Tag: Digital Life
AT&T Digital Life expands in Indiana
August 7, 2014SSN Staff
DALLAS—AT&T, based here, announced in late July that it was expanding its home security/home automation service, Digital Life, to cover the Indiana communities of Michigan City, La Porte, Rolling Prairie, Westville and Union Mills.
As of July 25, customers there were able to receive a live demo and purchase Digital Life in company owned retail stores or purchase the product online. With the new additions, Digital Life is now available in 82 markets across the U.S.
With Digital Life, customers...
AT&T to buy DIRECTV for $48.5b
May 19, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
DALLAS, Texas and EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—AT&T plans to buy satellite television provider DIRECTV for $48.5 billion, the companies announced this week. The deal will allow AT&T to expand its broadband network to more than 70 million customer locations, the companies said.
Both companies have home security/home automation offerings—AT&T has Digital Life and DIRECTV bought LifeShield Security last year. And according to Tom Kerber, director of research, home control and energy for Parks Associates,...
AT&T Digital Life expands to 75 markets in its first year
April 24, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
DALLAS—After launching one year ago, in April 2013, AT&T's new home security/home automation service, Digital Life, has expanded across the nation to a total of 75 markets, the company recently announced.“We're very pleased with the first year in terms of establishing a nationwide footprint, the operation, the sales and the customer experiences,” AT&T Digital Life President Kevin Petersen told Security Systems News.He also said the company plans to keep on growing Digital Life....
AT&T awarded for innovation at Mobile World Congress
March 6, 2014SSN Staff
DALLAS—AT&T's Digital Life scored an award at the Mobile World Congress, held in late February in Barcelona, Spain, the telecommunications company said in a Feb. 26 news release. The company received the recognition during the 19th annual Global Mobile Awards ceremony, in which AT&T was recognized its dedication to the “connected life,” the release said.
Digital Life won the top award for Best Consumer Mobile Service, according to AT&T. It describes Digital Life, which as...
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AT&T's Digital Life starts 2014 with market expansion
February 19, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
It hasn't been a year yet since AT&T in April 2013 launched Digital Life, its home security/home automation product, but the telecom has lost no time in making the professionally monitored, professionally installed service available. As of this Friday, Digital Life will be available in a total of 63 markets around the nation.
The company will launch in four new markets that day: Albany, N.Y.; Dayton, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Wichita, Kan., according to an AT&T news release.
As of Feb. 21, customers...
Digital Life, Imperial Capital join PPVAR
January 15, 2014Leif Kothe
Several organizations recently joined PPVAR's growing membership roster, but two of the new additions are particularly striking. Digital Life, a home management platform from AT&T, is now on board, according to Keith Jentoft, an industry liaison for PPVAR. This comes about seven months after Digital Life earned CSAA Five Diamond certification.
Investment bank Imperial Capital also joined the organization. This is doubtless an interesting development as well, with Imperial being the organization's...
AT&T's Digital Life in 52 markets this week
October 23, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
DALLAS—When AT&T this spring launched Digital Life, its home security/home automation product, the company set a goal of being in 50 markets by the end of this year. But by the end of this week, AT&T will have surpassed that goal and says it plans to continue expanding to even more markets this year and next.As of Friday, Oct. 25, Digital Life will be available in seven new markets: Birmingham, Ala.; Las Vegas; Louisville, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; Raleigh, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; and Tucson, Ariz....
'It's all about the confidence to believe that you can'
October 16, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
ATLANTA—Betsy Francis, area VP of sales and marketing for AT&T's security/home automation solution, Digital Life, believes that being a woman aids her in promoting the product.“I felt that I could really connect with our customers and properly position the value of this product, what it's like to manage my home and manage my family, and that I could properly create a value proposition and a product that could connect with women, moms, and people on the go,” she told Security Systems...
AT&T launches Digital Life in six new markets
October 7, 2013SSN Staff
MILWAUKEE—Digital Life, the home management product from AT&T is now available in six new markets, the company announced recently.
Customers may test or purchase the products in retail stores in Milwaukee, Charlotte, N.C., Hartford, Conn., Jacksonville, Fla., Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla. Digital Life is now available in 45 markets; AT&T hopes to make it available in 50 markets by year's end, according to the release.
Users can connect to Digital Life using existing broadband or any wireless...
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AT&T nears goal of 50 markets for Digital Life
August 19, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
AT&T just launched Digital Life, its home automation/home security product, this April. But it's already approaching its goal of expanding into 50 markets by the end of 2013.
The Dallas-based telecom announced today that as of Friday, Aug. 23, it will introduce Digital Life in six more markets: Orlando, Fla.; Providence, R.I.; Virginia Beach, Va.; and the cities of Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse in New York.
That will bring the number of markets for Digital Life to 39, just 11 shy of the company's...