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Companies contribute to $130 million round of funding for Current Communications' powerline Net access technology.

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10 Mbps Symmetrical upload/download BPL speed for TXU ~~~

Everyone will love this !!!

"Upload and download access at the same high speed, well suited
to the ongoing mass market adoption of photo and video sharing
services, interactive gaming and online storage services

-- Symmetrical connection of up to 10 Mbps in TXU deployment"

from: http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/

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South Africa: 30 Mbps Broadband over Power Lines Deployed- IPTV next !!!

South Africa: 30 Mbps Broadband over Power Lines Deployed- IPTV next !!!

Powerline Deployed in South Africa And Uganda - IP-TV Trial This Autumn
Balancing Act (London)
NEWS
July 17, 2006
Posted to the web July 17, 2006

By Russell Southwood
London

Powerline technology has always seemed to promise much but never seem to quite come to the boil. But Goal Technology Solutions (known as GTS) has rolled out operational 30 meg connections in South Africa and is currently deploying in Uganda for UTL. And come October this year it will be trialling IP-TV. Russell Southwood spoke to its CEO Adrian Maguire about why it had succeeded where others have failed.

more:

http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/2006/07/south-africa-30-mbps-broadband-over.html

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U.S. Patent approves Ambient Corp.`s patent for Inductive coupler for BPL

FYI: http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/2006/04/us-patent-and-trademark-office.html


United States Patent Application 20060087382
Kind Code A1
Cern; Yehuda
April 27, 2006

Abstract

There is provided an inductive coupler for coupling a data signal to a power line. The inductive coupler includes a split magnetic core having an aperture formed by an upper magnetic core and a lower magnetic core. The aperture permits the power line to pass therethrough as a primary winding, the upper magnetic core is for making electrical contact with an outer surface of the power line, and the lower magnetic core makes electrical contact with the upper magnetic core.

more... new AMBIENT BPL patent: Filter for segmenting power lines for communications

United States Patent 7,005,943
February 28, 2006

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PHILIPPINES for BROADBAND Internet over ELECTRIC POWER LINES Nationwide

Venture formed to spark ?rural revolution?
By Donna G. Brazas
Monday, May 08, 2006

read:

http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/

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this year for BPL

http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/marketplace/morning_report/2006/05/11_mktmorn0550?

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Philippines getting serious for BROADBAND over Power Lines

Philippines ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVES are getting serious on rolling out 200 Mbps BROADBAND over Power Lines technology Nationwide !!!

Nextream president Ty Javellana (right) firms up the agreement with the electric cooperatives led by Francisco Diza of Tarlac Electric Co-op , with Nextream's Earl Burrows and Pedro Dumol as witnesses.
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Power co-ops agree to bring Internet to the countryside
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY?A fast-rising technology corporation based in Hallandale, Florida has clinched six joint venture agreements and eight memoranda of agreement with electric cooperatives in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao for the use of ?broadband over power lines? system that will connect rural folk to a wide-range of education, connectivity and information through the use of Internet, telephone, on-demand cable TV right in their households.

The formal signing was held at the Grand Caprice Convention Center last May 10 coinciding with the electric cooperatives? national conference on power distribution, management reforms and recognition. The four-day event was attended by Albay 3rd District Rep. and House committee Chairman on appropriations Joey Salceda, former Finance secretary now Institute of Corporate Directors chairman Jesus Estanislao, presidential adviser on rural electrification Fr. Larry Silva, National Electrification Administration administrator Edita Bueno, and former National Electrification chief now Nextream chairman Gen. Pedro Dumol who joined more than 700 co-op officers from all over the country.

Signing the joint venture and memoranda of agreement were Nextream president and chief executive officer Ty Javellana who was assisted by the firm?s chief finance officer Gary Cedeño, chief technical officer Ronald Fesalbon and advisor Earl Burrows.

Among the eight electric cooperatives represented by its respective president and general manager which signed the agreements with Nextream were: Cagayan I Electric Cooperative with president Lope Mallillim and general manager Tito Lingan; Ilocos Norte Electric Co-op with president Lorenzo Rey Ruiz and general manager Romillas Pascual; Misamis Oriental Electric Co-op with president Pedrito Baculio and general manager Julie Real; Bohol I Electric Co-op with president Jeremias Boligao and general manager Carlos Itable; Tarlac I Electric Co-op with president Francisco Diza and general manager Resurrecion Coronel; Tarlac II Electric Co-op with president Orlando Masibay and general manager Amelia Tioaquen; Lanao Norte Electric Co-op with president Gregorio Tan and general manager Resnol Torres and Davao Sur Electric Co-op with president, Artemio Tajon and general manager Jesus dela Victoria. Last February, Nextream signed a joint venture agreement with the Peninsula Electric Cooperative general manager Loreto Marcelino for its maiden broadband over power lines venture that is expected to wire 120,000 consumers in the next five years.

http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/