ABOX42

SET TOP BOXES FOR IPTV, OTT, HYBRIDDVB AND SMART HOME SOLUTIONS

ABOX42 is about German quality and engineering. The company has been active in the operator and service provider segment for over eight years, providing advanced, modern, set top box solutions with a wide range of hardware products, a comprehensive software stack and a total lifecycle management solution for both hardware and software. In 2016, ABOX42 entered the smart home/smart living product segment, providing a complete white label solution for operators. And the past year has seen ABOX42’s set top box platform approach adopted by more operators looking for a modern, future proof, managed and feature-rich platform.

From product perspective, the company successfully introduced its new IPTV and hybrid UHD line M50 as well as the new IPTV and hybrid HD line Z38 with best in-class price-performance ratio.

SMART SET-TOP BOX SOLUTIONS

ABOX42 recognises the increasing convergence of the internet and TV and the opportunities it presents for newer business models for established operators as well as new market players. In the IPTV segment, there is a large demand for upgrading from existing solutions to modern, latest generation IPTV solutions that require set top box platforms with the latest technologies and the most advanced features. Within this rising scenario, ABOX42 has established itself as a leading player of next generation IPTV, OTT and hybrid-DVB set top box solutions.

SET TOP BOX DEVICES

ABOX42 develops and manufactures a range of set top box devices according to the highest quality standards, branding options and with a complete supply chain concept that covers planning, production, shipment, customisation, refurbishment and warranty handling.

SOFTWARE STACK/SDK

ABOX42 provides a feature rich software

stack (set top box middleware) supporting modern TV services including special requirements (e.g. HbbTV) for advanced operator projects. ABOX42 provides all the elements for a modern, complex, multi-application TV service offering for operators.

TOTAL LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

The total lifecycle management solution offers a complete secure solution to manage software provisioning, software upgrades and downgrades.

SERVICES

From evaluation to finished product, ABOX42 supports. Its professional services team guides clients through the entire project phase. While your all-in-one solution makes its way to the finish line, the ABOX42 customisation service will help you brand your product from top to bottom. Dedicated effort guarantees success.

SOLUTIONS

Choose your preferred solution from a range of features, covering the most common feature sets to the most complex and beyond. Enrich your content with a variety of third party applications like VoD services, YouTube and many HbbTV services. Being able to provide TV apps, TV backend

M50 UHD Box.

services and third party applications within a complete ecosystem makes ABOX42 a total set top box solution.

dotIO OPERATOR SMART HOME SOLUTIONS

The ABOX42 dotIO smart home products and services are the logical next step for ABOX42, extending the capabilities of the set top box product lines for new smart home business models. The company’s awarded expertise in hardware engineering, software development, total lifecycle management and service delivery are a solid foundation for the delivery of total solutions in this area.

dotIO Smart Home Sensors.

ABOX42 dotIO is the latest innovation by ABOX42 and provides all essential hardware, cloud and mobile components to offer compelling smart home services to end users. With ABOX42 dotIO, operators can quickly roll out innovative services as an extension of their existing service offerings and multi-service bundles. This new service allows any operator to generate additional revenue streams within the customer base, acquire new subscribers and reduce churn. All ABOX42 dotIO services and components are fully integrated and can be easily deployed without project risk, within a short timeline as another turnkey solution by ABOX42.

dotIO SMART HOME GATEWAY

The ABOX42 H38 smart home gateway is the central device of the solution and processes all information that is provided by the connected devices (sensors). The H38 fulfills all of the requirements needed both for today and in the future. With a powerful core ARM processor with 1GB RAM, it is the most powerful smart home gateway in the market today. This new platform contains a rich communication package to interact with all the latest communication standards and to connect with various sensors in the household for a complete new set of services. H38 supports thread, RF4CE, Bluetooth 4.0/BLE, wifi extensions and the latest ZigBee 3.0 standard.

With its built-in advanced hardware and software security and encrypted data transmission to the ABOX42 dotIO cloud services, the smart home gateway offers advanced security and privacy for the end user.

dotIO SMART HOME SENSORS

The data gathered by the ABOX42 H38 smart home gateway platform is delivered by different sensors which provide data for essential smart home services. It is vital to go for extremely reliable, state-of-the-art sensors to provide the most accurate data for a best-in-class service. ABOX42 dotIO offers a wide range of compatible sensors, certified to work with the ABOX42 H38 smart home gateways and the ABOX42 dotIO service platform.

Sensors for door/window open detection, smoke, fire, gas-sensors, water leak detectors, motion sensors and smart power plugs are already available. In addition, the ABOX42’s smart home gateway is ready to interact with sensors like cameras with optional intercom functionality (microphone and speaker) via wifi. ABOX42 dotIO sensors already support the Green Power standard today, which allows sensors to operate with a maximum battery life of five and up to 10 years. This is a significant advantage for battery life compared to previous sensor generations.

dotIO LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR THE GATEWAY

Operators can ensure their products in the field are healthy and up-to-date by using ABOX42‘s reliable lifecycle management solution. The experience that ABOX42 has gathered with the lifecycle management of its whole product range

Matthias Greve, CEO and Founder.

has been transferred to the built-in secure software lifecycle management system of ABOX42 dotIO, allowing an entirely secure management and delivery of the gateway firmware. This is one of the many features that make the H38 a solid, secure smart home gateway platform, well prepared for the dynamic changes of smart home technologies in the future.

dotIO BIGDATA

A range of IoT backend services in the cloud enable communication with the ABOX42 H38 smart home gateway in order to collect sensor data and user activity from ABOX42 dotIO mobile applications. The ABOX42 dotIO home gateways and mobile applications provide enough data to create various new business models. ABOX42 dotIO Cockpit acts as the Data Storage backend by aggregating and

Oliver Soellner, Member of the Management Board.

securely storing this information flood. This gives the operator new opportunities to implement a wide range of smart home business models.

dotIO REAL-TIME COCKPIT

The dotIO is the state-of-the-art cloud front end to the ABOX42 dotIO BigData cloud. The Cockpit offers full transparency of the system status, all gateway and sensor data for customer care and provides real-time of the SLA of end-to-end systems for the operator’s product management.

dotIO MOBILE APPLICATIONS

The ABOX42 dotIO operator smart home solution is designed as a service for end users, operated simply with a fingertip via mobile devices, for a convenient end user experience. The end user gets to use the ABOX42 dotIO smart home service via mobile apps for iPhone and android smartphones which allows the user to interact and entirely manage his service installation and configuration. With a strong background in user interfaces and behaviour, ABOX42 provides a handson experience for maximum customer satisfaction.

CONTACT

ABOX42 GmbH

Amalienbadstr 41

76227 Karlsruhe

Germany Tel: +49 (0) 721 75 40540 Email: sales@abox42.com Website: www.ABOX42.com