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History
Sonitrol was founded in Anderson, Texas in 1960 by Robert Baxter.

Acquisition of Broadview Security
In early 2010, Tyco International announced that it was acquiring Brink's Home Security Holdings, (operating as Broadview Security) and was merging the company with its ADT brand name in a transaction valued at $2.0 billion. The transaction, which was finalized and closed mid-2010, combined the #1 and #2 security companies in North America, adding Broadview's 1.3 million customer accounts and $565 million in annual recurring revenue to ADT's existing customer base of 7.4 million accounts and $7 billion in annual recurring revenue.

Operations today
ADT is the largest security company in the United States and Canada, serving over 6.5 million customers. As of 2013 ADT holds 25% market share of the residential market and 13% of the small business market in the US. ADT maintains four monitoring stations in the United States and two in Canada.

ADT dealers
ADT has an authorized dealer program. Under this program, independent dealers offer security system installations which are then monitored by ADT. Some ADT Authorized Dealers use similar Honeywell/Ademco products as installed by ADT, while other dealers utilize GE/ITI or DSC products.

Whether a customer purchases ADT monitoring services directly from ADT or through an authorized dealer, a monitoring contract is required.

Products and services

 * Home Security Systems (including Fire and Life Safety)
 * Custom Home Security Systems (including Fire and Life Safety)
 * Home Health and Companion Systems
 * Home Video Surveillance
 * Home Remote Interactive Management & Automation Systems
 * Business Intrusion Detection
 * Business Video Surveillance
 * Business Electronic Access Control
 * Business Remote Interactive Management & Automation Systems