Best Buy to Acquire PERS Company GreatCall for $800M
Privately-held GreatCall focuses on personal emergency response services (PERS) for senior citizens and has over 900,000 paying subscribers.
Privately-held GreatCall focuses on personal emergency response services (PERS) for senior citizens and has over 900,000 paying subscribers.
Households already paying for monitoring services are far more likely to pay for a home-living service, Parks Associates finds.
Mace, a leading brand in personal safety products, will move the operations of Tampa, Fla.-based Vigilant to its current facilities.
The wholesale monitored services provider hosted its annual personal emergency response systems event Sept. 26-28 in Park City, Utah.
California State University, Fresno, purchased 2,000 PERS devices to provide to students, many of whom walk the campus for evening classes.
The acquisition will serve as a base to expand the reach of Connect America’s PERS operations into Colorado.
The Olympic swimmer posted a promotional video on social media about the crime prevention tool.
NXT-ID will look to install biometric technology on LogicMark’s existing devices, as well as improve market awareness of the company.
With global populations aging, and with increased pressure for healthcare providers to reduce cost and improve outcomes, the Internet of things [IoT] will play a pivotal role.
The company hopes to fulfill a $100,000 crowdsourcing goal to help fund initial production and gauge marketability of the wearable mPERS device.