There are more than 60 different products embedded with HomePlug 1.0 technology, including new offerings from Intellon, NComputing, NETGEAR, Sling Media and Telenet. Earlier this year, the HomePlug Alliance surpassed its three millionth HomePlug powerline communications product shipped.
Additional milestones in 2005 from the HomePlug Alliance include:
- Approved the HomePlug AV specification – the fastest and most robust and secure industry standard for powerline communication targeting digital entertainment home networking;
- Commenced the next stage of the Alliance’s efforts to develop a specification for an advanced command and control technology, known as HomePlug Command & Control (HPCC);
- Developed a co-existence solution that allows multiple powerline communications technologies to share the same wire, while maintaining transmission speeds, QoS and a favorable user experience.
- New members of the board of directors include representatives from Cisco-Linksys, GE Security, Intel, Motorola Inc. and Sony.
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