HomePlug C&C

Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL - January 2008 - Yitran Communications, Ltd., a leading provider of PLC (Power Line Communication) technology, will exhibit at Distributech© in Tampa on January 22-24, 2008.

Significant industry milestone employs the visionary usage of broadband powerline communications technology by combining Smart-Grid applications with consumer electronic devices in the home.

Piscataway, NJ, October 11, 2007 - Arkados (OTC BB: AKDS), known as “the HomePlug® Applications Company,” and MainNet Communications, Ltd., a leader in the broadband over powerline (BPL) communications market, have entered into a strategic collaboration to create commercial hardware and software solutions for Smart-Grid applications. The two companies plan to jointly develop applications to improve the reliability and efficiency of electrical grids, connect consumer electronic devices over power lines, enable energy-saving initiatives, and deliver Broadband content to homes and offices.

Industry Leaders Reconvene to Discuss Roadmap for Open Standards Approach to Powerline Technologies and the Role of Powerline Communications in the Digital Home

San Ramon, Calif. - August 15, 2006 - Driving the worldwide acceptance of high-speed networking over power lines, the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced that it will host its annual HomePlug Powerline Technology Conference, “Setting Standards in Motion,” in San Francisco on October 4 - 5, 2006.

Specification will unite the industry with a common method for controlling lights, appliances, and implementing new kinds of broad digital services

San Ramon, Calif. - March 6, 2006 - Continuing to unite industries behind a common set of powerline communications standards, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced today that the baseline technology for its HomePlug Command and Control specification was awarded to Yitran Communications, Ltd of Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Quebec City - Ariane Controls announced today that it is joining the ranks of the Homeplug® Powerline Alliance, an important industry-led initiative comprised of market leaders. The Alliance is currently preparing for the development of a specification for an advanced command and control technology, known as HPCC (HomePlug Command & Control). This low-speed, very low-cost specification is intended to complement the alliance's higher-speed powerline communications technologies.