Broadband Powerline Communications News
November 2001

REDMOND, WA - November 27, 2001 - Enikia™, the fabless semiconductor manufacturer for powerline communications, and Metro Link, Inc., the leading provider of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) technology, will publicly demonstrate the first easy-to-build home network using UPnP and high-speed powerline technology. This week at the Fifth UPnP Forum Summit, the companies will show individual devices that automatically join networks, obtain IP addresses, and learn about other devices on the network, by simply plugging into an electrical outlet and using the power line as a data path for UPnP data.