uControl, Inc.
The uControl Link
- Conference
- DEMOfall 06
- Market Segment
- Consumer Internet
- Funding
- Privately funded
- Competitors
- ADT, Brinks, Alarm.com
- Product Description
- uControl delivers the first home-security service that keeps people truly connected. The uControl Link connects to existing alarm systems and communicates status over three redundant connections (cellular, broadband and phone line). In addition to delivering always-on connectivity and real-time security, uControl enables consumers to control and monitor their alarm systems from mobile devices or the Web. uControl’s solution couples self-installation and online management with the traditional ability to dispatch police and fire emergency services from licensed monitoring centers.
- Market Opportunity
- Parks Associates reports that there are 21 million alarm-monitored homes, representing $5 billion in annual recurring revenues. There are an additional 6 million homes with unmonitored systems, representing a $1 billion opportunity. Of this installed base, 80% have broadband and nearly 15% use only VoIP or cellular instead of traditional phone lines.
- DEMO Says
- uControl is making a smart entry into the home-automation market by riding the coattails of the home-security alarm services installed in some 28 million homes in America. The company provides a superior service at a better price, while giving homeowners more control over their home-monitoring system. Best of all, the uControl Link is a Trojan-horse application that will allow this smart startup to deliver additional home-automation applications in the future.
- Contact
- Denise Fraser
- denise.fraser@ucontrol.com
- Company Address
-
5914 West Courtyard Dr., Suite 210
Austin , TX 78730 - Phone
- 888-357-4214
- Fax
- 512-795-8581
- URL
- www.ucontrol.com
- Corporate Officers
- Jim Johnson - President & Co-founder, Jim Kitchen - Director of Product Management & Co-founder, Scott Shumate - Director of Hardware Engineering & Co-founder
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