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NEC Platforms joins Connectivity Standards Alliance, a standards organization that established Matter, an international standard for smart homes

December 10, 2024
NEC Platforms, Ltd.

NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Platforms) joined the Connectivity Standards Alliance, a standards organization that established Matter (*1), an international standard in the smart home field, as a Participant member (*2) on December 4th, 2024.

NEC Platforms is involved in the business of home gateways for telecommunications carriers and routers for general households, which play a central role in smart home networks that support efficient living through the use of IoT and AI technologies. NEC Platforms also provides value to many businesses and users through NetMeister, a service that enables monitoring and control of network devices from the cloud, kitting and delivery at its own factories in Japan, and effective use of recycled resources from used products. NEC Platforms has decided to join the Alliance because of the high affinity of its services with Matter, an international standard for understanding and controlling the status of smart home appliances and IoT devices.

In addition, NEC Platforms also joined the LIVING TECH Association, an organization that promotes smart homes in Japan, as a member company on November 29th, 2024. Taking the opportunity of joining the Alliance and the LIVING TECH Association, NEC Platforms aims to contribute to the expansion and development of the smart home market by promoting collaboration through partnerships with various stakeholders.

NEC Platforms is committed to creating safe, secure, fair, and efficient social value and realizing a sustainable society by providing hardware products and solutions that leverage advanced technologies such as the IoT, cloud computing, and AI.

About Connectivity Standards Alliance

The Alliance is an organization dedicated to developing standards for smart home interoperability. About 600 companies from around the world are participating (as of the end of November 2024) to promote the development and collaboration of Matter, an international standard for smart home interoperability of smart appliances and IoT devices.
Official website：new windowhttps://csa-iot.org/

About LIVING TECH Association

LIVING TECH Association was established in 2020 with the mission of "enriching people's lives with technology.” The LIVING TECH Association was established in 2020 and has more than 70 members (as of the end of November 2024), including housing-related businesses, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, and is actively engaged in activities to promote and popularize smart homes.
Official website：new windowhttps://www.ltajapan.com/

  • (*1)
    An international standard for smart homes that enables interoperability between IoT devices and facilitates the realization of smart homes by using unified interface specifications. It is a safe and secure technical specification that also takes security and privacy into consideration.
    new windowhttps://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/
  • (*2)
    Participant members have the right to participate in various the Alliance working groups and make specification proposals, thus contributing to the development of international standards and enabling the launch of Matter-compliant products in the market.
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    NetMeister is a registered trademark of NEC Platforms, Ltd. in Japan.
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    Matter is a trademark of Connectivity Standards Alliance.
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    Alliance brand name, trademark or logo is a trademark of Connectivity Standards Alliance.
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    All company names, product names, service names, etc. mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trade names of the respective companies.