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Growing Certifications and Shipments of HomePlug Products Demonstrate HomePlug’s Expanding Market Prevalence
Portland, Ore. – January 8, 2013 – The HomePlug® Alliance
(www.homeplug.org), the worldwide industry group for powerline
communications networking, today reports a surge of activity in
HomePlug product certifications throughout 2012. HomePlug certified
products are designed to enable a home's electrical wires to distribute
broadband Internet, HD video, digital music and smart energy
applications.
HomePlug operates the most established and robust certification program
for powerline networking, with more than 300 products certified. The
HomePlug Certified logo has become an important industry validation of
reliability, interoperability and ease-of-use for consumers, retailers
and service providers alike.
Before a product can display the HomePlug Certified logo, it must pass
rigorous interoperability testing with other certified products
included in the HomePlug AV test matrix. The certification test matrix
includes products using seven different HomePlug AV chipsets from four
vendors:
• Broadcom Corporation
• MStar Semiconductor Inc.
• Qualcomm Atheros
• Sigma Designs, Inc.
The increase in certification activity is largely the result of the
growing popularity and resulting product sales of HomePlug products
throughout Europe, North America and Asia. “Our research indicates a 39
percent increase in HomePlug product shipments during 2012,” said Lee
Ratliff of IHS iSuppli. “HomePlug AV is an entrenched competitor in the
wireline home networking market and is very popular in service provider
triple-play deployments. We expect the success of HomePlug AV to
continue, resulting in a 31 percent compounded annual growth rate from
2012 to 2016.”
“I am very optimistic about the future of HomePlug,” said Rob Ranck,
president of HomePlug Alliance. “HomePlug product announcements from
our members have become a regular occurrence, and it takes little
effort to find a plethora of HomePlug Certified products online or from
a local retailer. I am encouraged by our members’ commitment to high
quality consumer products as well as ongoing support for HomePlug
technology and certification program development.”
New Technologies Expand HomePlug’s Certification Portfolio:
Throughout 2012, HomePlug launched development of key new interoperability testing programs, including:
• HomePlug AV2: the next generation of interoperable, gigabit-class powerline networking technology
• HomePlug Green PHY: interoperable powerline
networking technology for smart energy and smart home applications that
is being adopted by major automobile manufacturers for electric vehicle
connectivity
• IEEE 1905.1: the emerging standard that enables
seamless integration of hybrid home networks that can include HomePlug,
Wi-Fi, MoCA and Ethernet technology
Additionally, for smart grid and smart energy applications, HomePlug
launched the Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability (CSEP) in
partnership with the Wi-Fi® and ZigBee® Alliances. For grid-to-meter
applications, HomePlug expects to begin test tool development in 2013
for Netricity PLC, the certification program for the forthcoming IEEE
1901.2 standard.
This week, the HomePlug Alliance is exhibiting at the 2013
International CES in Las Vegas alongside the Digital Living Network
Alliance (DLNA®), Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) and Wi-Fi
Alliance to together promote and demonstrate the connected home.
Demonstrations in South Hall 1, Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth
20300 will showcase how these technology standards from the four
alliances create the ultimate connected home experience.
About the HomePlug® Alliance
HomePlug® Alliance is a group of 60 companies working together to
develop technology specifications and certification & logo programs
for powerline networking. With over 100 million devices in the market,
HomePlug products are used worldwide by consumers and service providers
to improve home networking performance while expanding coverage and
Wi-Fi® mobility.
Visit the HomePlug Alliance website at http://www.homeplug.org for more information regarding HomePlug Alliance and its family of technologies and sign up for the HomePlug interest list at http://www.homeplug.org/about/inquiry to receive updates.
Sponsor members include Broadcom Corporation (BRCM); Cisco (CSCO); Duke
Energy (NYSE: DUK); MStar Semiconductor Inc.; Qualcomm Atheros, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated; Renesas Electronics
Corporation (TSE: 6723); and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM).
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