14 DAY TRIAL // Alarm.com, a provider of digital wireless and Web-enabled home security technology, announced this week it has shipped over 10,000 GSM-based wireless modules since July 2006.
The vast and ever-increasing reach of the digital GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network worldwide makes it the most viable and sustainable option for the wireless home security technology. As the imminent decommissioning of analog wireless networks threatens the future of older, analog-based security technology, the security industry is quickly turning to GSM and other digital wireless solutions.
In accordance with a Sunset clause established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), cellular carriers will be allowed to discontinue the Analog Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) networks on February 18, 2008. By upgrading these existing systems with newer, digital technology like Alarm.com's GSM module, companies can ensure that their customers' systems will continue to operate properly even after cellular providers decommission the older analog networks.
For more than three years, Alarm.com has offered digital wireless home security technology and has never relied on the AMPS network. The Alarm.com technology allows consumers' security systems to transmit alarm signals to a central monitoring station without the use of an analog telephone line. This is becoming more important as an increasing number of consumers are choosing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or mobile phone devices as their primary phone service.
Members of the security industry recently have petitioned the FCC for an extension of the February 2008 deadline, citing a need for more time to upgrade the many analog security systems installed nationwide. Alarm.com supports the security industry's petition for an extension to the AMPS Sunset clause, believing that the industry's customer base will be better served if security dealers have sufficient time to make sure that every AMPS-based system is upgraded with maximum care and attention to detail.