want to
create an open solution where external partners can develop their own solutions and services on top of our platform.
We believe that the mobile device is an ideal interface to control home intelligence, especially when the user is not at
home.”
Nokia today also announced a partnership with one of Europe’s biggest energy companies, RWE. The co‐operation
aims at developing a comprehensive solution for managing energy consumption and CO2 footage at home. This
cooperation combines RWE’s energy competence with Nokia’s technological know‐how.
With this in mind, the first joint solution from Nokia and RWE on late 2009 will focus on home heating management.
The product consists of a central control unit together with remote‐controlled thermostats for the actual radiator.
The user interface will be the PC and the mobile phone. In addition, a separate display will be available. RWE is also
planning special offers combining these devices with new energy supply contracts. In a second step, Nokia and RWE
are planning additional services in connection with smart meters beyond 2009. These services will provide
consumers with real‐time information about their energy consumption and allow them to control their energy bill
remotely.
"We are delighted to have secured a world‐leading technology partner in Nokia for our range of smart home energy
products. Our aim is to offer innovative and affordable energy‐efficient solutions for every household that are simple
and convenient to operate", said Carolin Reichert, Head of New Business at RWE.
Further, Nokia has started working with a number of companies to define and create a solid basis for building the
next generation of products that will introduce a new kind of mobile access to intelligent systems at the home.
These collaboration partners include Danfoss, Delta Dore, Ensto, and Meishar Immediate Community (MIC) and
Zensys. The Nokia smart home partner program is structured around five key areas which mobile access will open
up, creating new opportunities for the next generation smart home. These are security, energy efficiency, wellness,
construction, real estate, and smart home solutions.
PRESS RELEASE
November 27, 2008 FINAL
Nokia Home Control Center will be part of Nokia’s home offering. The solution will be demonstrated at the Nokia
World event in Barcelona, Spain, on December 2‐3, 2008 and is expected to become commercially available by the
end of 2009.
More information about Nokia’s smart home project and the partner program can be found at
www.nokia.com/smarthome/partners.
An information call for media representatives will be held on November 27 at 11:00 CET. Dial‐in number +358 7180
71870, Conference ID: 99753, PIN‐code: 64422. Replay can be listened to at www.nokia.com/press after the call.
Media representatives can e‐mail questions before and during the call to cdo.communications@nokia.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications
industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music,
navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer
Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions
and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
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