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HomePNA Alliance Adds 5 New Members to Advance No-New-Wires Multimedia Home Networking Technology

Posted on: Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 06:00 CDT

HomePNA announced today that five new companies have joined the rapidly

growing alliance to develop and promote the only home networking

technology for the distribution of digital video, voice and data over

the existing phone wires and coaxial cables. Joining Conexant are Allied

Telesis Labs, Amedia Networks, and telecom equipment manufacturers FLUKE

Networks and JDSU. These new members will further advance HomePNA's

ecosystem of interoperable triple-play home networking solutions.

HomePNA technology leverages the ubiquitous in-home wiring

infrastructure of telcos and cablecos alike to help service providers

capture new revenue with easy deployment of new IP-based services.

"The alliance membership continues to grow as

more and more companies discover the value in working together to

promote the unique capabilities of the reliable high-speed HomePNA

standard for networking entertainment data over existing home wiring,"

said Rich Nesin, president of HomePNA.

Conexant, a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband

communications and the digital home, will also join the HomePNA board of

directors. Cyrus Namazi, vice president of marketing for Conexant's

Broadband Access business, will represent the company.

HomePNA 3.0 technology, standardized by the ITU in May 2005, is

multimedia home networking technology for triple-play services:

entertainment data networking, VoIp and computer networking. Its unique

blend of high speed, robust performance, low cost, guaranteed QoS, and

the ability to operate simultaneously over both phone lines and coax

cables make it uniquely suited to the needs of service providers for

deploying new services.

About HomePNA

HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading

companies working together to help ensure the adoption of networking

industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA

develop industry standards over both phone line and coax cables with the

intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and

audio/video home networking solutions.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA's membership

includes cutting-edge international companies spanning the networking,

telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics

industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit www.homepna.org.

Source: Business Wire

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