Stories about: HomePlug Powerline Alliance

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    WiGig fast wireless may change Wi-Fi, home networks 12/05/2009 10:28:00

    The newly formed Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance looks likely to play a big role in the future of Wi-Fi, but its high-speed technology probably won't squeeze out wired multimedia networks.
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    Panasonic to show powerline network prototypes at CES 30/12/2008 08:37:00

    Panasonic plans to unveil a networking system that can connect an electric car to home devices via electrical wiring at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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    New G.hn ITU standard for home networks 15/12/2008 09:55:00

    The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a standard for high-speed networking over multiple types of in-home wiring.
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    CEBIT: Power line networks speed up to 400Mbs 05/03/2008 08:57:00

    At the Cebit trade show, DS2 and Devolo are showing faster power line networks, supporting speeds of up to 400M bps (bits per second) -- twice the maximum capacity that the technology provides today.
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    Powerline adapters: Home networking without rewiring 05/10/2007 12:02:32

    The concrete and plaster in his Rathdrum, Idaho, house blocks Wi-Fi signals. But computer consultant Marc Schoenberg found a way to network the six devices in his house without stringing Ethernet cables: He uses powerline adapters.
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    Powerline networking groups connect their standards 29/09/2007 20:39:51

    Fast in-home networks over electrical wires got a boost on Friday as proponents of two rival technologies merged their approaches and said products already in the market will work together.
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    Fast new home networks sprouting 26/04/2007 12:55:55

    Wi-Fi put home networks on the map when it emerged several years ago as a fairly fast, reasonably easy-to-use technology that didn't make consumers pull wires under their carpets or along their walls. It still dominates the market and will for the next few years, according to Gartner analyst Paul O'Donovan, but he sees some wired network types rapidly gaining market share on the strength of service providers offering them to subscribers.
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    Faster HomePlug Power-Line networking gear -- finally 09/10/2006 15:32:10

    Power-line networks -- networks that use the existing electrical wiring in your residence or small office -- may yet prove the dark horse of home networking technologies.
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    CES - Broadband fever spikes at CES 23/01/2006 15:56:12

    It would be easy to mistake the Consumer Electronics Show for one big party, with the booze, the pasted smiles, and 130,000 people milling about. But in reality, it's the Antwerp of technology. More than any gathering outside the White House, your future is decided here.
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    New specification brings video to electric sockets 10/01/2005 07:50:25

    While it can be difficult for technical novices to configure a wireless network, most people have figured out how to insert an electrical plug to a wall socket. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is counting on that simplicity to appeal to customers who may own the components of a digital home but haven't yet made all the pieces work together.
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    TECHXNY - Power line network standard debuts 27/06/2001 15:10:29

    The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is releasing its first home-networking specification here Tuesday at the TechXNY computer show. The launch is nearly ten months later than scheduled, but proponents say the technology is worth the wait -- and now expect products based on the specification to roll out by year's end.
 
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