Tata Honeywell JV to start services in Hyderabad, Kolkata

By P. Vikram Reddy

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 5. Central Monitoring Services India (CMSIPL), a joint venture of Tata Honeywell and Group4 Securitas Guarding, plans to start its services in Hyderabad and Kalkota by December/January, and Chennai by March next.

The subscriber-based monitoring and response service company is into providing such services for all Tata Honeywell security product users across India and is already offering them in Pune, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. With a targeted subscriber base of 10,000 by December, it has already built a 6000-7000 base.

The company gets technology for the security systems and Central Monitoring stations from Tata Honeywell, while the services are from Group4 Securitas, a $3.5 billion global leader in security services and employing 1.15 lakh people for its operations in 50 countries.

On the other hand, the Rs. 290 crore Tata Honeywell which is into large buildings security since 1992, is launching two new products this week - Home safe kit and Video door phone - the latter enables occupants of a house to see visitors' faces even in pitch dark. Viewers can see, communicate and then only open the door for visitors using this system, according to Mr. S. Shankar, Head, Total Security Solutions, one of the five divisions of Tata Honeywell which handles security systems.

Total Security Solutions with a target of Rs. 10 crore turnover this year is now implementing ``intelligence to buildings", and has automated about 425 homes in Hyderabad and some in Visakhapatnam.

Speaking to The Hindu while on a visit to Hyderabad on Wednesday, Mr. Shankar said the company had two priorities, one was to establish itself in the safety and security systems. The second one, was to work to establish a market for ``smart homes'' with focus on saving energy and giving `connectivity' to the entire system.

Explaining the concept, he says, smart homes was in the planning stage and could materialise two years down the line. The company was essentially hoping for the Government's `dual tariff' policy on power front. Smart home envisages linking all electrical systems in a house, and sensor based start and off mechanism to save power (when there are no occupants in a room). Connectivity on Internet is to enable people monitor electrical installations at home, while being in office, he said.

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