"No New Wires" Networking Opportunities Over Power Lines
Charlie, this comes to us courtesy of Mark Lewin over in the Last Mile thread.
Enjoy, Frank Coluccio
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[Intellon Signs Licensing Agreement With Microsoft to Provide High-Speed "No New
Wires" Networking Opportunities Over Power Lines]
OCALA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1998--Intellon Corporation
announced today that Microsoft is the first licensee of its breakthrough technology which achieves data rates of 1 Mbit/sec over existing power lines. The license agreement includes the latest high-speed technology development by Intellon, Intellon Enhanced Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (IeOFDM)(tm), as well as Intellon's unmatched Spread Spectrum Carrier(tm)(SSC)(tm) technology.
Intellon's technology provides a powerful platform for networking computers, peripherals and consumer products that are capable of delivering voice, data and Internet access, as well as control and monitoring applications over existing standard electrical wiring. This new technology platform will establish a new dimension for No New Wires(tm) low-cost networks.
Intellon's unique high-speed IeOFDM provides power line carrier communications capabilities and enables applications that would otherwise require pulling new dedicated wires around a home. This new technology combines standard OFDM modulation with Intellon's proprietary techniques for robust power line communications.
"As the digital age matures, the demand to send several Mbit/sec bit streams to and from the Internet, as well as to and from other carriers around homes and other premises, is increasing at a very rapid pace," stated Horst G. Sandfort, President and CEO of Intellon Corporation. "The installation of dedicated wires is expensive, disruptive and very time consuming. A low-cost solution, as targeted by Microsoft in cooperation with Intellon, aimed at the existing power line networks can bring success and support for the No New Wires concept into the market place."
"We are excited about the opportunities created by providing power line communications for high-speed data rates throughout the home and other buildings," stated Rick Thompson, vice president of Microsoft Corporation's Hardware Division.
"The power line is the most distributed carrier system around the world, enabling consumers every where to take advantage of the exciting communications capabilities in the very near future."
About Intellon Corporation
Intellon Corporation (http://www.intellon.com) is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer
of low-cost, high-performance digital, mixed-signal and RF systems-on-silicon solutions
for network communications with No New Wires(tm). Intellon's intellectual property,
products, technologies and services are key to a variety of open industry communication
standards and fast growing networking markets by creating low-cost intelligent
networks and extending the reach of the Internet to individual products.
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