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European Initiative to Develop Broadband over Powerline Technologies

MUNICH, Germany — The Open PLC European Research Alliance (OPERA), a European initiative to develop broadband over powerline technologies and specifications, plans to release its specification by the end of the year and propose it as a global standard.

The specification will cover the PHY, MAC and equipment for broadband PLC (or Powerline Communications, as the technology is better known in Europe).

The OPERA group links European universities and companies developing chips and equipment for broadband and utilities. Its Euros 20 million budget comes in part through the European Commission’s efforts to push the use of broadband over powerlines on the continent.

Member companies such as Swiss group ASCOM, Spanish powerline chip developer DS2, and Schneider Electric Powerline Communications say PLC equipment based on the OPERA standard will be on the market very early in 2006.