AT&T making big investment in home monitoring


NEW YORK: AT&T Inc is making a big investment in a nationwide wireless home monitoring service that could potentially add US$1bil (RM3bil) to its annual revenue as part of the No 2 US mobile operator’s ongoing effort to expand beyond cellphones.

It is planning a service called “Digital Life” to monitor homes for everything from water damage to burglaries and to let customers remotely do things like adjust temperature or unlock doors, using an Internet connection.

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