Cameo partners with DS2 to deliver HD quality powerline communications products

Taipei, Taiwan, 6 June, 2006 – Cameo Communications Inc, a leading international networking products manufacturer with offices in Taiwan and China, and DS2, supplier of the world’s most mature, highest speed powerline networking (PLC) chipsets for in-home, high-definition quality networking, have announced a partnership to develop products based on DS2´s 200 Mbps PLC technology.


Cameo will work with DS2 to develop low cost, high performance PLC networking products driven by DS2’s current and next generation of chipsets. The DS2-based product lineup includes wall-plug format adapters in addition to a variety of different consumer networking device applications to deliver high speed broadband access in every room without the need to run new cables.




“Cameo firmly believes in the principle of providing both top quality and the best possible price/performance ratio. Our driving force is commitment to value, quality and reliability and DS2´s high performance, mature chips provide the best price/performance ratio on the market as well as being the only mature standards based HD quality chips available for product development today”, said Frank Kuo, Director of Cameo’s Technology Research and Development Center.




Ramón Garcia, Director of DS2´s Asian office who will be demonstrating applications supported by DS2´s 200 Mbps chipsets during Computex (Grand Hotel Hyatt, Rooms 1130 & 1131) said, “DS2 is excited to work with Cameo to develop the latest generation, low cost PLC networking products. DS2’s chipsets provide simple, reliable broadband connectivity that offer the necessary bandwidth to support applications like online gaming, whole-house audio distribution and high-definition video streaming. All these applications are now mainstream, and not supported by legacy PLC products.”




Cameo will be showing products including the SOHO-HPE2001 wall-plug adapter based on DS2 200 Mbps technology during Computex Taipei 2006, from 6 to 10 June, in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, VIP Room No 1034. The first DS2-based Cameo products will begin shipping at the beginning of June 2006.



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TAIWAN: Computex Taipei 6-10 June 2006: This year, cutting-edge technology player DS2 200Mbps PLC, will be attempting to make their presence felt

Record visitor numbers expected at Computex '06

Aaron Tan, ZDNet Asia,
June 06, 2006

The number of visitors to Computex Taiwan is expected to surpass 130,000 this year when the doors to the world's second largest IT trade show opens Tuesday.

According to event organizers, last year's show attracted 129,947 visitors, the highest turnout in its 25-year history. This year, some 133,000 visitors are expected to pack four halls of the Taipei World Trade Center and Taipei International Convention Center.

Like previous years, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) are co-organizing the event.

Since its inception in 1981, the trade show has touted itself as a platform for IT vendors in Taiwan to showcase their products. Today, the closely-watched event is the world's second-largest IT trade show after CeBIT in Germany, and maintains its status as Asia's largest IT event.

TCA Chairman Frank Huang said the show has grown with Taiwan's information technology industry over the past decades.

"That Computex has replaced Comdex as the world's second largest IT show demonstrated two things," he noted, in a statement. "First, it showed to the world Taiwan's strength in IT design and manufacturing and, to a larger extent, the emergence of Asia as the world's leader in information."

He also pointed out that Taiwan's IT companies have evolved from original design and equipment manufacturers to some of the world's most famous brands.

Acer, no doubt, is one such company that Huang had in mind.

With an early focus on product design and educating Taiwan's next generation of engineers, the founders of Acer gradually established the Taiwanese company as one of the world's top PC makers today.



This year, cutting-edge technology players such as DS2, will be attempting to make their presence felt at Computex. The company specializes in powerline communications, an increasingly popular mode of broadband Internet access in Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and China.

Ramon Garcia, director of DS2's Asian office in Tokyo, told ZDNet Asia that his company will be demonstrating its new 200Mbps powerline technology at the show this year.

Because of the large density in many Asian cities, Internet service providers have been deploying such technology to provide data, voice and video services within buildings, Garcia said.

Some 1,300 exhibitors will show their wares at Computex this year, and are also expected to lust over the prestigious 'Best Choice' product awards to be handed out at the event. The award was started in 2001 to encourage innovation in the Taiwanese IT industry, and to assist vendors in pursuing business opportunities abroad.

The event organizers are inviting experts and scholars from the government, academic circles and the industry to take part in the selection process for the awards. This year, 22 products in 11 categories are expected to be awarded. The Asus A636 personal digital assistant and the BenQ CM3500 multifunction printer were among the winners last year.

In addition to product showcases, a series of forums graced by industry experts will also be held on the exhibition grounds. At the e21 Forum, for instance, Anand Chandrasekher, Intel vice president and director of sales and marketing, will discuss the impact of technology's rapid change on consumers and businesses worldwide.

Other technology areas on show include Net telephony, PCs and notebooks, motherboards, software, car electronics and digital home systems.


DS2 200 Mbps Powerline Technology

XAVi announces HD quality networking products based on DS2 200 Mbps Powerline chips

Taiwan, Tapei, 5 June 2006 –- XAVi Technologies Corporation, a professional solutions provider for Broadband Access and Digital Home applications today announced its new home networking product line powered by DS2 powerline chipsets.



Utilizing the most advanced 200 Mbps Powerline HD technology from DS2, XAVi´s new product line will allow users to easily convert an entire home’s power outlet system into a secure DSL/Cable connection without any additional wiring. “DS2’s chipsets provide the perfect solution for the “triple play” services of simultaneous high definition television, internet access, and voice over IP while maintaining the highest quality user experience. It adds to our competency in ADSL products allowing us to extend the reach to provide whole home coverage. With DS2´s 200 Mpbs chips we can deliver a HD quality service with these products”, said Wenston Lee, CEO of XAVi.

“XAVi, is a leading provider of ADSL customer premise equipment (CPE) solutions and a great partner for DS2. Its xDSL CPE and Broadband Gateway products deliver data, voice, video, and multimedia services for corporate, SME, SOHO, and residential users are the markets that DS2 chips are designed to serve,” said Ramón Garcia, Director DS2´s Asian Office.


XAVi will be showing its networking products based on DS2 200 Mbps PLC technology at Globalcomm 2006 in Chicago (USA), from June 4-8, at McCormick Place South, Level 3 Exhibit Hall A, booth #67051. They will also be exhibiting DS2’s solution at Computex 2006 in Taipei (Taiwan) from June 6-10, at Hall 1, Communication Products Area, booth #412a.


XAVi’s wall-plug adapters XP302A and XP302H based on DS2’s DSS900X series chipsets will begin shipping in June 2006. Later this summer 2006 the XP302D will be available – a power supply integrated with DS2’s 200 Mbps chipset for PLC networking.



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Intellon's HomePlug AV Integrated Circuits Featured on Texas Instruments' Residential Gateway Demo Showcasing End-to-End Video at Globalcomm

Monday June 5, 8:00 am ET
Intellon's ICs Enable Reliable High Definition Video Streaming over Customers' Existing in-Home Electrical and Coax Wiring


CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2006--Intellon Corporation, the leading provider of HomePlug®-compatible integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment and broadband over powerline applications, announced today that Texas Instruments (TI), a member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, has included Intellon's HomePlug AV standards-based 200-Mbps solution in its video over DSL demo at Globalcomm 2006. The demo is representative of a service provider's transport network for delivering video to the home and distributing video to any room within the home.
By visiting TI's booth at Globalcomm (Booth #35061), service providers and equipment manufacturers will be able to see a video stream being delivered over ADSL2+ to TI's AR7 Residential Gateway, connecting to various home networking technologies, including an Intellon HomePlug AV adapter, and ultimately delivering the IPTV experience over powerline to a TI DaVinci(TM) IP-STB.

"TI's broad portfolio of end equipment technologies enable end-to-end broadband solutions, and TI offers an RG solution flexible enough to accommodate various home networking technologies for the distribution of voice, video and data throughout the home," said Kurt Eckles, director of Marketing and Customer Support for TI's Residential Gateway and Embedded Systems business unit. "Our advanced broadband technologies, combined with Intellon-enabled HomePlug AV standards-based ICs, deliver high-performing home entertainment connectivity solutions for service providers."

"Intellon's HomePlug solutions have proven to be what service providers, consumers and equipment manufacturers want and need - simple, robust and reliable IPTV experiences," said Andy Melder, SVP of strategic business development with Intellon. "The inclusion of Intellon's new HomePlug AV solution in TI's residential gateway demo validates the importance of offering a robust, plug-and-play solution for whole-home video distribution."

Globalcomm 2006 will be held June 4 - 6 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

also:
PCCW Selects Intellon's HomePlug(R) ICs for 'Do-It-Yourself' Multimedia Home Networking Installations

Monday June 5, 8:00 am ET
Hong Kong's Largest Telecommunications Provider Relies on HomePlug With Turbo for Easy and Reliable Connectivity


OCALA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2006--Intellon Corporation, the leading provider of HomePlug-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment and broadband over powerline (BPL) applications, today announced that PCCW Limited, one of Asia's leading integrated communications companies, is successfully deploying network adapters based on its leading HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo ICs to capture broadband customers unwilling to install new wiring in their homes.
PCCW has top market share for Hong Kong's broadband market with over 800,000 subscribers, of which 550,000 customers have also signed up its world largest IPTV service -- nowTV. The Intellon-based HomePlug with Turbo adapters enable a customer-installable alternative to running new cables along floors and under rugs to connect the PCCW broadband modem to computers, digital media adaptors and IP set-top-boxes in the home. With this No New Wires® alternative, those subscribing to PCCW services simply connect an adapter to the modem and any convenient power outlet, and another to a power outlet close to the computer or IP set-top box -- providing invisible connectivity and allowing customers to place their computers and TVs anywhere they choose.

"Because HomePlug Turbo is a very simple, plug and play solution, we are now offering our customers a do-it-yourself option for Broadband multimedia home networking services," said Dr. Allen Wong, director of product development for PCCW. "On all fronts, Intellon provided the best combination of user friendliness, price and time to market, allowing us to get a solution in place for our customers very quickly."

"Partnering with PCCW on its in-home connectivity provides Intellon with the opportunity to showcase our strength in broadband and multimedia networking over in-home powerlines," said Cameron McCaskill, vice president of business development for Intellon. "Powerline networking solutions based on Intellon ICs are proving to be a valuable selling tool for service providers like PCCW looking to grow and retain their broadband and IPTV customers."

Bangalore, India: Firm develops online energy meter

Saturday, Jun 03, 2006
P. Manoj


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It can help check power theft and meters being tampered with
It can help identify the causes for transmission and distribution losses
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Bangalore: Electricity supply companies grappling with power theft and meters being tampered with now have access to a technology that can track, on a real-time basis, energy consumption and losses, help manage load requirements and even deliver high-speed broadband connectivity over power lines.

An online energy meter developed by the little-known Bangalore firm Echrome Embedded Services Pvt. Ltd. comes with power line communication technology that enables communication of energy consumption and other information to the utility companies along with a feature for delivering data over power lines at a speed of 14 megabits per second (Mbps).

"Unlike the present system, where a meter has an RR number, our energy meter has an IP address so that each meter can be individually queried to find out the status," P.H. Srinivas, Chairman and Managing Director, Echrome Embedded Services, told The Hindu .

The deployment of the online energy meter can help identify the causes for transmission and distribution losses and, hence, devise a way of minimising it, prevent meters being tampered with and facilitate energy management through load balancing according to the requirement of a particular area. It can help track meter faults quickly and eliminate the need for utilities to hire private agencies to carry out meter reading, he explained. Echrome is working on increasing the data carrying speed over power lines from 14 Mbps to 200 Mbps by August.

With Internet penetration still low in the country, broadband over power line could be a good solution for rapid last-mile Internet connectivity. "Power utilities can use their existing infrastructure to deliver broadband to households and earn additional revenue," he said, adding that Echrome was in talks with electricity supply companies in the State to roll out the technology. Echrome's power line solution can also help track tax evaders in the manufacturing sector. Utility companies are already aiding income tax officials to track defaulters, but this is currently possible only in the case of big manufacturing set-ups.

By calculating the total energy consumed for manufacturing a particular item, the taxman can ascertain the quantity produced, the sales tax paid and thereby detect defaults.

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BROADBAND over POWERLINES:"The cost is about 1/10th that of installing fiber optic cable to customers, said Dan Pecarina, HBC vice president of tech*

HBC tests latest BPL technology
Published - Saturday, June 03, 2006
By David Krotz / Winona Daily News- MN

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Hiawatha Broadband Communications is using new technology and existing infrastructure to expand its territory.

After extending its cable television, telephone and high-speed Internet services to St. Charles and Wabasha in recent years, the Winona-based company is looking

farther afield to places like Iowa and Illinois.

HBC is testing new technology to deliver broadband Internet signals over existing power lines, which could make ultra-fast service available to every resident of Rochester, Minn. If it works there, company officials say, they will turn to other cities that are already lining up to be next.

In early 2004, HBC teamed up with Rochester Public Utilities and the Shpigler Group of Nyack, N.Y, to test the technology, known as broadband over powerline, or BPL. By July of that year, it was bringing high-speed Internet to the home of a Rochester architect over his existing home electric lines.

The cost is about a tenth that of installing fiber optic cable to customers, said Dan Pecarina, HBC vice president of technology. Cost savings for service providers and customers is a major motivator for those perfecting the technology. Because HBC has already installed a fiber optic network in Winona, the company has no plans to bring the new service here.

The technology is being used now in Manassas, Va., the first city in the country to offer it successfully. Customers pay $28.95 monthly for Internet access at speeds 10 to 15 times faster than dial-up connection speeds.

HBC and its partners are working on a system that could deliver services at even higher speeds.

The company hopes the newest generation of the technology will be able to deliver internet, telephone and cable TV service over the power lines. Earlier versions proved unreliable for video.

“The hardware we’re looking at now has us intrigued,” Pecarina said. “We now know that telephone and Internet works quite well. We’re hoping it is capable of delivering video.”

One problem that has slowed the implementation of BPL is possible radio interference, including the short wave radio bands used by ham radio operators.

Pecarina says HBC hasn’t seen any problems with interference in its tests. Using new equipment supplied by the Shpigler Group, HBC will begin 45 days of testing in the middle of June and hopes to add tests of video and television channels after that.

“By fall we will be looking at whether to roll out services (to the whole city),” Pecarina said. Various licenses and city approvals are needed.

Eventually, HBC could expand its BPL services to other communities that have shone an interest, said CEO Gary Evans. “We’re visiting with a lot of communities that have municipal utilities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.”

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CPUC President Michael R. Peevey: BROADBAND OVER POWERLINES can be the third broadband pipe to Californians !!!

Broadband Starting to Bloom
By Sonia Arrison
TechNewsWorld
06/02/06 5:00 AM PT

Liberalizing the marketplace to allow for the wide adoption of new technologies should not stop with power lines or the California Public Utilities Commission. A host of other issues need proper attention for Americans to reap maximum benefits from the Internet superhighway. Cable franchise liberalization and universal service reform are two obvious areas that come to mind.

Broadband adoption in American homes grew by 40 percent in the last year, twice the growth rate of the year before, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That's good news that should be followed by more good news if technology is allowed to move forward, unfettered by heavy government regulations.

Broadband adoption among African Americans increased by 121 percent between 2005 and 2006 and English-speaking Latino households reported a strong 46 percent increase, bringing those groups' overall household broadband adoption rate to near parity with white households, according to the report. That quells worries that some populations would be left out of the Internet revolution. Even access in tough-to-reach rural areas is expanding at a brisk 39 percent. While not everyone always finds it easy to get online, the revolution is touching virtually every group in a significant way.


Enabling Access
To be sure, new applications such as social networking sites like MySpace.com or online music services such as iTunes have driven demand for more bandwidth, and that in turn is driving innovation in the broadband deployment market. Not only are the telco and cable companies working to deploy more high speed lines, but there are also new satellite and broadband over power lines (BPL) options.

For instance, AT&T (NYSE: T) recently announced a satellite-based broadband Internet access service, powered by WildBlue, for rural customers across its 13-state territory. Rural satellite-based broadband subscribers can choose among three service packages, with prices ranging from US$49.95 to $79.95 per month, and broadband speed options ranging up to 1.5 Mbps downstream and up to 256 Kbps upstream. But perhaps even more intriguing is BPL.

Imagine just plugging your computer into an electrical outlet in the wall and having instant high speed Internet access. That's what BPL promises, and pilot projects have been rolling out all over the country.

"BPL has the potential to bring broadband Internet services to communities who do not have broadband service available today from the telephone companies or cable companies. In fact, in other communities that already have DSL and cable modem service BPL can provide a third broadband 'pipe' to customers, thereby increasing competition and consumer choice," said California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) President Michael R. Peevey.

A Light Touch
CALIFORNIA PUC recently approved a new regulatory framework in an effort to create a more stable market for capital investment in the technology. That's a step in the right direction, as it was clear that many investors were worried that the highly-regulated electric utilities marketplace would drown out entrepreneurial spirit.

New CPUC Commissioner Rachelle Chong, formerly a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission , has seen the damage caused by heavy regulations in the telecom space. Clearly, she wanted to avoid those problems in the electrical broadband market.

"In taking a light touch approach to regulate BPL, this decision sets the table for electric utilities to bring a new flavor of broadband technology to Californians," Chong said.

Commissioner John Bohn had similar sentiments. "By removing unnecessary regulations from its path, we free BPL entrepreneurs to invest and take the risks they want, while protecting ratepayers from any downside," he said.

Feeling the Boom
The new framework takes significant steps such as allowing third parties to invest in and operate BPL systems and exempting certain types of BPL-related transactions from regulatory review. Those are great improvements and the CPUC should be congratulated for its vision in this space.

Liberalizing the marketplace to allow for the wide adoption of new technologies should not stop with power lines or the CPUC. A host of other issues need proper attention for Americans to reap maximum benefits from the Internet superhighway. Cable franchise liberalization and universal service reform are two obvious areas that come to mind.

In the meantime, the 42 percent of all American adults who have a high-speed Internet connection at home will continue to feed the broadband boom.
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US PTO issued patent to AT&T Corp. for: Interference control in a broadband powerline communication system

A broadband powerline communication system is disclosed which makes use of knowledge of the spectrum characteristics of a local radio environment in order to improve the performance of the system. A determination is made of the spectrum characteristics of a radio environment in the vicinity of the broadband powerline communication system that is transmitting data on modulated carrier frequencies. Certain ones of the carrier frequencies otherwise used by the broadband powerline communication system may be masked (i.e., not used) by all or part of the broadband powerline system in order to avoid interference based on the determination. In various embodiments, the spectrum characteristics are determined 1) in advance and used to compile a configuration database comprising frequency masking parameters; 2) by monitoring the local radio environment using the transmitter/receiver nodes of the system; or 3) based upon receipt of an indication from a conflicting user that the user is experiencing interference. Various combinations of these spectrum characteristic determination techniques may also be used.
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Inventors: Gerszberg; Irwin; (Kendall Park, NJ) ; Henry; Paul Shala; (Holmdel, NJ) ; Sutliff; Larrie; (Briarcliff Manor, NY)
Correspondence Name and Address: AT&T CORP.
ROOM 2A207
ONE AT&T WAY
BEDMINSTER
NJ
07921
US


Assignee Name and Adress: AT&T Corp.


Serial No.: 074221
Series Code: 11
Filed: March 7, 2005


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