Broadband Powerline Communications News
March 2006

LOWELL, MA and VANCOUVER, BC - Amperion, Inc., the leading Access Broadband over Powerline (BPL) solution provider, and Corinex Communications Corp., the largest Powerline manufacturing company in the world have executed a partnership agreement that will deliver a turnkey solution (best of breed BPL hardware, software, and services) to utilities and operators around the globe.

DS2, the global leader in high-performance semiconductors for Powerline applications, announced today that Comtrend Corporation, a leading manufacturer of home networking products and customer premises equipment for ADSL, has standardized on DS2's 200Mbps Powerline networking technology for its new Comtrend CT-901 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor product.

Hanover, Germany - 9th March 2006 - The Universal Powerline Association (UPA), an international association working to promote global standards and regulations in the rapidly developing powerline communications market, today announced the completion of the first version of its “Digital Home Standard” (DHS) high-speed powerline networking specification.

Visit SPiDCOM's booth at CeBIT 2006 to meet senior business and technical staff, see a live demonstration of high-speed communications over electrical powerlines/coaxial cables, and a prototype of SPiDCOM's upcoming HomePlug AV compatible chip.

Telsey, a leading provider of Access Gateway, IP STB and Home Networking solutions for the distribution of broadband interactive services on FTTx and xDSL networks has announced new products based on DS2's powerline networking technology.

Alliance Reports Accelerated Market Traction and Product Shipments

San Ramon, Calif. - March 6, 2006 - The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced HomePlug AV products, membership growth and ramp up in product shipments year over year. Two member companies, Aztech Systems Ltd and devolo AG, recently announced devices that support the HomePlug AV specification. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance anticipates that dozens of end-user HomePlug AV products will be available by the end of 2006.

New Products Based on Global 200Mbps HomePlug AV Standard Support Triple-play and High Definition Multimedia Home Entertainment Applications

Aachen, Germany - March 6, 2006 - Intellon Corporation, the world leader in HomePlug® standards-based powerline communications (PLC) integrated circuits, today announced that devolo AG of Aachen, Germany is using Intellon's HomePlug AV powerline communications integrated circuits (ICs) in devolo's new dLAN 200 Ethernet adapters.

Specification will unite the industry with a common method for controlling lights, appliances, and implementing new kinds of broad digital services

San Ramon, Calif. - March 6, 2006 - Continuing to unite industries behind a common set of powerline communications standards, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced today that the baseline technology for its HomePlug Command and Control specification was awarded to Yitran Communications, Ltd of Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Certification program, premier industry ‘Plugfest’ event and coexistence mechanism initiatives align to ensure worldwide compliance of HomePlug products

San Ramon, Calif. - March 3, 2006 - Driving the adoption of open-standards based powerline communications technologies, the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced a robust compliance, interoperability and coexistence program. To set the framework for an excellent consumer experience, this strategy includes a certification process, a Plugfest event and proactive efforts to maintain coexistence and interoperability with existing products and other powerline standards.