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CES 2005 Show

Broadband Powerline and Powerline Networking
comes of age in 2005 at the CES Show.

Category: CES
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This week has been the:
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES),
Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6-9, 2005
http://www.cesweb.org/

The patience of 2004 has proven that the fruit of 2005 is well worth the wait.

Here are some of the latest article updates:

LAS VEGAS, CES 2005, LVCC, South Hall, Booth 26624, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Smarthome, Inc., the world's leading provider of electronic products to improve the home, today announced initial Insteon(TM) products for lighting and appliance control at CES 2005 in Las Vegas this week. These first Insteon products will be demonstrated at Smarthome's booth 26624; shipping is scheduled for second quarter of 2005. Insteon (for "instant on") is the first dual band wireless home-control network technology combining radio frequency (RF) communications with the home's existing wiring, or powerline, to deliver a secure, reliable and fast connection for automatic or remote control of lighting, security, entertainment systems, appliances and climate.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050105/law044_1.html

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2005-- Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications, today announced that Samsung Electronics Company is using Intellon's HomePlug AV powerline technology together with Freescale Semiconductor's Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless technology to demonstrate the distribution of multiple high-definition (HD) content streams throughout the home. The combination of HomePlug AV and UWB networking technologies enables consumers to easily connect all of their digital entertainment devices and distribute the content anywhere in the home with the added freedom of mobility.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050105/55136_1.html

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2005-- Asoka USA Corporation, a leading Powerline Communications developer and manufacturer, has been selected by Intellon Corporation, the leading HomePlug® Powerline semiconductor manufacturer, as a strategic partner to launch a HomePlug with Turbo network solution for the digital home, called the PlugLink(TM) Turbo Ethernet Wall Module. The new module uses the latest HomePlug 1.0-compatible Powerline technology from Intellon with high speed powerline networking at speeds up to 85 Mbps.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050105/55450_1.html

...Additional NETGEAR products on display in the general booth will include the 54 Mbps Cable/DSL Wireless Travel Router (WGR101), another CES Innovation Award honoree, and the 54 Mbps Universal Wireless Range Extender Kit (WGXB102), for those users that seek to enhance their existing wireless networking experience with a combined powerline and 802.11g wireless solution.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050105/sfw053_1.html

The HomePlug AV demonstration will use HomePlug's new AV technology and Sharp's high quality AV transmission technologies to distribute high-definition content from a personal video recorder (PVR) to Sharp's popular Aquos LCD television over the powerlines within a home. The demonstration will show how the HomePlug AV standard will enhance consumers' digital entertainment experience by enabling whole-house distribution of content without the need to install additional video recorders or run new wires.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050105/55480_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65169_1.html

Report Finds INSTEON(TM), a New Dual-Band Networking Technology Developed by Smarthome, Stands to Revolutionize Home Automation With a Solution That Augments the Reliability of Any Wireless Network in the Home Through the Addition of Powerline Control.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050105/phw017_1.html

University Park, Pa. -- Penn State engineers have developed a new model for high-speed broadband transmissions over U.S. overhead electric power lines and estimate that, at full data rate handling capacity, the lines can provide bit rates that far exceed DSL or cable over similar spans.
http://live.psu.edu/story/9603

Kyodo) _ Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Sony Corp. said Thursday they have agreed to form an alliance for global diffusion of common specifications for high-speed power line communications. The group, tentatively named the CE-Powerline Communication Alliance, will encourage other consumer electronics and information technology companies in the world to cooperate in promoting power line-based home networking, they said. CE stands for consumer electronics.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050106/kyodo/d87ecobg0.html
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050106/323/f9r4l.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11875454%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Here are some of the technologies that power devices to control everything from home entertainment to security...
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/06/untangling_the_technology/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Artimi Inc., a fabless semiconductor company developing Ultra Wideband (UWB) silicon solutions, announced today that it is demonstrating its patented dual-mode UWB semiconductor technology in a UWB over powerline demonstration during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week.
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=65458

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005--HomePlug® Powerline Alliance, Inc. today announced that Duke Power, EchoStar Technologies Corporation, and Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. have joined the alliance, offering further endorsement of the alliance's industry-wide leadership in creating worldwide specifications for powerline networking products and services.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65366_2.html
http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=10325

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005-- Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications, today announced that WiLife, an emerging developer and marketer of professional grade, do-it-yourself digital video surveillance systems for the residential and small office marketplace, has selected the company's HomePlug-compliant ICs for LukWerks - the world's first powerline digital video security and monitoring system.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65188_1.html

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005--Asoka® USA Corporation today announced a licensing relationship with BellSouth® (NYSE:BLS - News), a Fortune 100 communications services company, to offer BellSouth-branded home networking equipment nationwide. The companies will offer HomePlug® certified Powerline Network Technology through a variety of retail outlets beginning mid-2005.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65421_1.html

LAS VEGAS — Vendors split over powerline technology. Panasonic announced plans here at the Consumer Electronics Show to sell and license its in-house powerline technology. The company has formed an alliance with Mitsubishi and Sony to ensure competing powerline approaches won't interfere with each other.
http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57300033

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005--CDKnet.com, Inc. (OTCBB:CDKN - News) announced today that its subsidiary Arkados Inc., a developer of highly integrated System-on-Chip solutions, is introducing the ArkTIC family of converged multimedia and networking solutions for the home. The ArkTIC family is a portfolio of turnkey hardware and software solutions that enable OEMs and ODMs to quickly develop digitally networked consumer electronic products with a competitive cost structure to address this rapidly developing market. Among other networking interfaces the first member of the ArkTIC family will support a powerline communication interface based on the HomePlug Powerline Specification 1.0.1.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65544_1.html

LONDON — Manufacturers and developers of silicon for ultrawideband are flocking to Las Vegas this week to demonstrate their designs in various prototypes and products at the Consumer Electronics Show.
http://www.commsdesign.com/news/market_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57300025

The BridgeCo DM850 and DM830 processors interface directly to a wide variety of PHY-layer network devices, including HomePlug(TM) Powerline chips and 802.11g wireless devices.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65337_1.html

Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications and TII Network Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TIII - News), a leading provider of telecommunications network protection and management products, announced today that they have teamed-up to introduce the first HomePlug® embedded surge protector.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65831_1.html

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2005--Corinex Communications Corp. and DS2 are proud to announce the immediate availability of the Powerline industry's first solution for distributing ultra high-speed signals over the existing electrical wiring in a building. The Corinex AV Powerline Ethernet adapter offers an amazing throughput of up to 200Mbps, ample bandwidth for streaming multiple high quality video signals, while simultaneously delivering high-speed Internet access throughout an entire premise.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050107/75205_1.html

Use of HomePlug AV MAC and PHY Technology as Baseline for New Broadband Over Powerline Specification Will Assure High Performance and Interoperability.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050107/75156_1.html

GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2005--Telkonet, Inc. (Amex:TKO - News), the leader in providing in-building broadband access over existing electrical wiring, today announced that it has teamed with Microwave Satellite Technologies (MST) to provide a complete Internet solution, including NuVision Broadband (TM), to residents in Trump properties in New York, including the Trump Place, Trump World Tower, and the Trump International Hotel and Tower. MST is a global communications technology company that provides wired and wireless data, video, and voice services to multi-national corporations, commercial properties, and multi-family residences throughout the United States.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050107/75253_1.html

LAS VEGAS, NV--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 7, 2005 -- The launch of the Universal Powerline Association marks a major paradigm shift in the development and execution of industry standards. It brings together the major players in the Powerline Communication (PLC) arena to jointly work on industry standards and promote the worldwide deployment of interoperable and coexisting PLC networks for all markets and all applications. The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) aligns industry leaders in the global PLC market to the purpose of ensuring "a level playing field" for the deployment of, both access and in-home, PLC technologies to the benefit of consumers worldwide.
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050107/078641.html

In the demonstration, Intellon's HomePlug AV technology serves as the network backbone, transmitting HD content from Samsung's media server to multiple HDTV displays by simply plugging the server and the HDTVs into any convenient power outlets. Simultaneously, the HD content is transmitted via powerline from the Samsung media server to a Samsung thin client using Freescale's UWB technology to stream the content wirelessly to another HDTV.
http://www.physorg.com/news2604.html

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2005--Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT - News), today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dwight Decker will present at the Needham & Company Seventh Annual Growth conference on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time at the Palace Hotel in New York City. A live webcast and replay of the presentation will be accessible from the Investor Relations section of Conexant's Web site at www.conexant.com/ir.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050107/75465_1.html

CES Exhibitors:
A through L:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050105005707&newsLang=en
M through Z:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050105005710&newsLang=en

...HomePlug advocates believe the technology may be victorious in the competition to carry video. A new standard, HomePlug AV, is due to be ratified in the first quarter of this year, and products using the technology will probably appear in early 2006. HomePlug AV will provide a theoretical throughput of 200 megabits per second, which would translate to a real-world speed of 70 to 120 mbps, according to Andy Melder, senior vice president of Intellon, which makes chips for HomePlug products.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20050110/tc_pcworld/119230

JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2005--Bel (NASDAQ:BELFA - News; NASDAQ:BELFB - News), a premier developer of fuses and magnetic-based solutions for high-speed networking and computing applications, today announced the release of a new Product Overview brochure. Notably, the literature highlights the most popular product offerings ... Among the connector modules offered are single- and multi-port MagJack RJ-45 connectors with integrated magnetics for 10/100/1000Base-T, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications, together with Category 5e and Category 6 modular plugs. Integrated broadband modules for xDSL, T1/E1/J1, ISDN, powerline, cable modem, and set top box employment are covered, as are RoHS-compliant SMT and through-hole fuses, and circuit protection SIP modules for tip and ring applications.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050110/105240_1.html

More on Ultra Wide Band:
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3456781

Big River Telephone Company is a full service telecommunications company offering a full suite of local telephone, long distance, VoIP, Broadband over Powerline, Wireless, Broadband over Cable, and Internet services to business and residential customers in the Midwest. For more information, call 800-455-1608 or visit the company's website at
www.bigrivertelephone.com.

Powerline networking has been a staple of the consumer electronics industry since the X-10 home automation system was launched in the 1970s, but its progress has been less than impressive. However, that could change with the adoption of the HomePlug 1.0 standard and, in the UK, Packard Bell has already launched a PC with HomePlug built in.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1388838,00.html

Telkonet, Inc. (Amex: TKO - News), announced today it has signed a contract to install its high-speed Internet access system in all 31 Sandman Hotels, Inns and Suites located throughout Canada.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050113/135182_1.html