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Saturday, December 30, 2006
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Thursday, December 28, 2006
Designed Telecommunications Deploys Corinex BPL Solution in Radford, Virginia
December 18, 2006 06:00 AM Eastern Time
Phase one of four complete – City of Radford on track
RADFORD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Designed Telecommunications (D-Tel) has completed phase one of a four phase project that will deliver broadband internet services across the entire city of Radford, Virginia. The service, aptly named Radnet, was deployed by Designed Telecommunications and utilizes 200Mbps Broadband over Powerline technology from Corinex Communications Corp.
Radnet is up and running and offers up to 3 Mbps connections to consumer and business customers in 2 square miles of town centered around the Radford University campus. The project is expected to connect all City of Radford homes and businesses via the BPL Network by the end of 2007. The Radford deployment is one of the largest commercial BPL Networks operating in the US.
“Ensuring that all of Radford’s residents and businesses have access to broadband internet services was a critical factor in the city choosing to invest in Broadband over Powerline technology,” stated Tony Cox, City Manager for the City of Radford. “We chose D-Tel and Corinex Communications, two leaders in the BPL space, to deliver our Radnet service, an affordable broadband solution available across the entire city.”
“D-Tel is pleased to have deployed phase one of the Radnet project,” said Patrick McHugh, D-Tel’s Vice President. “The Corinex BPL Access products that we deployed are currently delivering a solid stable broadband network across Phase 1 of the network.”
“D-Tel has spent significant resources developing the knowledge and expertise required to deploy BPL technology,” said Eric Barker, Corinex Communication’s Director of Sales, Strategic Accounts & Government. “Deploying BPL Networks have challenges due to RF noise and the complexity of the distribution grid, companies like D-Tel are successful due to the extensive experience they have gained from projects like Radnet.”
Radnet is available for as little as $29.95 for consumers and $39.95 for businesses. For more information visit www.radford.va.us/radnet.
Phase one of four complete – City of Radford on track
RADFORD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Designed Telecommunications (D-Tel) has completed phase one of a four phase project that will deliver broadband internet services across the entire city of Radford, Virginia. The service, aptly named Radnet, was deployed by Designed Telecommunications and utilizes 200Mbps Broadband over Powerline technology from Corinex Communications Corp.
Radnet is up and running and offers up to 3 Mbps connections to consumer and business customers in 2 square miles of town centered around the Radford University campus. The project is expected to connect all City of Radford homes and businesses via the BPL Network by the end of 2007. The Radford deployment is one of the largest commercial BPL Networks operating in the US.
“Ensuring that all of Radford’s residents and businesses have access to broadband internet services was a critical factor in the city choosing to invest in Broadband over Powerline technology,” stated Tony Cox, City Manager for the City of Radford. “We chose D-Tel and Corinex Communications, two leaders in the BPL space, to deliver our Radnet service, an affordable broadband solution available across the entire city.”
“D-Tel is pleased to have deployed phase one of the Radnet project,” said Patrick McHugh, D-Tel’s Vice President. “The Corinex BPL Access products that we deployed are currently delivering a solid stable broadband network across Phase 1 of the network.”
“D-Tel has spent significant resources developing the knowledge and expertise required to deploy BPL technology,” said Eric Barker, Corinex Communication’s Director of Sales, Strategic Accounts & Government. “Deploying BPL Networks have challenges due to RF noise and the complexity of the distribution grid, companies like D-Tel are successful due to the extensive experience they have gained from projects like Radnet.”
Radnet is available for as little as $29.95 for consumers and $39.95 for businesses. For more information visit www.radford.va.us/radnet.
Intellon Corporation Raises $18 Million in Financing: Samsung Ventures Joins Existing Investors in Backing the Global Leader in Powerline Comm.
Intellon Corporation Raises $18 Million in Financing
Samsung Ventures Joins Existing Investors in Backing the Global Leader in Powerline Communications Technology
December 19, 2006 08:00 AM Eastern Time
OCALA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications technology, integrated circuit (IC) sales and product enablement, today announced it has raised $18 million in new equity financing. Samsung Ventures joins existing investors BCE Capital; Comcast Interactive Capital; Duchossois Technology Partners; EnerTech Capital; Fidelity Ventures; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Intel Capital; Liberty Associated Partners, LP; Motorola Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Motorola, Inc.; TL Ventures; and UMC Capital Corporation in the financing round. The round was led by Goldman Sachs.
Intellon will use the new funds to accelerate the global rollout of its HomePlug® AV compatible ICs and to develop innovative new products to meet customer needs. Building on the company’s existing line of HomePlug 1.0 compatible ICs that are already being used on six continents for home networking, IPTV distribution, broadband over powerline (BPL) and commercial applications, Intellon’s HomePlug AV ICs enable whole-house distribution of high definition video and digital audio over existing home electrical wiring and coaxial cable, with robust quality of service and tight control of latency and jitter.
“Samsung Ventures is pleased to be investing in Intellon at this exciting time in the industry,” said Jay Eum, managing director of Samsung Ventures. “With Intellon’s release of the industry’s first HomePlug AV-based ICs, we look forward to evaluating opportunities for exciting new CE-class products in the future.”
“This new round of funding will help Intellon meet the exploding global demand for its HomePlug product line in the service provider, digital home and BPL markets,” said Charlie Harris, chairman and chief executive officer of Intellon. “We are particularly pleased to have Samsung Ventures join the Intellon investor group.”
Samsung Ventures Joins Existing Investors in Backing the Global Leader in Powerline Communications Technology
December 19, 2006 08:00 AM Eastern Time
OCALA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications technology, integrated circuit (IC) sales and product enablement, today announced it has raised $18 million in new equity financing. Samsung Ventures joins existing investors BCE Capital; Comcast Interactive Capital; Duchossois Technology Partners; EnerTech Capital; Fidelity Ventures; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Intel Capital; Liberty Associated Partners, LP; Motorola Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Motorola, Inc.; TL Ventures; and UMC Capital Corporation in the financing round. The round was led by Goldman Sachs.
Intellon will use the new funds to accelerate the global rollout of its HomePlug® AV compatible ICs and to develop innovative new products to meet customer needs. Building on the company’s existing line of HomePlug 1.0 compatible ICs that are already being used on six continents for home networking, IPTV distribution, broadband over powerline (BPL) and commercial applications, Intellon’s HomePlug AV ICs enable whole-house distribution of high definition video and digital audio over existing home electrical wiring and coaxial cable, with robust quality of service and tight control of latency and jitter.
“Samsung Ventures is pleased to be investing in Intellon at this exciting time in the industry,” said Jay Eum, managing director of Samsung Ventures. “With Intellon’s release of the industry’s first HomePlug AV-based ICs, we look forward to evaluating opportunities for exciting new CE-class products in the future.”
“This new round of funding will help Intellon meet the exploding global demand for its HomePlug product line in the service provider, digital home and BPL markets,” said Charlie Harris, chairman and chief executive officer of Intellon. “We are particularly pleased to have Samsung Ventures join the Intellon investor group.”
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Is BPL Gaining Momentum — Again?
By: Annie Lindstrom
Posted on: 12/27/2006
For years, folks in the broadband-over-powerline space have promised an impending surge of activity for BPL. But, at least in the United States, BPL has failed to spark significant deployment in access and in-home networks. However, some still suggest BPL is gaining momentum and will offer the coverage necessary to light up broadband networks when network operators are ready to flip the switch.
As DSL’s biggest selling point was the ubiquity of twisted copper pair, BPL’s biggest selling point remains the fact that it is carried over the world’s other ubiquitous transport medium — electrical transmission and distribution wires. Much like DSL in its early days, BPL has been subject to fits and starts since it flew onto the telecom industry’s radar screen at the beginning of the decade. Since then, there have been more fits than starts evidenced by the fact that there are only about 6,000 BPL-based broadband subscribers nationwide, according to FCC reports. Of course, lots of DSL- and cable modem-powered lines have been deployed since then, too, making BPL less appealing to some utilities that might have taken an initial interest in becoming broadband providers when this market was new, says Teresa Mastrangelo, principal analyst for broadbandtrends.com.
“Utilities are not highly competitive,” says Leif Ericson, business development manager for Southern Telecom, subsidiary of Southern Co., a super-regional energy concern in the Southeast. Southern conducted field trials of BPL for consumer broadband in 2004, but today the company is focusing its efforts on evaluating the technology from a core utility application perspective only, he adds.
Indeed, it appears to be turning out that, just like DSL, which needed the prodding of competition from MSOs deploying cable modem technology to overcome the fits and start for good, BPL is in need of a push. BPL got a boost in November when the FCC classified BPL as an interstate information service, rather than a telecommunications service. But the push that may get BPL rolling once and for all is the fact that electrical utilities are awakening to BPL’s potential to add intelligence, a.k.a. Smart Grid capability, to their networks, according to Joe Marsilii, president and CEO of BPL equipment maker and integrator MainNet Powerline Inc.
Since the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the London terrorist bombings of 2005 and 9/11, “there has been an enormous effort and focus on adding intelligence to the electric grid to avoid outages, cut costs and to support homeland security over power lines,” says Marsilii, “much more so today than when we launched our business in 2000.”
As a result, Marsilii predicts, 70 percent to 80 percent of the nation’s electrical grid will be equipped with BPL in five to eight years.
When it comes to actual deployment of BPL in the access portion of the network, all eyes currently are on CURRENT Technologies LLC, which recently began building a BPL access network to provide Smart Grid capability for Dallas-based utility TXU Corp. In addition to providing TXU with a means of monitoring, managing and maintaining its heretofore unintelligent electrical network, CURRENT will use the BPL equipment it installs to offer broadband services to more than 2 million TXU customers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, according to Jay Birnbaum, vice president and general counsel for CURRENT.
CURRENT has been operating a much smaller BPL network that provides some Smart Grid capability and offering broadband service to 50,000 customers in cooperation with Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Corp. for the past two years. However, the main purpose of the TXU BPL deployment will be to provide a showcase for the nation’s utilities that enables them to see just what BPL can do for them in terms of Smart Grid, says Birnbaum.
“The biggest issue we have is getting utilities to decide to do something different,” says Birnbaum.
TXU has directed its electrical meter vendor to BPL-enable 400,000 meters for installation on the network, says Birnbaum, adding that many utilities have told CURRENT they would deploy BPL if CURRENT would show them a BPL-enabled electric meter. Birnbaum says he told each utility CURRENT could get that done in six months’ time, but first the utility would have to go to its meter company and tell them they would buy such a meter.
“That’s because, right now, meter companies want utilities to buy their wireless meter,” he explains. “So, why would they go into the BPL space and cannibalize their own business? We had that chicken-and-egg thing, and I think we are overcoming it. The biggest issue we face now is showing other utilities that are interested in BPL that we will be able to do what we said we were going to do in Texas.”
Because it has none of the trappings of a communications network, deploying BPL-based and Smart Grid technology means building a communications infrastructure — and the network management processes that go with Smart Grid — from scratch, says Birnbaum. All this ground-floor level work has to be done to get BPL moving.
“The hard part, hopefully, is over. Now we have the perfect test bed to show other utilities how Smart Grid works,” says Birnbaum.
CURRENT is hoping the TXU network creates a snowball effect. Once they see it working, state public utility commissions could start urging other utilities in Texas and across the nation to start deploying BPL, he says. In fact, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners recently passed a pro-BPL policy, he adds.
All of this is important to BPL for consumer/business broadband because only after BPL catches on with utilities for Smart Grid will third-party broadband providers such as CURRENT, or the utility companies themselves, begin using BPL-enabled electrical networks to deliver broadband services to consumers.
Source: http://www.xchangemag.com
Posted on: 12/27/2006
For years, folks in the broadband-over-powerline space have promised an impending surge of activity for BPL. But, at least in the United States, BPL has failed to spark significant deployment in access and in-home networks. However, some still suggest BPL is gaining momentum and will offer the coverage necessary to light up broadband networks when network operators are ready to flip the switch.
As DSL’s biggest selling point was the ubiquity of twisted copper pair, BPL’s biggest selling point remains the fact that it is carried over the world’s other ubiquitous transport medium — electrical transmission and distribution wires. Much like DSL in its early days, BPL has been subject to fits and starts since it flew onto the telecom industry’s radar screen at the beginning of the decade. Since then, there have been more fits than starts evidenced by the fact that there are only about 6,000 BPL-based broadband subscribers nationwide, according to FCC reports. Of course, lots of DSL- and cable modem-powered lines have been deployed since then, too, making BPL less appealing to some utilities that might have taken an initial interest in becoming broadband providers when this market was new, says Teresa Mastrangelo, principal analyst for broadbandtrends.com.
“Utilities are not highly competitive,” says Leif Ericson, business development manager for Southern Telecom, subsidiary of Southern Co., a super-regional energy concern in the Southeast. Southern conducted field trials of BPL for consumer broadband in 2004, but today the company is focusing its efforts on evaluating the technology from a core utility application perspective only, he adds.
Indeed, it appears to be turning out that, just like DSL, which needed the prodding of competition from MSOs deploying cable modem technology to overcome the fits and start for good, BPL is in need of a push. BPL got a boost in November when the FCC classified BPL as an interstate information service, rather than a telecommunications service. But the push that may get BPL rolling once and for all is the fact that electrical utilities are awakening to BPL’s potential to add intelligence, a.k.a. Smart Grid capability, to their networks, according to Joe Marsilii, president and CEO of BPL equipment maker and integrator MainNet Powerline Inc.
Since the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the London terrorist bombings of 2005 and 9/11, “there has been an enormous effort and focus on adding intelligence to the electric grid to avoid outages, cut costs and to support homeland security over power lines,” says Marsilii, “much more so today than when we launched our business in 2000.”
As a result, Marsilii predicts, 70 percent to 80 percent of the nation’s electrical grid will be equipped with BPL in five to eight years.
When it comes to actual deployment of BPL in the access portion of the network, all eyes currently are on CURRENT Technologies LLC, which recently began building a BPL access network to provide Smart Grid capability for Dallas-based utility TXU Corp. In addition to providing TXU with a means of monitoring, managing and maintaining its heretofore unintelligent electrical network, CURRENT will use the BPL equipment it installs to offer broadband services to more than 2 million TXU customers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, according to Jay Birnbaum, vice president and general counsel for CURRENT.
CURRENT has been operating a much smaller BPL network that provides some Smart Grid capability and offering broadband service to 50,000 customers in cooperation with Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Corp. for the past two years. However, the main purpose of the TXU BPL deployment will be to provide a showcase for the nation’s utilities that enables them to see just what BPL can do for them in terms of Smart Grid, says Birnbaum.
“The biggest issue we have is getting utilities to decide to do something different,” says Birnbaum.
TXU has directed its electrical meter vendor to BPL-enable 400,000 meters for installation on the network, says Birnbaum, adding that many utilities have told CURRENT they would deploy BPL if CURRENT would show them a BPL-enabled electric meter. Birnbaum says he told each utility CURRENT could get that done in six months’ time, but first the utility would have to go to its meter company and tell them they would buy such a meter.
“That’s because, right now, meter companies want utilities to buy their wireless meter,” he explains. “So, why would they go into the BPL space and cannibalize their own business? We had that chicken-and-egg thing, and I think we are overcoming it. The biggest issue we face now is showing other utilities that are interested in BPL that we will be able to do what we said we were going to do in Texas.”
Because it has none of the trappings of a communications network, deploying BPL-based and Smart Grid technology means building a communications infrastructure — and the network management processes that go with Smart Grid — from scratch, says Birnbaum. All this ground-floor level work has to be done to get BPL moving.
“The hard part, hopefully, is over. Now we have the perfect test bed to show other utilities how Smart Grid works,” says Birnbaum.
CURRENT is hoping the TXU network creates a snowball effect. Once they see it working, state public utility commissions could start urging other utilities in Texas and across the nation to start deploying BPL, he says. In fact, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners recently passed a pro-BPL policy, he adds.
All of this is important to BPL for consumer/business broadband because only after BPL catches on with utilities for Smart Grid will third-party broadband providers such as CURRENT, or the utility companies themselves, begin using BPL-enabled electrical networks to deliver broadband services to consumers.
Source: http://www.xchangemag.com
Mitchell Lazarus, Lawyer Helps Make BROADBAND POWERLINE pass FCC approval !!!
Lawyer Helps Make High Tech Holidays Happen
Posted on : Wed, 27 Dec 2006
ARLINGTON, Va. Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Technology topped many people's holiday gift lists this year. The efforts of talented designers, engineers and inventors deservedly get the credit for creating compelling technology. And while invention is what draws customers, it is not the only thing that makes the coolest hot gadgetry possible. Often, it is the unseen hand of a skilled attorney that provides the extra oomph required to make it possible for a great invention to become a great seller.
Many of the most compelling high tech gifts can be sold in the United States only if the FCC says they won't interfere with radio communications. Just about any computerized anything emits a low level radio signal. The FCC's engineering staff keeps a close watch. No one wants something on the market that could interfere with aircraft navigation or an ambulance radio call!
That's where an attorney experienced in resolving in FCC engineering issues can help -- someone like Mitchell Lazarus of Arlington, Virginia's Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, P.L.C. Lazarus's 24 years of experience as an attorney are complemented by two engineering degrees. He also has experience educating some of the world's brightest engineering minds, during a stint on the teaching staff at MIT.
Through a combination of legal acumen, science and long experience with the FCC's people and processes, Lazarus has helped gain FCC approval for a host of certifiably hot technologies. Most notably, these days, Lazarus works with those seeking to provide Broadband over Power Lines (or "BPL"). BPL uses existing, nearly ubiquitous electric lines to deliver broadband Internet access even where it is uneconomical to lay new fiber. BPL can bridge the digital divide, so true broadband is available not just in the wired cores of cities and suburbs, but also in the great expanses of rural America. BPL means, if you have got a socket, you can get the best of the net.
As with many new and promising technologies, BPL has faced its share of detractors proffering technical or engineering excuses to keep it off the market. Each step along the way, Lazarus assisted the BPL industry to cut through the noise to gain eventual FCC approval for national BPL deployment. Only an appeals court decision can now stop BPL. And here, too, a combination of engineering and legal acumen will ultimately hold the key.
"The FCC's engineers are necessarily skeptical. That's their job. Technological innovations are like cats -- once let loose, they can be nearly impossible to corral," Lazarus said. "The key is to show the FCC's engineering staff how any potential harms to spectrum management efforts can managed and/or eliminated in a technically realistic way."
This is not the first time Lazarus has helped make high speed web surfing easier. He has also provided legal counsel when the most popular method for wireless internetworking -- so-called Wi-Fi "G" -- had its day before the FCC.
While it is the inspiration and perspiration of talented inventors, engineers and researchers that create what wows people, by helping these creators get through regulatory hurdles, lawyers like Mitchell Lazarus, more quietly, perhaps, help propel high tech holiday dazzlers the last mile to market.
Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, P.L.C.
Posted on : Wed, 27 Dec 2006
ARLINGTON, Va. Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Technology topped many people's holiday gift lists this year. The efforts of talented designers, engineers and inventors deservedly get the credit for creating compelling technology. And while invention is what draws customers, it is not the only thing that makes the coolest hot gadgetry possible. Often, it is the unseen hand of a skilled attorney that provides the extra oomph required to make it possible for a great invention to become a great seller.
Many of the most compelling high tech gifts can be sold in the United States only if the FCC says they won't interfere with radio communications. Just about any computerized anything emits a low level radio signal. The FCC's engineering staff keeps a close watch. No one wants something on the market that could interfere with aircraft navigation or an ambulance radio call!
That's where an attorney experienced in resolving in FCC engineering issues can help -- someone like Mitchell Lazarus of Arlington, Virginia's Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, P.L.C. Lazarus's 24 years of experience as an attorney are complemented by two engineering degrees. He also has experience educating some of the world's brightest engineering minds, during a stint on the teaching staff at MIT.
Through a combination of legal acumen, science and long experience with the FCC's people and processes, Lazarus has helped gain FCC approval for a host of certifiably hot technologies. Most notably, these days, Lazarus works with those seeking to provide Broadband over Power Lines (or "BPL"). BPL uses existing, nearly ubiquitous electric lines to deliver broadband Internet access even where it is uneconomical to lay new fiber. BPL can bridge the digital divide, so true broadband is available not just in the wired cores of cities and suburbs, but also in the great expanses of rural America. BPL means, if you have got a socket, you can get the best of the net.
As with many new and promising technologies, BPL has faced its share of detractors proffering technical or engineering excuses to keep it off the market. Each step along the way, Lazarus assisted the BPL industry to cut through the noise to gain eventual FCC approval for national BPL deployment. Only an appeals court decision can now stop BPL. And here, too, a combination of engineering and legal acumen will ultimately hold the key.
"The FCC's engineers are necessarily skeptical. That's their job. Technological innovations are like cats -- once let loose, they can be nearly impossible to corral," Lazarus said. "The key is to show the FCC's engineering staff how any potential harms to spectrum management efforts can managed and/or eliminated in a technically realistic way."
This is not the first time Lazarus has helped make high speed web surfing easier. He has also provided legal counsel when the most popular method for wireless internetworking -- so-called Wi-Fi "G" -- had its day before the FCC.
While it is the inspiration and perspiration of talented inventors, engineers and researchers that create what wows people, by helping these creators get through regulatory hurdles, lawyers like Mitchell Lazarus, more quietly, perhaps, help propel high tech holiday dazzlers the last mile to market.
Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, P.L.C.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Deploy Telkonet iWire System(TM) in U.S. Airports
December 26, 2006
GERMANTOWN, Md.--(Business Wire)--Telkonet, Inc. (AMEX:TKO), the leader in providing powerline carrier (PLC) networking solutions using existing electrical wiring, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in collaboration with the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command Technology Integration Center, has successfully completed evaluation of the Telkonet's powerline networking platform. The Telkonet iWire System, which was approved for use, is scheduled for deployment within multiple Category II-IV airports starting in January 2007. Telkonet's enterprise IP-over-powerline system will be used to enable the rapid, cost-effective deployment of secure, high-speed network connectivity and other security applications to TSA-owned and operated workspaces within these airports.
Ronald W. Pickett, President and CEO of Telkonet, Inc. commented, "Telkonet has enjoyed enhanced awareness of its U.S. government-certified Telkonet iWire System platform in the federal and defense marketplace in recent months. This most recent win at DHS/TSA, which has been and will continue to be an important target for the Telkonet Government Systems team, represents a significant accomplishment for Telkonet as it further validates the value of the secure Telkonet platform in supporting homeland defense and security initiatives in the U.S. and abroad."
"As Telkonet Government Systems continues to grow its federal, state and local government customer base, we look forward to utilizing our industry-leading solution set, technology certifications and strategic partnerships to aggressively move the Telkonet product line into the mainstream government technology sector. Winning a place within the DHS/TSA core networking environment is a large and important step in the right direction and will provide a strong foundation from which to grow our channel program for IP-over-powerline focused-solutions and professional services," said John Vasilj, Vice President of Telkonet Government Systems.
Telkonet will be deploying its systems to help the TSA enhance communications between TSA field personnel and headquarters, support passenger and baggage screening personnel training and education in the field and provide a scalable network infrastructure for the introduction of other homeland security applications, as needed. These pilots, which Telkonet will begin installing in January, are the first part of a roll-out to potentially 380-plus airport deployments nationwide for which the TSA is planning to spend approximately $100 million as part of the multi-year High-Speed Operational Connectivity (Hi-SOC) program.
Pickett said, "The TSA's intention is to integrate the majority of its airport passenger and baggage systems and mission critical applications; from baggage/passenger screening (ETD/ETPs) and puffer machines that test for dangerous explosives and substances, to cameras at ticket counters and passport readers. We are currently negotiating with the appropriate DHS contract holders in preparation to respond to and win the forthcoming bid for the delivery of the next phase of the Hi-SOC program expected to be made public early next year."
GERMANTOWN, Md.--(Business Wire)--Telkonet, Inc. (AMEX:TKO), the leader in providing powerline carrier (PLC) networking solutions using existing electrical wiring, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in collaboration with the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command Technology Integration Center, has successfully completed evaluation of the Telkonet's powerline networking platform. The Telkonet iWire System, which was approved for use, is scheduled for deployment within multiple Category II-IV airports starting in January 2007. Telkonet's enterprise IP-over-powerline system will be used to enable the rapid, cost-effective deployment of secure, high-speed network connectivity and other security applications to TSA-owned and operated workspaces within these airports.
Ronald W. Pickett, President and CEO of Telkonet, Inc. commented, "Telkonet has enjoyed enhanced awareness of its U.S. government-certified Telkonet iWire System platform in the federal and defense marketplace in recent months. This most recent win at DHS/TSA, which has been and will continue to be an important target for the Telkonet Government Systems team, represents a significant accomplishment for Telkonet as it further validates the value of the secure Telkonet platform in supporting homeland defense and security initiatives in the U.S. and abroad."
"As Telkonet Government Systems continues to grow its federal, state and local government customer base, we look forward to utilizing our industry-leading solution set, technology certifications and strategic partnerships to aggressively move the Telkonet product line into the mainstream government technology sector. Winning a place within the DHS/TSA core networking environment is a large and important step in the right direction and will provide a strong foundation from which to grow our channel program for IP-over-powerline focused-solutions and professional services," said John Vasilj, Vice President of Telkonet Government Systems.
Telkonet will be deploying its systems to help the TSA enhance communications between TSA field personnel and headquarters, support passenger and baggage screening personnel training and education in the field and provide a scalable network infrastructure for the introduction of other homeland security applications, as needed. These pilots, which Telkonet will begin installing in January, are the first part of a roll-out to potentially 380-plus airport deployments nationwide for which the TSA is planning to spend approximately $100 million as part of the multi-year High-Speed Operational Connectivity (Hi-SOC) program.
Pickett said, "The TSA's intention is to integrate the majority of its airport passenger and baggage systems and mission critical applications; from baggage/passenger screening (ETD/ETPs) and puffer machines that test for dangerous explosives and substances, to cameras at ticket counters and passport readers. We are currently negotiating with the appropriate DHS contract holders in preparation to respond to and win the forthcoming bid for the delivery of the next phase of the Hi-SOC program expected to be made public early next year."
Ambient Corporation`s patent for Arrangement of Inductive coupler for power line communications is approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office !
United States Patent 7,154,382
Cern December 26, 2006
Arrangement of inductive couplers for data communication
Abstract
There is provided a system including (a) a first inductive coupler for coupling a data signal between a port of the first inductive coupler and a first subset of a plurality of electrically parallel conductors, and (b) a second inductive coupler for coupling the data signal between a port of the second inductive coupler and a second subset of the plurality of conductors. There are also provided methods for arranging such a system.
Inventors: Cern; Yehuda (Brookline, MA)
Assignee: Ambient Corporation (Newton, MA)
Appl. No.: 10/971,412
Filed: October 22, 2004
More on Ambient Corp. patents: Here
Cern December 26, 2006
Arrangement of inductive couplers for data communication
Abstract
There is provided a system including (a) a first inductive coupler for coupling a data signal between a port of the first inductive coupler and a first subset of a plurality of electrically parallel conductors, and (b) a second inductive coupler for coupling the data signal between a port of the second inductive coupler and a second subset of the plurality of conductors. There are also provided methods for arranging such a system.
Inventors: Cern; Yehuda (Brookline, MA)
Assignee: Ambient Corporation (Newton, MA)
Appl. No.: 10/971,412
Filed: October 22, 2004
More on Ambient Corp. patents: Here
Monday, December 25, 2006
Updates: Manassas' BPL Ok'd by FCC
By JACLYN PITTS
jpitts@manassasjm.com
Monday, December 25, 2006
The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed complaints by local amateur radio operators alleging that Manassas' broadband over powerline system interferes with their signals.
Many shortwave radio users, including amateur radio users, or "hams," have opposed BPL technology for its interference since its implementation in Manassas in 2003.
BPL radiates off power lines and can make certain short-wave radio frequencies inaudible.
In March, the Federal Communications Commission directed Manassas and Communication Technologies Inc. (COMTek), the city's BPL provider, to investigate these allegations and take steps to eliminate "harmful interference."
The FCC responded to Manassas' report on its progress in June and directed both the city and COMTek to further address interference issues and the system's non-compliance with FCC emission regulations.
In April, COMTek began updating its "grandfathered" equipment to the latest technology offered by BPL equipment supplier Main.Net. COMTek spokesman Scott Stapf said the company has begun upgrading about 600 overhead lines and plans to have the upgrade complete in early 2007.
In October, the FCC sent engineers to Manassas to coordinate with COMTek to test for interference in six areas of the city that were chosen based on their proximity to locations identified in the interference complaints, city attorney Bob Bendall said.
The FCC then made measurements and stated Dec. 14 that the system is "in compliance with the radiated emission limits" and dismissed the complaints.
"This is very good news for COMTek and for the city of Manassas," Stapf said.
George Tarnovsky, vice president for Ole Virginia Hams, a local ham radio group, said he thinks the "whole thing was mishandled," and still doesn't believe the results the FCC obtained.
Tarnovsky said the FCC was supposed to contact him and other ham radio operators to be present for the FCC's tests in October, but neither he nor any other hams ever heard from the commission, he said.
"I think we were dealt the wrong deal by the FCC," Tarnovsky said.
Tarnovsky said the fight is not over and that he and fellow hams plan to continue registering complaints.
Manassas became the first American municipality to implement the technology citywide in 2003.
By plugging a modem into any city electrical outlet, subscribers can get high-speed Internet access for about $29 per month, approximately half of what cable providers charge.
COMTek's BPL service runs through the city's power grid and has about 850 subscribers.
Source:
POTOMAC NEWS
jpitts@manassasjm.com
Monday, December 25, 2006
The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed complaints by local amateur radio operators alleging that Manassas' broadband over powerline system interferes with their signals.
Many shortwave radio users, including amateur radio users, or "hams," have opposed BPL technology for its interference since its implementation in Manassas in 2003.
BPL radiates off power lines and can make certain short-wave radio frequencies inaudible.
In March, the Federal Communications Commission directed Manassas and Communication Technologies Inc. (COMTek), the city's BPL provider, to investigate these allegations and take steps to eliminate "harmful interference."
The FCC responded to Manassas' report on its progress in June and directed both the city and COMTek to further address interference issues and the system's non-compliance with FCC emission regulations.
In April, COMTek began updating its "grandfathered" equipment to the latest technology offered by BPL equipment supplier Main.Net. COMTek spokesman Scott Stapf said the company has begun upgrading about 600 overhead lines and plans to have the upgrade complete in early 2007.
In October, the FCC sent engineers to Manassas to coordinate with COMTek to test for interference in six areas of the city that were chosen based on their proximity to locations identified in the interference complaints, city attorney Bob Bendall said.
The FCC then made measurements and stated Dec. 14 that the system is "in compliance with the radiated emission limits" and dismissed the complaints.
"This is very good news for COMTek and for the city of Manassas," Stapf said.
George Tarnovsky, vice president for Ole Virginia Hams, a local ham radio group, said he thinks the "whole thing was mishandled," and still doesn't believe the results the FCC obtained.
Tarnovsky said the FCC was supposed to contact him and other ham radio operators to be present for the FCC's tests in October, but neither he nor any other hams ever heard from the commission, he said.
"I think we were dealt the wrong deal by the FCC," Tarnovsky said.
Tarnovsky said the fight is not over and that he and fellow hams plan to continue registering complaints.
Manassas became the first American municipality to implement the technology citywide in 2003.
By plugging a modem into any city electrical outlet, subscribers can get high-speed Internet access for about $29 per month, approximately half of what cable providers charge.
COMTek's BPL service runs through the city's power grid and has about 850 subscribers.
Source:
POTOMAC NEWS
Thursday, December 21, 2006
FCC Approves Rules For Cable Franchise System
20 December 2006
By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted in favor of new rules governing the franchise system that exists across the U.S. for new entrants seeking to providing television service to consumers.
The new rules are aimed at making it easier for potential competitors to enter the video market. They are particularly aimed at facilitating entry by telecommunication companies such as Verizon Communications (VZ) and AT&T Inc. (T), who are keen to expand their presence in the video market.
FCC commissioners voted 3-2 along party lines at the agency's monthly public meeting in favor of the new rules, which would impose a 90-day deadline on local governments to decide on whether to grant a new franchise.
They would also strike down requirements for new entrants to provide service to all residents in an area, known as buildout requirements.
The rules state that in most circumstances the existing standard that local authorities can't charge a fee more than the accepted 5% of gross revenues should be followed.
They would also prevent local governments from making demands of potential licensees, which are seen as being unreasonable or unconnected to the provision of video service.
Chairman Kevin Martin has been a keen supporter of the reforms and his fellow Republican commissioners Robert McDowell and Deborah Taylor Tate voted with him.
'American consumers are demanding even more competition, and this is the goal of our action today: more competition through deregulation,' said McDowell in supporting the new rules.
In his comments, Martin linked the spread of broadband Internet access across the country to that of video saying providers would be unwilling to offer broadband service unless they were also allowed to offered video service.
The so-called 'triple play' of offering video, broadband and landline services to consumers is widely seen as a lucrative market by both telecommunications and cable companies.
McDowell referred to future rules the FCC planned to bring forward within six months that would extend the new rules to incumbent players in the marketplace. Traditionally, cable licenses are granted for between 10 and 15 years, at which time they have to be renewed.
read more: FCC Approves Rules For Cable Franchise System
By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted in favor of new rules governing the franchise system that exists across the U.S. for new entrants seeking to providing television service to consumers.
The new rules are aimed at making it easier for potential competitors to enter the video market. They are particularly aimed at facilitating entry by telecommunication companies such as Verizon Communications (VZ) and AT&T Inc. (T), who are keen to expand their presence in the video market.
FCC commissioners voted 3-2 along party lines at the agency's monthly public meeting in favor of the new rules, which would impose a 90-day deadline on local governments to decide on whether to grant a new franchise.
They would also strike down requirements for new entrants to provide service to all residents in an area, known as buildout requirements.
The rules state that in most circumstances the existing standard that local authorities can't charge a fee more than the accepted 5% of gross revenues should be followed.
They would also prevent local governments from making demands of potential licensees, which are seen as being unreasonable or unconnected to the provision of video service.
Chairman Kevin Martin has been a keen supporter of the reforms and his fellow Republican commissioners Robert McDowell and Deborah Taylor Tate voted with him.
'American consumers are demanding even more competition, and this is the goal of our action today: more competition through deregulation,' said McDowell in supporting the new rules.
In his comments, Martin linked the spread of broadband Internet access across the country to that of video saying providers would be unwilling to offer broadband service unless they were also allowed to offered video service.
The so-called 'triple play' of offering video, broadband and landline services to consumers is widely seen as a lucrative market by both telecommunications and cable companies.
McDowell referred to future rules the FCC planned to bring forward within six months that would extend the new rules to incumbent players in the marketplace. Traditionally, cable licenses are granted for between 10 and 15 years, at which time they have to be renewed.
read more: FCC Approves Rules For Cable Franchise System
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