Broadband Powerline Communications News
June 2006

Now in its 4th year and based on the success of the 3 previous editions, the PLC World Summit will address this year ‘the PLC market developments, trends, major initiatives and short term opportunities.’

DS2 consolidates its lead in PLC for video over ADSL

Madrid, 28 June 2006, - Endesa and DS2, world leader in the design and development of PLC (Powerline Communications) chips, announced an agreement through which both companies will jointly engage in technology initiatives to launch Intelligent Electricity Networks.

NETGEAR has launched a range of broadband over powerline (BPL) products designed specifically to tackle the problem of distributing high bandwidth low-latency traffic such as video and gaming around the home.

Foster City, CA., and Burlington, ON., June 27, 2006 - Asoka USA Corporation, the leading Powerline Communications developer and manufacturer, and White Radio, one of Canada's premiere suppliers of equipment to the cable, telephone, audio/video and utility industries, have signed a distribution agreement for Asoka's portfolio of Powerline network solutions aimed at Internet Service Providers and System Integrators across Canada.

MainNet Unveils its Intelligent Broadband Automated Meter Reading (Broadband AMR) System

Raanana, Israel, June 26, 2006 - MainNet, a market leader in BPL/PLC solutions, today announced the launch of AmrPLUS™ - the Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) system capable of remote operation via an existing power grid - extending the company's advanced, end-to-end BPL product line.

Although multiroom audio via a mains supply isn't a wholly new invention, Marantz is the first manufacturer claiming to offer full CD quality mains streaming with the announcement of its new WEAVE (Wired Entertainment Accessible via Electricity) products.

Speedy Powerline Technology from DS2 Enables High-Quality HD Video and Audio Streaming in the Digital Home

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and VALENCIA, Spain - June 26, 2006 - NETGEAR®, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the availability of the 200 Mbps Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter (HDX101) and Kit (HDXB101).

Victor Dominguez Richards, a co-founder and current strategy and standardization director of the Spain-headquartered chip-design startup Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2) SA, always looks confident when he tells the story of how a small company like his can dominate the industry standards for chipsets that enable communications over electrical lines in home networking applications.

Introducing the First In-Wall Plug-in Add-on Powerline Module

Minneapolis, MN, - Asoka USA Corporation, the leading Powerline Communications developer and manufacturer, will be showcasing its 85Mbps standards-based enterprise-grade Powerline Network Solution at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) this week.

Passengers on many of the world's passenger ships cruising the world's seas have access to Internet connections, but the Queen Mary, launched in 1936 as the largest oceanliner of its time, has just been outfitted with wired and wireless Web connections.

As we move closer to the digital home or smart home it is good to see conferences directly related or partially related to the subject of home convergence becoming more and more popular. Hardware suppliers attend these conferences of course to sell their products, but if we take a look at some of their customer base they are the Telecom Operators which are rolling out Triple play services.

WOODWARD, Okla., June 16 - Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc. (OTC: APWL) announces today the company anticipates record gross sales for the second quarter.

Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc. today announces that it anticipates record gross sales for the second quarter of 2006 for its high quality, high technology products.

SiConnect announced what it touted as a “technology breakthrough” for in-home communication - the POEM technology.

This new powerline technology promises to address technical challenges presented by the use of existing domestic electrical wiring for the transport of audio, video, voice and data in the home.

PISCATAWAY, N.J., June 14, 2006 -- Arkados Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDKnet.com, Inc. (OTCBB:CDKN), today announced that it has signed an agreement with Jedcom Ltd. thus expanding into the APAC region. Jedcom will now be promoting Arkados' innovative ArkTIC SoC solution for HomePlug Powerline communications. This further illustrates Arkados' commitment to its world-wide customers by extending their sales and support functions with Jedcom covering Taiwan and Shenzhen, China.

LONDON - SiConnect, a U.K. start-up, will start sampling soon a powerline transceiver IC that it claims overcomes the reliability, safety and cost issues holding back other protocols for networking video, data, audio and voice around the home.

PowerLine networking in the retail arena is good to see. LEA, a subsidiary of the HF Company group has announced that it is working in conjunction with OMENEX Group to promote their PowerLine products into retail outlets across France. Notably in Leclerc, Intermarché and Leroy Merlin who are some of the largest French retail outlets.

SiConnect has announced a technology breakthrough for in-home communication. The company's POEM™ technology addresses the technical challenges presented by the use of existing domestic electrical wiring for the transport of audio, video, voice and data in the home, and enables a new price point to be achieved.

A press released was issued a few days ago by Sony with the aim to demonstrate the benefits of combining IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based personalized TV and Sony's home network based on Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards to permit consumers to communicate between their mobile devices and home network.

Piscataway, NJ - June 8, 2006 - CDKNet.com (OTCBB: CDKN) announced that it filed a Form 8-K Report to report, among other things, that it received an advance of $500,000 from Bushido Capital Master Fund LP pending negotiation and execution of documents in connection additional secured financing.

TORONTO - 06/08/2006 - Trimax Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, PLC Network Solutions Inc. (PLC) (OTCBB: TMXO), a leading provider of Broadband over PowerLine (BPL) communication technologies, are pleased to announce that further to its March 23rd Term Sheet, it has finalized the acquisition of international BPL systems integrator, Multi-Source Inc. (MSI)

Taipei, Taiwan, 6 June, 2006 - Cameo Communications Inc, a leading international networking products manufacturer with offices in Taiwan and China, and DS2, supplier of the world's most mature, highest speed powerline networking (PLC) chipsets for in-home, high-definition quality networking, have announced a partnership to develop products based on DS2's 200 Mbps PLC technology.

The spotlight is on easy-to-use audio distribution and home security solutions at one of the world's largest international electronics shows

Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. - June 6, 2006 - Arkados Inc. (OTCBB: CDKN) is working with their customers to display a variety of prototype products at Computex Taipei 2006. The AI-1100 system-on-chip (SoC) incorporates HomePlug® technology, which enables a variety of digital devices to use a home's electrical wiring to send audio, data, even video streams throughout a home. Whole-house audio and digital security solutions that use the Arkados AI-1100 system-on-chip (SoC) can be viewed in the demonstration area of GigaFast Ethernet in Hall 1 1F, Booth A533.

Hong Kong telecom service provider PCCW Ltd. is about to deploy the Homeplug Turbo Powerline networking standard for its broadband and IPTV platforms. The powerline technology will be used to capture broadband customers who are not willing to install new cables in their home.

Radomir Jovanovic, President&CEO, Frederic Onado, VP Marketing&Sales and Milan Erbes, Strategy Manager, gave four presentations which attracted a lot of attention during two international conferences in Beijing.

Beijing, June 6th 2006 - Following its active promotion of Powerline Communication in China over the past years, SPiDCOM Technologies, the fabless semi-conductor company, was invited to two international conferences in Beijing China during May 2006.

Taiwan, Tapei, 5 June 2006 - XAVi Technologies Corporation, a professional solutions provider for Broadband Access and Digital Home applications today announced its new home networking product line powered by DS2 powerline chipsets.

Draper, Utah - June 5, 2006 - WiLife announced today that the LukWerks Digital Video Surveillance System was selected as a nominee for Best Digital Home Solution at “Best of IT ChannelVision Awards.” The “Best of IT ChannelVision Awards™” recognizes superior products and business innovation in the consumer technology channel and were awarded at the Spring 2006 IT ChannelVision event.

Intellon's ICs enable reliable high definition video streaming over customers' existing in-home electrical and coax wiring

Globalcomm, Chicago, IL - June 5, 2006 - Intellon Corporation, the leading provider of HomePlug®-compatible integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment and broadband over powerline applications, announced today that Texas Instruments (TI), a member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, has included Intellon's HomePlug AV standards-based 200-Mbps solution in its video over DSL demo at Globalcomm 2006. The demo is representative of a service provider's transport network for delivering video to the home and distributing video to any room within the home.

Session Reveals the Broad Applications and Benefits of Sending Data Over Existing Electrical Wiring

CHICAGO, June 6, 2006 - Arkados Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDKnet.com (OTCBB:CDKN), is one of the industry leaders chosen to address the attendees at GLOBALCOMM 2006 in Chicago's McCormick Place. In Session M04A: “Broadband Network Access Technologies for Triple Play Services,” Arkados will discuss the varied applications of HomePlug(R) powerline technologies and focus on how standardized broadband powerline (BPL) technologies enable the delivery of new consumer services directly to their in-home devices. The session will take place Monday June 5, 2006 at 11:15 a.m. in Room S404B.