Broadband Powerline Communications News
February 2005

By Margie Wylie c.2005 Newhouse News Service - In tests across the country, computers are drawing more than current from electrical outlets. They're also pulling in high-speed Internet access — using a technology dubbed broadband over power lines, or BPL.

By Grant Gross - February 24, 2005 - Broadband customers looking for an alternative to cable-modem or DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) service may not have long to wait for broadband over powerline service (BPL), according to a white paper published Thursday by a technology-focused research group.

BPL Offers ‘Third Wire’ If Technical, Economic Challenges Overcome; Emerging Tech Already Here: BPL Deployed Commercially on City-Wide Basis in D.C. Suburb

Broadband over powerline (BPL) technology may be “primed for real growth in 2005 and beyond” across the United States, according to a new white paper released today by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC).

Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL - February 2005 - Yitran Communications, Ltd. (previously named ITRAN Communications Ltd), a leading provider of PLC (Power Line Communication) technology, has announced that it will be exhibiting its extremely low cost commercial version of the PITEL™ in-building Internet distribution PLC system, during the international CEBIT 2005 (March 10-16, Hannover, Germany) and Convergence India 2005 (March 22-24, New-Delhi, India) events.

San Diego, CA - February 23, 2005 - Simply Automated, Incorporated is proud to announce two new Universal Phase Couplers that, when installed in conjunction with Universal Powerline Bus (UPB) home automation products, make a highly reliable system even better.

San Ramon, Calif. - February 8, 2005 - France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) a world leading communications carrier and innovator through its research and development group, congratulates the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance on the adoption of Turbo Codes in the HomePlug AV specification.

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The hum in overhead Australian powerlines isn't just electricity whizzing around the grid — in a few places, it's also super-high-speed internet connections.

Germantown, MD - Telkonet, Inc. (Amex: TKO), the leader in commercial powerline communications (PLC), today announced that the company has entered into a Master Services Agreement with GTSI Corp. (Nasdaq: GTSI) to address the myriad of network infrastructure deployment opportunities in the government market.

Popularity of high-speed effort like one in Martinsville area echoed nationwide

February 1, 2005, MARTINSVILLE, Ind. - Difficult though it was, Fred and Robin Livesay ran three businesses from their home just outside town with a pokey dial-up link to the Internet.