Verizon Invests in 4Home to Facilitate Development of Connected Home Services

Companies Continue to Build on Momentum Created With LTE Collaboration at CES 2010

Silicon Valley, Calif., Sept 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- 4Home today announced Verizon Investments Inc. participation in 4Home's Series-B financing round that closed in the first quarter of 2010. The investment, which was arranged through Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Ventures group, assists 4Home to facilitate consumer-focused initiatives, including those underway with Verizon.

Working with Verizon's LTE Innovation Center, the companies showcased market-leading applications running over the 4G network at the Consumer Electronic Show in January. "4Home's work with Verizon's LTE Innovation Center is focused on leveraging the increased bandwidth of the 4G network to enable an entirely new suite of services for the consumer -- offering a simple web-based interface that allows homeowners to manage their energy usage based on their needs, remotely monitor and control their devices, and more," said Leon Hounshell, CEO of 4Home.

About 4Home

4Home is the leading provider of "connected home services," which include energy management, home security and monitoring, media management, and home health. 4Home's ControlPoint(TM), Portal Server, and SDK software products allow hardware vendors and service providers to create and deploy compelling, easy-to-use, and profitable new applications and services for the connected home. A single copy of the networked ControlPoint software installed anywhere on the home network provides whole home coverage -- from anywhere and at anytime. Portal Server is a robust application server for the NOC providing scalable and manageable home control services for a broad, mass-market rollout. 4Home, Inc. is based in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information on 4Home and its award-winning solutions, please visit www.4Home.com.