Company background
The story of creating the first ideas of the ThereGate dates back to the beginning of 2007. This is when research around a new potential business area for Nokia was started at the Nokia Research Center. The potential in developing a system to control home appliances easily using a mobile phone was considered significant for Nokia. The Smart Home program, part of the New Business Programs, was established in the beginning of 2008. The program evolved out of a team of three to consist of 50 employees – internal and external.
There Corporation was formed in May 2009 by the management team of the Nokia Smart Home program to commercialize the technology developed over a number of years at Nokia. All the related development, results, materials, deals and know-how have been transferred from Nokia to There corporation with a licensing deal between the companies. By bringing in the Comsel team, the knowledge of smart metering and energy efficiency was incorporated to the There corporation. The development of the solutions continues with its partners and the first pilots are expected to be released in the beginning of 2010.