News Archive

2008 Archive

  • LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd Plans to Acquire Planet System Co Ltd 27 November 2008
    LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd planned to acquire a 63.12% interest in Planet System Co Ltd, a wireless telecommunication services provider, for 3.79 bil Korean won ($2.57 mil US).
  • Renesas Licenses Yitran’s High Speed PLC technology 02 November 2008
    Renesas Technology Europe announced today the signing of a license agreement to use Yitran's high speed 150kpbs PLC technology in its expanding family of narrowband PLC communications devices.
  • Yitran's Next Generation 150Kbps Powerline Communication (PLC) Chip 06 October 2008
    Yitran announces plans for its new generation 150Kbps PLC (Powerline Communication) chip; IT900. The chip will be available from multiple sources, including a major semiconductor company that has licensed Yitran technology in the past. The chip will be down compatible to Yitran’s current IT800 and IT700, which are HomePlug Command and Control (C&C) ready.
  • Yitran and Tower Semiconductor Announce Production Launch of Yitran’s IT700 PLC Module 30 September 2008
    The IT700 PLC module is a small sized, highly robust, low cost solution suited for infinite number of applications in the command and control applications such as Remote Metering Management (AMI/AMM) and smart home/building applications. IT700 is HomePlug Command and Control ready. According to Techno Systems Research, the market application space for such command and control modules is estimated to grow from 2.5M units in 2005 to over 45.2M units by 2010.    
  • UTILITIES, ZIGBEE® AND HOMEPLUG® JOIN FORCES TO CREATE WIRED HAN STANDARD 25 August 2008
    American utilities led by American Electric Power, Consumers Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Reliant Energy, Sempra, and Southern California Edison are working with the ZigBee® Alliance and the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance to develop a common application layer integrated solution for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and home area networks (HAN). Using the robust capabilities of the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile as a baseline, the three groups will expand the application layer and enable it to run on HomePlug technology, providing utilities with both wireless and wired HAN industry standards to select from when implementing new AMI programs.
  • Yitran Unveils the IT700 Powerline Communications (PLC) IC 10 August 2008
    Yitran Communications, Ltd., a leading provider of Powerline Communication (PLC) technology, will unveil its new IT700 chip at Autovation in Atlanta, Georgia on September 7-10, 2008. 
  • Yitran PLC Energy Management Solutions Based on the HomePlug C&C Standard at Metering, Billing CRM in Brazil 2008
    Yitran Communications, Ltd., a leading provider of Powerline Communication (PLC) technology, will exhibit at Metering, Billing CRM in Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil, August 11-13, 2008. 
  • Yitran Welcomes New Distributors in Germany, Italy and the Russian Federation
    Yitran welcomes their newest distributors; Eltech Ltd. in Russia, Sisram SpA in Italy and Unitronic AG in Germany to service current and prospective customers in their respective regions.
  • ACAL Technology to Distribute Yitran PLC ICs Throughout Europe 02 June 2008
    Yitran Communications, Ltd has entered into a distribution agreement with ACAL Technology to service current and prospective customers in eleven countries throughout Europe. 
  • Yitran to Exhibit PLC Based Command and ControlEnergy Management Products at HomeConn 2008
    Yitran will exhibit at HomeConn, part of Connectivity Week in Santa Clara, May 22-25, 2008.
  • Yitran Demonstrates PLC Based Command and Control Energy Management at Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008
    Yitran will exhibit at Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008 in San Diego, April 20-23. 
  • Sagitrón to Distribute Yitran PLC ICs in Spain and Portugal 10 March 2008
    Yitran has entered into a distribution agreement with Sagitrón (S.A. General de Importaciones Electronicas) to service current and prospective customers in Spain and Portugal.
  • Yitran Demonstrates HomePlug Command and Control Energy Management Products at CeBIT 2008
    Yitran will be located in Hall 13, Stand number B56 as part of the HomePlug Pavilion where it will present its patented IT800 IC technology and a preview of their new IT700 IC, which will lower cost and foot print by 50%.  Yitran will also feature HomePlug Command and Control (C&C), an industry standard based on Yitran’s IT800 transceiver technology.
  • Yitran to Feature HomePlug Command and Control at Distributech 2008
    Yitran Communications, Ltd., a leading provider of PLC (Power Line Communication) technology, will exhibit at Distributech© in Tampa on January 22-24, 2008. 
Yitran Communications press releases, announcements and news.