High-Speed Home Phoneline: Most Popular and Easiest Networking Solution for Homeowners.Business Editors SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
Home Connectivity Market Predicted to Reach $6 Billion by 2004; More than 150 Companies Have Joined the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (communications, networking, protocol, standard) Home Phoneline Networking Alliance - (HomePNA) A non-profit association of more than 100 technology companies working together to ensure adoption of a phone line networking standard which should provide high-speed, affordable home "There's no place like home" has never been a truer statement than it is today, as Internet-connected household members are purchasing additional PCs, streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. devices and broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. for their increasingly digital homes. And with more than 150 industry-leading companies working together to bring easy-to-use, high-speed, affordable solutions to consumers by providing tools to utilize home phoneline See HomePNA. networking, creating a networked home has never been easier. Recent data by leading industry analyst group Cahners In-Stat shows the home connectivity market growing from $567 million in 2000 to more than $6 billion by 2004. By the end of this year, it has been estimated that more than 5 million units will have shipped. Defining this market momentum is a growing consumer demand for new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. services -- like the deployment of broadband infrastructure, IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. (voice over IP) and multi-player gaming. In fact, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PC Data, 75 percent of home PC users use their computers to play games. "Following HomePNA's 1998 inception, we've noted the increasingly wide scope of players from multiple industries who have come together to produce products that operate on HomePNA's uniform standard," said Mike Wolf, director of Residential Technologies, Cahners In-Stat. "As HomePNA members continue to innovate products supporting its second generation of technology, the Alliance continues to provide the template for easy connectivity as well as access to a multitude of home entertainment and information services See Information Systems. that use existing wiring in the home." New Classes of HomePNA Products Now Available As of September 2000, HomePNA's more than 150 member companies span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software, service provider and consumer electronics industries. Among them, these companies offer more than 100 products to help consumers experience the true value of a networked home -- from enjoying multi-player games to sharing printers and peripherals to hooking up multiple PCs and other devices to a single broadband Internet See broadband. connection. Announced late last year, HomePNA's 2.0 10 Mega Bits per Second (Mbps) specification for high-speed networking over ordinary phone lines makes installing a home network a simple process. For a complete list of HomePNA-based and compliant products, visit the HomePNA Web site at www.homepna.org. "Our research shows that today's consumers want compelling, Internet-based applications and services that are available through HomePNA's expansive variety of products," said Wolf. "We believe this demand for home connectivity services and applications will see strong growth for years to come." HomePNA Sets the Standard HomePNA's leadership as the dominant home networking standard is attributable to a combination of superior technology (robust and fast 1 Mbps and 10 Mbps throughput), ease of use (connections use ordinary phonelines and existing phone outlets) and the availability of a variety of compelling products based on the standard -- all of which make home networking an attractive option for every consumer. Reinforcing the benefits of home phoneline networking directly to consumers, the Alliance will unveil its first-ever online advertising campaign and initiate a retail point-of-purchase program and companion video with in-store displays this fall. About the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) is an incorporated, non-profit association of more than 150 industry-leading companies working together to ensure adoption of a single, unified phoneline networking industry standard and to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable home networking solutions. Founded in June 1998 by 11 forward-thinking companies (3Com, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , AT&T Wireless, Broadcom, Compaq, Conexant, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Lucent Technologies and Tut Systems), the Alliance's membership has grown to include more than 150 cutting-edge companies, spanning the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information, including a list of member companies, visit HomePNA's Web site at http://www.homepna.org. |
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