Spotlight on HomeGrid Forum

The following are some of the most recent announcements about HomeGrid Forum and ITU-T G.hn.

• December 16, 2008, DS2 Welcomes New ITU-T G.hn Standard for High-Speed Networking and Plans for Compatible Chipset with G.hn/UPA/OPERA Compatibility
  by DS2 
  
  DS2 the leading technology innovator and global supplier of high-speed powerline communications technology today welcomed the ITU-T’s decision to agree on a new international standard for high-speed transmission over power lines, phone lines and coaxial cables by announcing that it is working to introduce a G-hn compatible chipset as early as next year. This new standard - initially known as G.hn and now formally named G.9960 - eliminates current fragmentation in the wireline networking industry and allows chip manufacturers, including DS2, to develop interoperable products. According to an official statement from ITU-T G.hn/G.9960 will provide “up to 20 times the throughput of existing wireless technologies and three times that of existing wired technologies.” Read More >>>

• December 15, 2008, Ikanos Communications Announces Support for International Telecommunications Union G.hn Consent
  by Ikanos 
  
  Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN),  a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, today announced its full support of the recent consent of the G.hn Recommendation, achieved by the  International Telecommunications Union’s Standardization Sector (ITU-T) at the December 12, 2008 meeting in Geneva. The ITU-T’s consent of G.hn reaffirms the need for a single unified standard for semiconductor suppliers, consumer electronics manufacturers, personal computer makers and service providers that are developing products for the burgeoning home networking market. Ikanos is an active member of the ITU-T and HomeGrid Forum and a contributor to the development of the G.hn specification. Read More >>>

• December 15, 2008, Aware Applauds the ITU's Consent of a Revolutionary New Home Networking Technology
  by Aware 
  
  Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading supplier of wireline communications technology to semiconductor companies, applauds the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) remarkable success in achieving the on-schedule consent of the new G.hn standard (G.9960) last week in Geneva, Switzerland. G.hn is a next generation home networking technology that enables users to share all varieties of digital content over any of the three most common wire-types found in homes worldwide: coaxial cables, electrical wires, and telephone lines. G.hn’s three-wire capability and performance exceeds existing wired and wireless home networking technologies, making G.hn ideal for distributing all varieties of digital content, including multiple channels of high definition television (HDTV), throughout an entire home. Read More >>>

• December 4, 2008, CONNECTIONS^TM Europe Summit, hosted in Nice, France, Addresses New Features and Services for Digital Media and Connected Consumer Electronics
  by Parks Associates
  
  International research firm Parks Associates today announced the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS^TM Europe Summit, taking place March 31, 2009, in Nice, France. This executive event focuses on the roles of service and technology providers, media companies and manufacturers in creating new entertainment, communications and lifestyle applications for consumers.  Read More >>>



• June 12, 2008, G.hn Home Networking to Support HD IPTV
  deviceforge.com  
  
  An emerging gigabit-speed, triple-wire technology called G.hn could ship in 42 million units by 2013, says ABI Research. Under development by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and promoted by a group called HomeGrid Alliance, G.hn is billed as an HD IPTV-capable successor to current powerline networking standards. Read More >>>



• May 24, 2008, Gartner: Home Networks Need Work, PC Not "Crucial"
  by Dan O'Shea
  
  Despite the exploding popularity of online video and other content whose final destination is often a personal computer, PCs will not be "crucial" to home networks--at least those in North America--in the future, according to Paul O'Donovan, principal research analyst at Gartner. The statement came in a press release from the research firm promoting the report, "Dataquest Insight: IPTV in and Around the Home." Read More >>>



• May 15, 2008, The Everywire Standard: G.hn and HomeGrid Forum
  by Sandy Teger and Dave Waks
  
  We recently received an email announcing HomeGrid Forum, a new industry alliance for next-generation home networking formed by Infineon, Intel, Panasonic and TI. There already seem to be too many home networking alliances, so we wanted to understand why they were leading the effort to form yet another. To learn more about the new alliance, we talked on the phone with two of its leaders. We also talked with other leading players in "existing wiring" home networking. Read More >>>



• May 2, 2008, Home Nets in the Fray
  by Rick Merritt
  
  A group of companies hope to define by sometime in 2009 a standard for chips that drive gigabit-class networking on coax, phone and power lines. While the ambitious effort could help unify and expand the rapidly emerging, but fragmented market for home networks, huge technical and political hurdles lie ahead. Read More >>>



• April 28, 2008, Big Companies Create a HomeGrid Forum for Networking on Home Wiring
  by Dean Takahashi
  
  Major technology companies are expected to announce tomorrow that they have created "HomeGrid Forum" in order to advance the cause of broadband networking over wiring in the home, VentureBeat has learned. Read More >>>