Victor, the iconic mousetrap company, is using a Comcast network to build what it calls “connected pest control.”

The company’s new battery-powered trap zaps rats or mice with electricity and then sends an alert through a new Comcast wireless network that allows building supervisors or pest-control contractors to monitor the kills on an app, writes Bob Fernandez at philly.com.

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Victor  expects its new VLink product to be available later this year. Woodstream Corp., which manufactures and markets pest control products for rodents and insects, says it believes that VLink will make rodent-killing more efficient for businesses because someone doesn’t have to physically check every trap. An Applebee’s might have 20 traps, while a food warehouse could have 300.

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