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The Digital Home Becomes Reality with Intellon (20/3/2005)

-- Intellon presents the latest applications using HomePlug(R) powerline communications. The company will demonstrate high-speed data transmission of up to 200 Mbps based on the nearly ratified HomePlug AV standard. Additionally, partner products powered by Intellon's ICs will be shown. These will include BridgeCo, devolo, Netgear, NEC/Packard Bell, among others.

Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications, presents the latest products and solutions in HomePlug powerline communications technology in the World of Powerline exhibit at CeBIT 2005, hall 14 / H13. The US-based company created and patented the baseline technology for HomePlug 1.0 and is a major contributor to the baseline technology for the new 200-Mbps HomePlug(R) AV powerline standard. With over two million HomePlug ICs sold, Intellon holds the dominant market share of the rapidly growing HomePlug market. Intellon's award winning technology - named CeBIT Highlight 2003 in the category Communication - is used to create instant networks, enabling PCs, broadband modems, set-top boxes, gaming consoles and audio/video devices to communicate instantly over existing power lines in the home.

Intellon-Highlights CeBIT 2005:

-- Showcasing: HomePlug AV with 200 Mbps

In a live demonstration, Intellon will present the performance that consumers will come to expect when HomePlug AV technology. The demonstration will show a 200 Mbps solution based on the HomePlug AV standard, which is approaching ratification later this spring. It will deliver substantially more bandwidth and provide a strong QoS mechanism, which will allow undisturbed transmission of high-definition (HD) video content, a difficult task for any communications protocol. Intellon's HomePlug AV chipset will be available by Q305 in sample quantities.

Additionally, within the HomePlug Alliance booth, the alliance is demonstrating the use of Intellon's HomePlug AV technology with Sharp's additional higher layer AV transmission technologies, to distribute HD content from a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) to Sharp's popular Aquos(R) LCD television over the powerlines within a home. Sharp foresees a growing demand for powerline technology in connecting LCD television or other flat panel displays to PVR set-top boxes and similar thick client devices.

-- Shipping Now: HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo with 85 Mbps

Another member of the proven HomePlug 1.0 family of products is Intellon's HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo device (INT5500CS), which provides throughput of 85 Mbps. Products utilizing the INT5500CS, from partners such as devolo, Netgear, Gigafast, Asoka and others will be announced at CeBIT. Intellon will demonstrate audio and standard definition (SD) video transmission, as well as IPTV with devolo powerline adapters.

Intellon Inside:

New product offerings with embedded Intellon powerline technology will be showcased, including:

-- devolo's MicroLink dLAN(R) duo -- One of NEC/Packard Bell's HomePlug embedded PC models -- NEC/Packard Bell's HomePlug embedded DVD Player -- Netgear's Wireless Range extender kit -- BridgeCo's Digital Media Audio Receiver -- Asoka's PlugLink(TM) Turbo Ethernet Wall Module

HomePlug 1.0 solutions powered by Intellon's ICs will be presented at the Intellon stand in the World of Powerline exhibit in hall 14 / H13. Additional products will also be showcased at the HomePlug Powerline Alliance booth, Hall 14, World of Powerline Exhibit.

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