Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL — May 2008 — Yitran Communications, Ltd., a leading provider of Powerline Communication (PLC) technology, will exhibit at HomeConn, part of Connectivity Week in Santa Clara, May 22-25.   

Yitran will be located in Booth 505 where it will present its IT800D, IT800Y, RF-PLC Module and a preview of its new IT700 IC, which will lower cost and foot print by 50% and be released in Q3 of 2008. Visitors to the booth will be able to view meters embedded with Yitran’s PLC technology for AMR (Automatic Meter Reading). Yitran will also feature HomePlug® Command and Control (HomePlug C&C) v1.0, an industry open standard based on Yitran’s IT800 transceiver technology. 

HomePlug C&C v1.0 is a Buildy Award finalist.  The winners of the 2008 Buildy Awards will be selected by the ConnectivityWeek attendees during the Expo on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The winners will be announced during the Awards Gala, Thursday evening, May 22, in Santa Clara, CA.  Within the award categories—Vision, Open Initiative, Green Initiative, Best New Product, Building Connectivity Implementation, Home Connectivity Implementation, GridWise Applied, and Automated Demand Response (DR) Implementation—the finalists are an innovative mix representing all facets of smart device connectivity, integration and interoperability.

HomePlug C&C has four key areas of impact: power management solutions to save money, conserve energy, remote monitoring and control that delivers convenience through remote accessibility; safety and security systems to protect from fire, theft and natural hazards; telehealth that includes monitoring solutions to save lives and bring peace of mind; energy efficiency applications such as networking thermostats in homes, remotely managing high power appliances, to ensure a more environmentally friendly future. 

The HomePlug C&C standard is Green Tech enabled, offering communication and networking for a nearly unlimited variety of command and control applications including AMR/AMM/AMI as well as other Smart Grid applications such as Peak Demand Control.  The result is a more efficient use of resources insures less environmental pollution as well as consumer friendly incentives such as low tariff periods, competitive pricing, more accurate billing and so forth. 

About Yitran Communications Ltd.

Yitran Communications Ltd. designs, develops and markets high performance, low cost PLC modem chips and systems. Yitran’s products provide robust and reliable communication over existing electrical wiring and power grids to enable a variety of Command and Control applications, such as Home/Building Automation, AMR/AMM, Commercial Automation and Management. 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/.

 Contact: Sabrina Bradbury Sabrina@yitran.com  +972-8-623-5281 ext 109

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SOURCE: YITRAN Communications Ltd.