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Technology Stocks : Broadband over power lines-BPL : 1) TELKONET -TKO & 2) AMBIE

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To: jmhollen who wrote (72)	2/3/2005 12:04:51 AM
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nbr.co.nz Powerline internet humming in Oz The hum in overhead Australian powerlines isn't just electricity whizzing around the grid -- in a few places, it's also super-high-speed internet connections. The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is getting down to the nitty gritty as providers ramp up trials of the technology, which allows high speed internet backbones to be constructed over high voltage and medium voltage powerlines. Switching stations deliver the connections directly into homes, where users access broadband through modems that plug into wall outlets. On 21 January, the ACA announced that it had set up a broadband over powerline (BPL) information portal to "provide background information on BPL technology and the interim arrangements for trialling it in Australia. It will also carry details of trials that are already underway here in Australia." Acting Chairman Dr Bob Horton said the ACA had developed regulatory guidelines for testing BPL technology. He said the ACA had also started a comprehensive examination of the communications regulatory issues associated with BPL for delivery of telecommunications services using electrical power wiring and is consulting with interested stakeholders. It plans to issue a discussion paper in early April, he said. The move comes as commercial pilots are proving the technology in a number of locations, with several large installations operating in the US. The communications regulator in the US recently approved powerline broadband technology over the strong objections of ham radio operators, who said it disrupted their communications. The EU ground promising early development of BPL technology to a near standstill in 2001 when it demanded that the industry standardise. At that point, several companies with strong proprietary interests in a variety of approaches simply backed out of further development or relegated it to a back burner. In many cases, the owners of powerline infrastructure are unwilling to enter the telecom market directly and are partnering with specialist partners. "The challenge for the ACA is to set regulatory arrangements that do not unnecessarily inhibit the adoption of BPL technology but at the same time protect radiocommunications services from harmful interference," Dr Horton said. "Australia is keeping pace with international deployment of BPL technology. Government regulators in the European Union, United States and other countries have either prepared, or are preparing, regulatory frameworks to accommodate in-house and access BPL technologies." Two trials of the technolgy were completed last year and a third is underway in Queanbeyan. A fourth trial was held last year in Hobart, Tasmania. 1-Feb-2005

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