it currently consists of over 43 companies in different industries such as energy, electrical and household appliances, security and telecommunications. qivicon partners include deutsche telekom, e wie einfach, eq-3, miele, samsung and philips. in march 2018, deutsche telekom announced that it had integrated the home connect platform, which works with bosch and siemens connected devices, into qivicon to enable greater functunality between the two. for example, as well as being able to control connected bosch and siemens appliances directly via the home connect app. dt also announced a number of new compatible devices broaden the qivicon portfolio, such as the nest protect smoke and co alarm.