New Articles [White Papers Link] October 26, 2004 Utilities tepid on powerline Internet move October 25, 2004 Utilities take pass on offering broadband October 25, 2004 Conexant Unveils Next-Generation Video Encoder with Support for Intel-Developed sDVO Interface October 15, 2004 FCC okays powerline Internet access October 13, 2004 HomePlug AV Specification Enters Final Stage; The First Global Specification for a 200-Mbps-class Powerline-Networking Technology is Now Ready for Final Industry Input Oct. 4, 2004 NETGEAR Selects Intellon's HomePlug ICs to Extend Wireless Home Networking Range and Coverage Areas Sept. 30, 2004 NETGEAR First to Extend Home Network Range Via Powerline, Wireless 802.11g Combination Sept. 29, 2004 PowerLinx, Inc. Executes $3 Million Private Placement Sept. 28, 2004 Bel's SIMPLE Module Instantly Adds HomePlug 1.0 Functionality to Existing Embedded Systems Sept. 21, 2004 POWERLINX Signs Up LaunchPower to Market to Government Agencies Sept. 21, 2004 AZTECH unveils HomePlug Powerline solution Sept. 15, 2004 Telkonet Receives the 2004 Cornerstone Award for Technology Innovation The VOD offering will enable set-top boxes in hotels and multiple dwelling units that are equipped with PowerLinx transceivers to stream VP6 video from remote TrueCast Servers. See August 5 2004 Article A presentation on Power Line Communication (POL) was held yesterday at the Bahrain Training Institute (BTI), Isa Town...Saudi... See July 30 2004 Article Powerlinx, Inc. today announced the Company's CEO, George S. Bernardich III, is featured in an online interview outlining the completion of a $1.275M private placement to certain institutional investors for shareholders and investors. See July 27 2004 Article POWERLINE carrier systems provider CPS Mobile Technology Sdn Bhd will by the end of the month begin offering equipment that provides 14Mbps broadband Internet access over a combination of electrical power lines and wireless links. See July 27 2004 Article CDKNet.com, Inc. announced that its Arkados, Inc. subsidiary entered into a development agreement with Leviton Manufacturing Co. to create powerline carrier networking applications for Leviton. See July 23 2004 Article Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell recently issued the following statement following a demonstration of broadband over powerline technology at AT&T labs. See July 21 2004 Article People in Solvay are anxiously awaiting the start-up of a new high-speed, low-cost Internet service. See July 7 2004 Article The high speed Internet service-- Broadband over Powerline-- will be a first-in-the-world test. The 'Net will pour through the same Central Virginia Electric Cooperative lines that brought the 20th century to Nelson County. See July 1 2004 Article BPL is a part of the Bush Administration's "Innovation Agenda" -- a plan to make broadband technology available in every corner of America by the year 2007. See June 30 2004 Article Powerline is being touted by the European Commission as the last-mile technology that will deliver broadband eight times faster than a DSL connection into every home and business in Europe. See June 30 2004 Article Tests are now beginning to take place in Africa where - if the technology delivers according to its claims - it could considerably lower the costs of network roll-out. See June 28 2004 Article Bush said powerline is still largely held back by technological compatibility issues, which he urged the DoC to resolve. Kerry, while proposing his own set of ideas for spurring broadband, claimed that the US has fallen behind in its adoption rates since Bush came to power. See June 27 2004 Article One is in the area of high-speed communications. Technology from a new company called Powerwan is one of the first powerline architectures to solve the last mile issue: how to get data down the final stretch to the office or home. See June 24 2004 Article Smarthome tossed its bits into the standards ring with a proposal for a home-automation standard that combines powerline and 900MHz wireless-network technology. See June 15 2004 Article Smarthome, Inc., the world's leading provider of home automation products, today announced Insteon(TM) (pron: "instee-on"), the first home automation network technology to combine the home's existing wiring, or powerline, with radio frequency (RF) communications to deliver a secure, reliable and fast connection for automatic or remote control of lighting, security, entertainment systems, appliances, climate and more. See June 7 2004 Article The City of Manassas, Virginia, and broadband over power line (BPL) franchisee Prospect Street Broadband have parted company, and the city is seeking a new business partner. See June 4 2004 Article The Bush Administration’s love of all things that pollute is about to take it’s toll on the radio spectrum as the FCC is poised to open the floodgates of broadband transmission via existing power lines. . See May 26 2004 Article CDKnet.com, Inc. (OTCBB:CDKN) announced that it has acquired a privately held home networking and broadband powerline communications company and completed a private placement of its equity securities of approximately $1 million. See May 25 2004 Article Airbee Wireless Inc. today announced that its president and Chief Executive Officer, Raj Sundaresan, will be a presenter at Wall Street Reporter Magazine's Telecom Investment Forum, to be held at The Rainbow Room in New York City's Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, May 26...powerline... See May 24 2004 Article Intellon Corporation, the world leader in integrated circuits (ICs) for high-speed powerline networking, today announced the appointment of Andreas Melder to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development. See May 18 2004 Article Powerline Control Systems (PCS) announces that Custom Solutions, Inc. (CSI) has implemented support for PCS' Universal Powerline Bus (UPB) technology. See May 5 2004 Article Telkonet, Inc. announced today it has signed a co-marketing agreement with Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite services, which it markets under the DIRECWAY(R) brand. See May 4 2004 Article Progress Energy,a Raleigh,N.C.-based energy and utility company,is making a major strategic bet on the future of broadband delivery over power lines. See April 30 2004 Article Intellon Corporation, the world leader in integrated circuits (ICs) for high-speed powerline networking, announced that it has shipped its one millionth HomePlug IC to its growing customer base. See April 26 2004 Article SINCE 2000, certain manufacturers and retailers have allied themselves to support products allowing you to connect to the Internet using the same power lines that run your home's toaster or refrigerator. See April 21 2004 Article HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc., an industry consortium that creates specifications for high-speed powerline networking products and services, today announced the election of a new slate of officers with deep experience in technology, consumer products and retail markets. Leading the slate are Oleg Logvinov as president and Pete Griffin as chairman of the board. See April 20 2004 Article Powerlinx, Inc. (OTC BB: PWLX) announced today that the Company's CEO George Bernardich III is currently featured in an on-line interview at PrBroadcast.com. Mr. Bernardich discusses current operations as well as other matters impacting the future performance of the Company. See April 16 2004 Article Intellon Corporation, today announced it has raised $23.5 million in new equity financing. The investment was led by Comcast Interactive Capital, EnerTech Capital and Liberty Associated Partners, LP. See April 5 2004 Article PLCA Responds to Wall Street Journal "While Ken Brown did an excellent job in his article In this Power Play, High-Wire Act Riles Ham Radio Fans I must take issue with the lack of balance and facts. Sure it portrayed the mass concern and frustration that exists among well-intentioned ham radio operators, but our industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in exhaustive research and testing to eliminate any such claims..." See March 30 2004 Article Intellon Corporation, the world leader in integrated circuits for high-speed powerline networking, today announced it has acquired the engineering team and intellectual property of Toronto-based Cogency Semiconductor Inc., a competing developer of powerline integrated circuits. See March 29 2004 Article Southern Electric - which is running trials to supply broadband over electricity cables - is to begin a marketing push in Winchester next month to drum up more customers. See March 26 2004 Article Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. (MEPPI) and Electric Broadband LLC have signed an agreement under which the two companies will jointly engage in the development, marketing and support of broadband-over-powerline (BPL) solutions that bring broadband Internet access to homes through standard electrical lines. See March 12 2004 Article PowerLinx, Inc. (OTCBB:PWLX) has further expanded its Board of Directors. Douglas A. McIntyre, Chairman, President & CEO of On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:ONT) has accepted an appointment... See March 02 2004 Article ITRANcomm: IT800D High Performance PLC modem chip, has been introduced and demonstrated last week by its developer, Century Controls of Bangalore, India www.centurysystech.com . See February 6 2004 Article TIERRA VERDE, Fla., Feb 4, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PowerLinx, Inc. (OTCBB:PWLX),has acquired multiple patents defining digital transmission through regular power lines and also through twisted pair wires. These patented techniques enhance the distance and quality of service (QOS) of a digital signal transmission delivered through power lines and twisted pair wires. See February 4 2004 Article Alcoa's AFL Telecommunications has been chosen by the City of Manassas in Virginia to support its efforts to deploy Power Line Carrier/Broadband over Power Line (PLC/BPL) using AFL's E-PON solution to support the network backhaul. In addition to backhaul, the City of Manassas will use E-PON for traffic system control, and next generation services such as FTTB (fiber-to-the-business). See February 4 2004 Article Amperion, Inc. and PUC Telecom, provider of advanced telecommunications services, today announced that Broadband over Power line (BPL) technology has been deployed in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. See February 4 2004 Article Telkonet, Inc. (OTCBB:TLKO.OB), today announced that it has received approval by the American Stock Exchange for its listing application. See January 28 2004 Article Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), today introduced the industry's first dial-up modem chip with support for Intel's High Definition Audio (HD Audio) bus architecture audio standard. See January 26 2004 Article HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc., today announced three new board member companies who will join in the alliance's charter of providing a forum for the creation of specifications for home powerline networking products and services. Comcast, DS2 and EarthLink... See January 13 2004 Article Southern Telecom Inc., a subsidiary of Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) that provides long-haul and metro dark fiber, today announced a successful demonstration of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) with Main.net Communications Ltd. (Main.net), a global leader in BPL access network solutions. See January 8 2004 Article Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , best known for its Panasonic-brand products, has developed a high-speed home power line IP networking technology capable of high-definition video transmission. The new technology will be part of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance's next generation HomePlug AV specification for audio, video and data networking. See January 7 2004 Article The HomePlug(R) Powerline Alliance demonstrating high-definition video streaming over the powerline, the core component of HomePlug AV technology. HomePlug AV will enable distribution of data and multi-stream entertainment throughout the home, including High Definition television (HDTV) and Standard Definition television (SDTV),... See January 7 2004 Article Corinex Communications Corp. of Vancouver, B.C., Canada, a HomePlug member, presents its full line of HomePlug certified and compatible products as well as the first implementation of a HomePlug certified chipset in a coax environment. See January 7 2004 Article Intellon Corporation, integrated circuits (ICs) for high-speed powerline networking, is introducing its PowerAV technology at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) by streaming three simultaneous video streams over standard electrical wiring... See January 6 2004 Article Telkonet, Inc. performed the first field trial of the Company's powerline networking environment aboard the naval research vessel "Afloat Lab", which is the Office of Naval Research's technology flagship... See January 5 2004 Article Linksys(R), a division of Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), announced that the EarthLink Home Networking service will now deploy Linksys wired and wireless home networking products. ...can select wired, wireless and Powerline networking solutions... See December 17 Article Asoka(TM) USA Corporation announced today that two of its products, the PlugLink(TM) Wireless Access Point (model PL9540-WAP) and PlugLAN(TM) Network Jack(TM) (model PL8730-EFP), have won the much acclaimed International CES Innovation Award. See December 16 Article Early in October, 2003, the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) granted Endesa, Iberdrola and Union Fenosa, the country's three main electric companies, licenses to offer voice and data services over their grids. Using PLC technology ... See December 14 Article Power-Linx, Inc. [OTCBB: PWLX], maker of powerline communication products, will begin trading under the stock symbol PWLX, beginning December 10, 2003. See December 10 Article Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First Single-Chip Analog Front-End for Powerline Modems See December 8 Article Canada's telecommunications market is getting more competitive as electric utilities roll out plans to offer Internet service over electric lines and accessible through the socket in your wall. See December 4 Article Intellon Delivers $10 HomePlug(TM) Solution for Embedded Market. New INT5200 Continues Intellon's Powerline Leadership With World's Lowest Cost HomePlug 1.0 Integrated Circuit. See December 2 Article Phonex Broadband(TM) Corporation ( www.phonex.com ), today announced that DIRECTV, Inc. provider of the nation's leading digital television service with more than 12 million customers, has approved the use of the Wireless Phone Jack for Modems with their set top boxes. See November 19 Article Amperion, Inc. and Data Ventures, Inc. (DVI) today announced that DVI selected the Amperion Connect(TM) solution for wide scale Broadband over Power line (BPL) deployments in North America. The first deployment will launch this month in Penn Yan, a rural community in upstate New York. See November 17 Article The interference potential of Broadband over Power Line (BPL) to over-the-air radio services was the topic of an ARRL-sponsored meeting of 25 communications professionals November 7. The National Association of Broadcasters hosted the gathering at its headquarters in Washington, DC. See November 14 Article Power Line Communication (PLC) technology and its advantages, were introduced by ITRAN Communications and its Japanese partners Renesas and Hitachi ULSI during the Neotech21 seminar held in Samsung (Seoul, Korea). Engineers and managers from different Samsung divisions took part in the seminar. See November 6 Article Hitachi ULSI Systems Ltd. , a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., has introduced its new ULTRA-PLC module. The module combines ITRAN'S IT800D Power Line Communication Modem IC, Hitachi's H8 microcontroller and a control protocol developed by Hitachi ULSI. See November 6 Article SMC(R) Networks (www.smc.com), a leading provider of networking solutions for the Enterprise, the SMB and all the way home, and Cogency Semiconductor, a leading provider of high-performance semiconductors for powerline home networking and media distribution, today announced that SMC's new line of HomePlug-compliant home networking products incorporates the Cogency chipset. See November 6 Article Nov 3, 2003 -- Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) and GlobespanVirata, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSPN) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in a strategic merger. The combined company will possess the world's most complete and most advanced portfolio of semiconductor solutions targeting the broadband digital home. See November 3 Article Wayne, N.J. - With service providers looking to deliver triple-play services-voice, video and data-over broadband pipes, interest in streaming signals throughout the home is at an all-time high in the development community. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is returning to the drawing board to craft a ground-up specification, HomePlug AV, that will be optimized for audio and video streaming over home power lines. See October 27 Article Thanks to a broadband connection that comes in through every wall socket of his Potomac, Md., home, Dr. Glazer can read the news and check sports scores on a computer in any room, using just a power cord as a connection. Before December, when he signed up for a power-line communications trial conducted by Potomac Electric Power Co. and technology start-up Current Technologies LLC, he was using dial-up. See October 13 Article Salt Lake City, UT - Phonex Broadband TM Corporation (www.phonex.com) today unveiled their portfolio of reliability features for the ReadyWire Powerline Communications Chip. See October 7 Article TAMPA - Sometime next year, your local electric utility might be offering a quick connection to the Internet. That's good news for people living in rural or remote areas where cable operators or telephone companies don't offer high-speed Internet access. See October 6 Article Ambient Corporation (OTCBB: ABTG - News) today announced that the company has been approved for a nationwide license by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The nationwide license allows Ambient to initiate field trials with partners anywhere in the United States without having to apply for individual licenses for each trial. See September 23 Article Many press articles in the European press following the World Summit of PLC Associations September 3, 2003 Following the World Summit of PLC Associations that the PLCforum organised in Brussels on June 10, 2003 many articles have been published in the European press and in online magazines, underlining the promising market perspectives of PLC solutions. Some of these articles can be accessed through the below links. Data News Computerworld Cinco Dias Communications News IEE Review Network World In "Powerline Networking Comes Of Age", we discussed the emergence of devices that let you "use your existing electrical wiring to create a local area network for your PCs, Macs, Linux boxes, or other network-enabled devices." The beauty of powerline networking is that any building ... See September 1 Article The idea behind the home-plug technology is to exploit a network that already exists in American homes _ the electrical wires _ to send data. All it requires is a pair of Ethernet bridges that plug into the electrical outlets _ one at the wall socket nearest the cable or DSL modem, the other near the device you're adding to the network _ to send information from point to point at high speed. See August 21 Article Wave Report | Broadband Power Line Tutorial Abstract: The WAVE Report is a Technology Report covering 3D, Information appliances, the Internet, Virtual Reality and the Future of computing See August 2 Sena International Co., Ltd. recently confirmed reports that his company has been contracted to supply powerline communication (PLC) modems to Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2), a European chip designer. P.Y. Lin estimated that the contract would add NT$2 billion... See July 24 Article Wireless is where the action is, but I am a bigger fan of the powerline networking devices and hope these will get some play from the vendors because they just work. In several homes that I have tried to connect wireless access points and failed, the powerline devices just shine. These products work over the AC power lines of your home and provided that you don't plug them into a surge protector (which happened at one friend's house), they work flawlessly and without a great deal of configuration and messing around with various parameters. See July 23 Article Efficient Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Siemens AG, today announced the availability of the SpeedStream(R) DSL Gateway Family. The family includes a gateway combining a DSL modem with 802.11g wireless networking technology in a single box and a gateway combining DSL access with 802.11g wireless and powerline networking technologies. See July 7 Article If you have more than two computers in your home and haven't hooked them up, surely you must be longing to. Nature abhors a vacuum, and computers adore a network. See July 6 Article MIDVALE, Utah, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Phonex Broadband(TM) Corporation ( www.phonex.com ), a Power Line Carrier (PLC) voice, audio and data communication technology company, today unveiled new addition to award winning NeverWire product line -- the NeverWire USB with sleek wall-mount design. See July 2 Article SANTA CLARA, Calif., June -- Netergy Microelectronics, Inc., a subsidiary of 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT - News), and Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2) today announced an agreement under which the companies will partner to enable voice services over powerline communications. See June 29 Article PowerComm Systems, Inc has a live web cam on the Internet at: http://www.ibec.net/cam It is aimed at the Cullman Electrical Co-op in Cullman, AL. This is the site of an active BPLC trial in which PowerComm has about 12 homes connected over about 1.8 miles of a circuit operating at 14,400 / 25000 volts. The camera is throttled to a data rate for its upload of 400kbps. The data rates on the line are limited to that of the T1 service to the Co-op. Both HPA compliant delivery to the home and IEEE802.11 drops are live off the powerline. June 2003 [Johannesburg, 13 June 2003] - The Tshwane Metro Government has far-reaching plans and projects under way, to offer broadband on its existing optical fibre backbone, as well as last mile comms to low-teledensity areas and post-graduate students, including cutting-edge power line (PLC) communications. See June 13 Article It takes a bold competitor to step into the ring with one of broadband’s fastest-growing and most hyped technologies–wireless networking–but that’s exactly what the proponents of powerline networking are doing. See June 3 Article The 16 police officers in Ossining, New York, have an always-on connection to the townspeople. In an effort to step up community policing, Chief Kenneth Donato has instituted a program that calls for his officers to personally meet all 5500 of the town's residents. "The officers have personal business cards, and the cards have e-mail addresses," Donato says. "We're encouraging residents to communicate with us via e-mail." A year ago, such a program would have been difficult to undertake. Until six months ago, the department's only connection to the Internet was a dial-up connection. "It was painful--painful, to say the least," Donato says. Today, the department has a high-speed, always-on connection. And it's getting that through its power company. See June 2 Article The Different Technical Approaches to PLC See May Article The Past and Future of PLC See May Article PLC from the CLEC Standpoint See May Article Utilities Turn Up The Juice On Power Line Communications. Will Surge In Activity Push PLC Off The Launch Pad This Time See May Article Electric Broadband, a new power line communications solutions provider, has been formed by two of the leading entities in the Broadband over Power Line (BPL) industry - The Shpigler Group and Plexeon Logistics. Electric Broadband will focus on providing solutions to the utility industry interested in pursuing power line technology by combining the capabilities of The Shpigler Group (consulting and business plan design) and Plexeon Logistics (engineering and network integration). See May 19 Article Phonex Broadband(TM) Corporation (www.phonex.com) today announced the revolutionary TimeSlot(TM) Quality of Service (QoS) feature for the ReadyWire Powerline Home Communications Chip. TimeSlot QoS divides the ReadyWire bandwidth into 15 independent time slots designed to ensure connection quality with a new level of control and prioritization. See May 7 Article Eagle Broadband (AMEX:EAG), a leading supplier of broadband products, services and content, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Media Fusion, a leading developer of Hybrid Powerline Communications (HPLC) technology, to combine their two technologies with the objective of driving the next-wave of broadband communications into homes and businesses across the United States. See May 6 Article The HomePlug(R) Powerline Alliance, Inc., an industry consortium established to provide a forum for the creation of specifications for home powerline networking products and services, today announced a request for proposal (RFP) for the HomePlug AV specification. See May 5 Article Earlier this month, FCC Chairman Michael Powell got his first look at a network scheme that may well become the third access technology for getting broadband into homes and businesses: powerline communications. He toured a Maryland home provisioned with the technology, which transmits e-mail, Web pages, voice and other kinds of data (including DVD-grade movies) over the existing power grid and through standard electrical outlets located today in every U.S. home and office. See May 1 Article ...more articles

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