Broadband Powerline Communications News
August 2006

IFA, Berlin, August 31, 2006 - Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. demonstrated today the maturity and robustness of PLC networking at the IFA Consumer Electronics Show.

Unit shipments of the patented Wireless Phone Jack design spike past 2005 volumes due to increased sales for satellite applications

August 22, 2006 - Salt Lake City,UT - Phonex™, a leading volume provider of voice and data communications over powerline, announced that unit sales during first half of 2006 for the patented Wireless Phone Jack design have increased 134% over the same period last year. The primary driver was sales for use with the installation of satellite set top boxes.

Plugfest event promotes interoperability of products incorporating powerline communications standards and ensures a seamless consumer experience

San Ramon, Calif. - August 15, 2006 - Driving the adoption of open-standards based powerline communications technologies, the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced the results of a product certification audit at the latest HomePlug Plugfest.

Industry Leaders Reconvene to Discuss Roadmap for Open Standards Approach to Powerline Technologies and the Role of Powerline Communications in the Digital Home

San Ramon, Calif. - August 15, 2006 - Driving the worldwide acceptance of high-speed networking over power lines, the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced that it will host its annual HomePlug Powerline Technology Conference, “Setting Standards in Motion,” in San Francisco on October 4 - 5, 2006.

Incorporating the Arkados™ AI-1100 chip, the internet radio application streams music Direct-to-Speaker™ with no computer required

PISCATAWAY, N.J., August 15, 2006 - At the most recent “plugfest” held by the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance, Arkados Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDKnet.com (OTCBB:CDKN), presented a design for an Internet radio which passed the alliance's 266-point audit, and earned HomePlug certification.

Experienced Semiconductor Executive Will Drive Intellon's Continued Global Leadership in Powerline Communications Integrated Circuits

OCALA, FL - August 14, 2006 - Intellon Corporation, the leading global provider of integrated circuits (ICs) for powerline communications, announced that Rick E. Furtney has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. Furtney will oversee sales, marketing, business development, engineering, research and development and operations for the rapidly growing semiconductor company. He will report to Charlie Harris, who will continue his role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Washington, DC - As part of its ongoing efforts to promote access to broadband services for all Americans and to encourage new facilities-based broadband platforms, the Federal Communications Commission today generally affirmed its rules for Access Broadband over Power Line (Access BPL) systems while maintaining safeguards against harmful interference to existing radio services. If harmful interference does occur, the Commission will take appropriate action to remedy the situation. Today's decision was adopted in response to a number of petitions for reconsideration of the BPL rules established in October of 2004.

New powerline switches make it remarkably easy to create or extend a network over AC mains wiring

Alan Stevens, IT Week, 03 Aug 2006

I get to look at a lot of networking products in my job and although nearly all claim to be easy to use, few actually are, even those aimed at teleworkers and branch offices. But I was sent a product recently that really did work straight out of the box and which made me rethink my attitude to a networking technology that, until that point, I had studiously tried to avoid.

Quebec City - August 2, 2006 - Ariane Controls announces a new family of transceiver products today. The new AC-MIO Powerline Transceivers, available in an array of configurations, keeps the company in the top ranks of the powerline communications industry.

The networking specialist from Aachen, Germany enters the B2B sector

Off to new pastures! The booming and fast growing market for home networking via electrical wiring is making an impact in the business sector as well. This is why the European market leader in this technology - Aachen's devolo AG - is now addressing the lucrative B2B sector. Large-scale customers such as hotels, cable network providers and housing associations in particular have recently been increasingly enquiring after business solutions from devolo.