''Smit said Comcast is also looking to introduce new services through its Xfinity Home platform. The platform is available nationwide and offers subscribers home security and automation services including lighting and thermostat controls, and carbon monoxide and flood sensors. Comcast is beginning to deploy new Xfinity Wireless Gateways from Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) that are capable of delivering data of up to 270 Mbps to devices in subscriber homes, partly because it sees "opportunities for products we could hang off" the WiFi gateways, Smit said.

While Smit didn't detail the new products Comcast is looking to deliver through Xfinity Home, executives have previously said Comcast wants to introduce home healthcare services. The MSO explained how it may be able to add automobile security to the platform in a patent application it filed last summer and allow subscribers to receive alerts on TV and mobile devices if someone attempts to steal their cars.

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