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The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is a global organization consisting of over 75 member companies. It was founded in March 2000 by Intellon and other leading technology companies to provide a forum for the creation of specifications for home power line networking products and services. The Alliance's mission is to enable and promote rapid availability, adoption and implementation of cost-effective, interoperable and standards-based home power line networks and products. Intellon is Contributor-level member of the Alliance.
The Sponsors and members of the Board of Directors of the Alliance include the following leading companies:
- Comcast
- GE
- Intel
- LG Electronics
- Linksys, A Division of Cisco
- Motorola
- Radio Shack
- Sharp
- TCL
- Texas Instruments
HomePlug is the only powerline standards organization with:
- Broad ecosystem representation, including major Tier One companies in home networking, PC, consumer electronics, service provider and the IC industries
- Multiple silicon providers in volume production, ensuring maximum innovation and lowest cost
- Technology proven in millions of consumer and service provider products being used successfully on six continents
- A complete family of compatible PLC standards
- Detailed specifications available on a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis to encourage competition
- Strong certification and interoperability testing
HomePlug specifications notch out applicable amateur radio bands to avoid interference.
Because HomePlug technology is based on the contributions of multiple companies from around the world, the resulting standards offer best of class performance. This market-leading performance cannot be achieved by proprietary technologies created by a single company and re-marketed as a “standard” by what amounts to little more than a users’ group.
HomePlug technology was built to overcome the harsh environment of power lines. Engineers from companies across the globe work within the Alliance to build specifications for technologies that are robust, despite the challenges of sending signals over power lines. Our teams worked diligently to devise solutions for international regulatory concerns, interference, and co-existence issues.
Intellon created and patented the baseline technology for the HomePlug 1.0 standard and introduced the world's first HomePlug 1.0-based IC in June 2001. Intellon is also the leading contributor to the baseline technology for the 200 Mbps HomePlug AV standard. Larry Yonge, Intellon’s Vice President of Research, is Chairman of the HomePlug Technical Working Group and Chairman of the HomePlug AV Specifications Working Group.
For more information and a current list of HomePlug Alliance Members, see www.homeplug.org.
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