Amperion and Data Ventures Inc Partner to Launch Commercial Broadband Over Power Line -BPL- Service Throughout North America.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ANDOVER, Mass. & LARGO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003 Amperion, Inc. and Data Ventures, Inc. (DVI (1) (Digital Video Interactive) An earlier compression technique that provided up to 72 minutes of full-screen video on a CD-ROM. Acquired by Intel in 1988 from RCA's Sarnoff Research labs, Princeton, NJ, DVI never caught on. ) today announced that DVI selected the Amperion Connect(TM) solution for wide scale Broadband over Power line (BPL) deployments in North America. The first deployment will launch this month in Penn Yan, a rural community in upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. . Amperion's technology enables DVI, a BPL network integrator and operator, to offer a range of services including broadband, automatic meter reading Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting data from water meter or energy metering devices (water, gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing and/or analyzing. (AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. ), remote demand control and remote security surveillance. "The timing of BPL technology, the market, and our business model facilitated the launch of our company and services. After a complete analysis of available technologies, we chose Amperion's because it has the best functionality in the industry and provides a solid foundation for continuing application enhancements," stated Marc Burling Burling may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Burling. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DVI. "DVI takes the capital and market risk so that utilities and communities can more quickly experience the benefits of BPL service." BPL service benefits both the utility and the consumer. Utilities gain access to a communications network that improves the efficiency of internal operations and further benefits from a diversified revenue steam which is generated by the DVI approach. Communities benefit from enhanced services enabled by broadband and from PowerWiFi access which can turn an entire community into a WiFi Hot Spot. DVI is the first to offer an affordable integrated AMR solution that incorporates real-time demand monitoring and pre-emptive outage notification as part of the BPL network. "With DVI as our partner, we offer utilities a low risk solution that bundles our proven technology with a service provider that has the knowledge and capital required to deploy and manage BPL networks," commented Jeff Tolnar, Amperion's vice president of marketing and business development. "Our work with DVI in Penn Yan will provide evidence of a viable commercial business model for rural communities that we can easily replicate throughout North America." The BPL business model offers utilities a variety of roles. Utilities can lease their lines to a company like DVI, or offer service on a wholesales or retail level. Working with companies like DVI provides the utility with a revenue stream while enabling them to remain within range of their core competency. About Amperion Amperion, Inc. is the industry leader in networking hardware and software that enables the delivery of high-speed broadband data over medium-voltage power lines. Established in June 2001, investors include American Electric Power American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AEP), a leading wholesale energy provider and one of the largest electric utilities in the US; Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), the worldwide leader in networking; and Redleaf Group, Inc, venture operating company. For additional information, please visit www.amperion.com. About Data Ventures Inc. Data Ventures Inc, (DVI) is a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology broker, an investor in BPL joint partnerships with utility companies, a network design company and a business operator of the BPL networks. DVI is the one stop solution for a utility that wants to provide BPL. DVI provides BPL "Technology Independent" solutions that best meet the requirements of the Electric Utility companies and Municipalities. DVI was co-founded by Marc Burling, a native upstate New Yorker who grew into executive management positions within the telcom industry, and Joe McCoy, PE, a former New York State Entrepreneur of the year with a track record for growing technology companies. For additional information, please visit www.godvi.com. |
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