Date: 14/01/2007

No wireless, no DSL cable, no phone, still you get 200mbps internet at home

Well, most of you all know the answer; its power line communications. Our home/office 230 Volts AC power line can transmit digital data up to 200 Mbps. This new technology is gaining popularity around the world. The advantage is, you don't need a separate cable or wireless channel to get internet connection. At 200 Mbps, we can watch live video undisturbed. The association called Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is working to promote global standards and regulations in the fast developing powerline communication market. Worldwide the market for powerline communications is growing at 72%, quite a high figure compared to any other presently growing fields. No wonder, if our utility companies start billing for internet usage in coming years.

The members of this groups are AcBel Polytech Inc., Ambient Corporation, BPL Global, Corinex Communications, Current Technologies International, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., D-Link, DS2, Duke Energy, Ilevo (Schneider Electric Powerline Communications), Itochu Corporation, NETGEAR, Open Solutions, PCN Technology, Pirelli, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Tecnocom, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH, TOYO Network Systems and Watteco.

Cypress is the latest entrant into this group and is semiconductor solutions provider for this market.

For more information on this technology visit http://www.upaplc.org/