Tata Consultancy Services launches TCS Connected Consumer Home solution

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has rolled out the TCS Connected Consumer Home solution based on Reference Design Kit (RDK) open source platform, for enabling media and communication service providers (CSPs) to come up with intuitive and exciting connected consumer experiences.

Said to be a scalable, intelligent, and secure solution, TCS Connected Consumer Home simplifies customization, facilitates comprehensive device management, improves the control over software roadmaps for service providers, and helps build a rich and consistent customer experience across devices, apps, and channels.

Furthermore, it offers non-invasive device telemetry-enabled data analytics for producing insights for enhancing services, and launching new features based on user behavior data within the connected home ecosystem, across internet gateway, next-gen video, OTT, and also IoT connected devices.

Tata Consultancy Services launches TCS Connected Consumer Home solution. Photo courtesy of Tata Consultancy Services Limited.

Regu Ayyaswamy – Global Head, Engineering and Industrial Services and IoT at TCS said: “We are excited to announce this strategic relationship with RDK that will help our media and CSP customers innovate faster and transform themselves. The open source platform fosters collaboration among different partners to build purpose-centric and boundaryless ecosystems.

“The TCS Connected Consumer Home Solution standardizes core functions used in video, broadband and next generation smart home IoT solutions, helping deliver superior user experiences, and enabling new business models and innovation in this segment.”

TCS had recently announced the launch of the TCS EngineeringtheFuture-Media Lab for developing and showcasing world class solutions on the RDK platform. The lab is said to be an advanced product research and design facility that enables customers in innovating, quickly prototyping, and in creating ready to deploy solutions.

Steve Heeb – President of RDK said: “RDK solutions represent a tremendous opportunity for communication service providers to develop and deploy a common approach to device software, across various hardware platforms and network architectures.

“With its global presence, wide-ranging industry experience, deep product engineering expertise and consultative approach, TCS is well-positioned to help meet the evolving needs of global communication service providers. By working with TCS, operators and OEMs will be well-positioned to benefit from faster adoption of RDK to support innovative new service offerings and business models.”