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AT&T terminates Xanboo dealer agreement

Telco says don’t sell Xanboo after July
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Daniel Gelinas
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04/14/2011
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LAS VEGAS—AT&T, which in December of 2010 acquired home security and automation provider Xanboo, is to stop selling Xanboo products by July 5.

Cloudy forecast for SureView at ISC West

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Daniel Gelinas
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04/07/2011
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LAS VEGAS—SureView Systems, supplier of the video-centric central station automation platform Immix, on March 15 announced it would unveil a move to cloud computing at this year’s ISC West with the release of Immix Cloud It’s a migration the company said will benefit central station clients.

Mace CSSS acquires The Command Center

Mace GM and TCCI alumnus Hertel feels acquisition a good fit
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Daniel Gelinas
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04/01/2011
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—Mace CSSS on April 1 announced it had acquired UL-listed wholesale central station, The Command Center, Inc. by purchasing all of the company’s stock. TCCI is a UL listed wholesale central station located in Corona, Calif.  Financial terms of the stock acquisition were not disclosed.
According to Mace CSSS VP and GM Morgan Hertel, the acquisition brings 20,000 accounts from 70 dealers to the Mace fold, and adds an undisclosed amount of RMR to Mace’s coffers.

Vivint transfers all its accounts to stages automation platform

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Daniel Gelinas
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03/31/2011
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PROVO, Utah—Vivint announced on March 17 that it was in the process of transferring all of its more than 500,000 monitored accounts to Secure Global Solutions’ stages central station automation platform. Vivint expects to have the transfer completed by the end of April, with both of Vivint’s monitoring centers going through the switch over.

AICC group to push for national licensing

Move would make monitoring across state lines easier
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Daniel Gelinas
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03/24/2011
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WASHINGTON—Following the New York state licensing debate over Article 6-E, the Alarm Industry Communications Committee—the membership committee that handles the security industry’s lobbying in Congress and with the FCC—has formed a subcommittee to execute the push for a national license for central stations. The committee, which had its first meeting on March 3, has important work to do, according to industry leaders.

Does AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile threaten the industry?

 by: 
Daniel Gelinas
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03/24/2011
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YARMOUTH, Maine—Ever since rumblings of a POTS sunset began last year, the security industry has been concerned with where a dependable communications pathway would come from. Most eyes have turned to broadband and GSM as two alternatives. With the March 20 announcement of AT&T’s agreement to buy competitor T-Mobile for $39 billion, a new wrinkle to the communications pathway has been introduced with which the security industry must contend, assuming the acquisition passes muster with the SEC.

Mobile security moving to the forefront?

Extending central station monitoring beyond the home
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Daniel Gelinas
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03/17/2011
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LOS ANGELES—The idea of mobile security has been around for a while, but according to some security industry observers, the proliferation of smartphone use and technology may signal the real advent of the mobile security market.

Where’s the media in Ascent Media?

Company has cable/media connections, but it’s all about security now
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Martha Entwistle
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03/17/2011
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PALM BEACH, Fla.—The media in Ascent Media—the new owner of Monitronics—is really limited to the company name. That was one of the messages from Bill Fitzgerald, chairman of the board of Ascent Media Corporation, at the Barnes Buchanan conference here in February.
He got some laughs from the conference crowd when he said: “You’re looking at me and thinking ‘Here come the cable guys again.’”
In some ways, Fitzgerald said, the crowd was right to think that. After all, Fitzgerald came to Ascent Media from AT&T Broadband, formerly known as TeleCommunications, Inc. (TCI).  He also still holds the post of SVP of Liberty Media Corporation, whose chairman is cable industry pioneer John Malone.

Metro Phoenix city looks to force false alarm fines on alarm companies

 by: 
Daniel Gelinas
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03/17/2011
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AVONDALE, Ariz.—City officials here held a meeting March 7 with certain members of the local security industry as well as representatives from SIAC to discuss their false alarm ordinance. The results of that meeting include the city remaining firm on its decision to fine alarm companies for false alarms. According to SIAC industry/law enforcement liaison Jon Sargent, the outcome could have been better.

Central forms alliance with city to increase police effectiveness

‘We’re better protecting private businesses by pushing video footage of suspicious activity directly to the police’
 by: 
Daniel Gelinas
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03/10/2011
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ADDISON, Texas—Dallas-based Stealth Monitoring has formed what it calls a unique strategic alliance with the city of Addison, Texas to help better protect the local businesses monitored by Stealth.

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