Beer-Sheva ISRAEL —
November 30, 2005
Yitran Communications Ltd., a leading supplier of PLC
(Power Line Communication) technology, today announced
that it has joined the HomePlug®
Powerline Alliance, a global industry consortium that
creates international specifications for powerline
networking products and services.
HomePlug® is an industry alliance comprised of industry
leaders at each level of the value chain - from
technology to services & content. The alliance members
bring necessary capabilities and a financial commitment
to the successful launch of the technology.
"We
are excited to join Homeplug - a major and important
global player in setting standards for powerline
communication, which is the core business of Yitran",
said Avner Matmor, Yitran's CEO. "The alliance has
recently expended its activity beyond in-home networking
to access to the home (BPL) and to inter-appliance
communication (Command and Control) and we look forward
to contributing to its activities. We are already proud
members of additional standardization bodies, such as
the Japanese Echonet consortium and the Chinese AMR
forum and bring with us to the alliance our proven
capabilities and expertise in powerline communication
technology development and implementation".
About
Yitran Communications Ltd.
A fabless semiconductor company, Yitran Communications Ltd. designs,
develops, and markets high performance, low cost PLC (Power Line
Communication) modem chips and systems. Yitran’s products provide robust and
reliable communication over the existing electrical wiring and power grids
and enable a variety of "No New Wires" applications, such as Home
Automation, Command & Control, AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) and Internet
distribution over power lines (in hotels and MDU/MTU markets). Yitran's
customer and partner lists include leading companies, such as Renesas,
Matsushita Electric Works, Hitachi, KEPCO, Kinden, LG and Microsoft. For
further details:
http://www.yitran.com/.
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SOURCE: YITRAN Communications Ltd.