Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM), AT&T Inc. (T): The New Face of Home Security?

Improving locational services
QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) is also working in conjunction with Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), to improve existing Wi-Fi and location-based services. Cisco’s CTO, Bob Friday, explained to FierceBroadbandWireless “The theory is that Qualcomm has a very large footprint in the mobile device ecosystem, and Cisco has a very large footprint across the Wi-Fi ecosystem in terms of venues. Qualcomm and Cisco together enable a better indoor-location experience with the client and the network together. And we can enable a better local service delivery experience.”

The services will run on Qualcomm’s IZat platform that utilizes chips capable of using Wi-Fi, cellular, and GPS signals to determine a user’s location. These chips will integrate with Cisco’s wireless access points and network to deliver indoor-location information with real-time analytic technologies. This analyzed information will then be used to deliver personalized mobile services and content.

Bob Friday said that, “When people walk into a venue, they should be able to get to information that’s relevant to them within two clicks on their mobile device… You should be able to tell the mobile device, here’s the local service I’m interested in, and here’s how I want to be notified.”

This is the vision that QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) have of the future, and it’s likely that leveraging location-based services with the IoE will dramatically change how content such as online coupons are delivered to wireless users.

The bottom line
The Internet of Everything is coming, and three premier players that will greatly benefit are Cisco, Qualcomm, and AT&T. Each company trades below 14 times forward earnings, which means you won’t have to break the bank to acquire them, either. Each pays out a dividend as well, with AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) the highest yielder at over 5%. Cisco’s dividend is around 3%, with shares of Qualcomm yielding around 2%. Investing in all three will give you adequate exposure to the developing IoE boom and a nice source of passive income.

The article Invest In The “Internet Of Everything” With These 3 Companies originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Joseph Harry.

Joseph Harry owns shares of AT&T; and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO). The Motley Fool recommends Cisco Systems. The Motley Fool owns shares of Qualcomm.

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