SAN RAMON, Calif. -- April 16, 2008 -- HomePNA announced today that it has certified an additional nine products and the first 320 Mbps chipset reference design as HomePNA 3.1 compliant, increasing the number of certified products to 26. The new certifications include ADSL and VDSL residential gateways, set-top boxes, Ethernet to HomePNA 3.1 bridges, and an iNID outdoor residential gateway/indoor Wi-Fi access point.

“Plugfests increase the value of the HomePNA standard by expanding the certified options available to service providers for installing and deploying IP-based multimedia home networks,” said Gary Schultz, president of Multimedia Research Group, Inc., which publishes research on IPTV home networking technologies. “Plugfests give companies the opportunity to test new products against the HomePNA specification and for interoperability with other HomePNA products.”

HomePNA plugfests are only open to HomePNA members. Newly certified products and
designs include:

• 2Wire iNID VDSL2 outdoor residential gateway and indoor Wi-Fi access point units
• D-Link ADSL2+ residential gateway
• SMC VDSL2 residential Gateway and Ethernet to HomePNA 3.1 coax bridge
• Scientific Atlanta IP set-top box and IP set-top box with DVR
• SendTek Ethernet to HomePNA 3.1 phone wire bridge and coax MII module
• CopperGate 320 Mbps Ethernet to HomePNA 3.1 bridge reference design

For more information on the meaning of certification to member companies, read HomePNA’s latest blog posting at http://homepnablog.typepad.com/.

Certified products are listed and identified with a HomePNA logo at
http://www.homepna.org/en/certification/member_products.asp.

HomePNA 3.1 features high user throughput, support for remote management and diagnostics, and guaranteed quality of service (QoS) to eliminate collisions between data streams. HomePNA 3.1 certified products enable service providers to reliably distribute multimedia triple play services including, high definition television (HDTV) as well standard definition television, video on demand (VoD), voice over IP (VoIP), and Internet data over customers’ existing coax cables and phone wires . The technology helps service providers to reduce installation costs, utilize remote management and diagnostics to reduce operational expenses, and even reduce enduser costs through unified billing.

HomePNA 3.1 was standardized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as
G.9954 in January 2007. It is the only existing-wire multimedia home networking technology supported by an international standard.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to create, promote and certify multimedia home networking technology that operates over existing wires. HomePNA technology operates over coax cables and phone wires to deliver Internet Protocol (IP) services like IPTV, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and data, often bundled by service providers as triple-play services. Members-only benefits include access to the specifications, influence on future specifications, and opportunities to test, certify and advertise products as interoperable and HomePNA compliant.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit www.homepna.org.

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By Jim Barthold

If you listen to its advocates, IPTV is eating cable's lunch. There is about as much reality to that as to Comcast's ongoing claims that it has an "advanced fiber optic network." Yeah, IPTV is making inroads, and yeah, Comcast has fiber out there. But cable TV is still the dominant way to get television, and Verizon FiOS is still the most advanced fiber-optic network because it goes all the way to the consumer's home, not to a node.

It's all in how you look at things.

The IPTV providers know they're not on top of the world yet, so they're taking steps to gain traction and climb the mountain. Canadian regional telecommunications provider Bell Aliant is working overtime (not literally, of course) to make sure IPTV home networking isn't a problem by embedding CopperGate's HomePNA chips into its CPE home networking equipment. Another example of the IPTV community's desire to make things right is a forgivably self-serving survey conducted by Multimedia Research Group at the behest of Symmetricom (doesn't mean it's not accurate, just means Symmetric can benefit from the results) showing that IPTV video quality is of "vital importance."

Duh!

Multi-sets a given

First Bell Aliant, which serves 3.3 million total customers in six Eastern Canada provinces, three of which are now getting IPTV from the cleverly named Aliant TV. Those getting IPTV are not content with one set - having been taught better by the cable guys who already laid coax around the house. The time and money saver for Bell Aliant is to use that coax for IPTV; the answer was HPNA.

"Thank god CopperGate came along with some of this technology because if you look inside the home environment, as we start to install multiple TV set-top boxes and devices, you can just imagine the installation time or the customer experience," said Gary Lund, Bell Aliant's CTO.

Instead, putting CopperGate's HPNA silicon into Motorola set-tops and Corinex powerline adapters, Aliant installers can whisk through the multi-room setups and move to the next customer.

"Eighty percent, 90 percent of installations are homes that have coax. We absolutely have to have the (HPNA) technology; it's been a godsend for us (because) anywhere we're launching our IPTV service there's a good take rate ... ahead of our forecasts. They're taking multiple TVs, multiple devices all bundled together and packaged together," Lund said.

Not exactly video phones

And they're taking them from the regional telephone company, not the regional MSO. Of course, this means high definition because even in the Great White North, HD rules.

"We wouldn't put HPNA in if it wasn't going to handle high def PVR applications," said Lund. "It's both a bandwidth throughput getting it over ADSL, VDSL modems and so on and into the set-top box, but once you get it there, it has to be crystal clean, transitioning across to all the other devices."

That backs up the primarily obvious conclusion of the Symmetricom study that "video quality is critical to the growth and success of IPTV."

"There are three conclusions," said Gary Croke, director of marketing in Symmetricom's QoE Assurance Division. "One of them is that good video quality is essential, and that might be a 'duh.'"

Wait for it, folks.

"Of course it is," he added.

The other two conclusions are that it's important to have a quality monitoring capability that adequately determines what the end user experience is and that operators are struggling to find the monitoring tools that they need. That's where Symmetricom gets to step in and play the savior.

Video is tough

Video, to continue stating the obvious for any cable engineer, is not voice, nor is it data.

"Video just stresses a lot of these IP networks more than a lot of other services. For that reason, monitoring, which was critical for VoIP services ... just becomes so much more important with video because IP networks weren't built to handle such large volumes of real-time QoS-sensitive traffic," Croke continued.

To give Symmetricom its due, the results proved out what the company has been trying to say all along: IPTV needs a good end-to-end video quality monitoring system. Of course, it goes without saying (so why are we saying it?) that Symmetricom has such as system.

"We at Symmetricom have entered this video monitoring market and targeted IPTV service providers just because we think the expectations for quality are higher in that space, and the service provider can do something about it," he concluded.

- Jim Barthold

Reposted with permission from THE CABLE360.NET NETWORK (www.cable360.net).
Copyright © 2008, THE CABLE360.NET NETWORK. Reproduced here by permission.

Plugfest slated for February will further increase number of reliable, interoperable HomePNA products

SAN RAMON, Calif. – Jan. 29, 2008 – HomePNA announced today that broader HomepPNA 3.1 product availability and telephone company deployments demonstrate how the open standard is maturing in the multimedia home marketplace. With more than 17 HomePNA products on the market, nine large telcos -- as well as a number of smaller telcos -- have deployed HomePNA to deliver high-speed, triple-play services to subscribers.

A new HomePNA service provider, Aliant, stated Monday that availability of HomePNA 3.1 products eased the telco’s deployment of IPTV services to customers. “We are pleased that there are now off-the-shelf products available to Aliant that incorporate the HomePNA 3.1 standard to simplify the in-home experience for our end-user customers,” said Gary Lund, chief technical officer for Aliant. Aliant is the leading IPTV service provider in Atlantic Canada and one of the largest regional telcos in North America. “HomePNA allows us to use the existing wires in our customers’ homes to reduce installation times for Aliant TV’s growing customer base without compromising performance.”

The high-speed multimedia home networking standard transforms existing coaxial cables into a whole home network with data rates of up to 320 Megabits per second and guaranteed parameter-based quality of service (QoS). By leveraging existing wires, telcos can save time and money on faster installations and customers are not inconvenienced by new wire installations that put holes in their walls. HomePNA’s remote diagnostics and management capabilities can further help drive down installation and support costs.

“New products and new service capabilities designed for IPTV keep the market vital and growing, which is good for telcos, OEMS and component makers, as well as for consumers,” said Steve Hawley, senior IPTV analyst for Multimedia Research Group (MRG) Inc., and author of MRG's January 2008 report, “IPTV Test Measurement & Monitoring.”  “What's more, guaranteed QoS helps operators ensure a competitive level of service quality.”

The next HomePNA Plugfest, scheduled for Feb. 25-29, 2008, in Nevada City, Calif., offers

HomePNA members the opportunity to test new products against the HomePNA specification and for interoperability with other HomePNA products.  HomePNA plugfests are only open to HomePNA members. To explore membership benefits or join HomePNA before the plugfest, visit the Web site at http://www.homepna.org/en/join/index.asp.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to create, promote and certify multimedia home networking technology that operates over existing wires.  HomePNA technology operates over coax cables and phone wires to deliver Internet Protocol (IP) services like IPTV, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and data, often bundled by service providers as triple-play services. Members-only benefits include access to the specifications, influence on future specifications, and opportunities to test, certify and advertise products as interoperable and HomePNA compliant.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit  www.homepna.org.

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Actiontec, 2Wire, Cameo and Motorola Plugfest Certifications Raise Total HomePNA Certifications to 17 Products, 8 Reference Designs

SAN RAMON, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Sep. 12, 2007 HomePNA today announced four new HomePNA 3.1 certified home networking products, providing for end-to-end delivery of Internet Protocol (IP) services over HomePNA within the home. Triple-play IP services include IPTV, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and data.

Actiontec and Cameo each certified Ethernet to HomePNA 3.1 bridges and 2Wire and Motorola certified residential gateways at HomePNA's summer plugfest, hosted by member Sunrise Telecom in San Jose, Calif.

Certified interoperable products assure service providers that the products they deploy comply with HomePNA requirements to provide reliable high-speed, multimedia home networking over phone wires and coaxial cables with guaranteed quality of service (QoS). HomePNA now has 17 certified products and eight certified references designs from seven vendors.

"HomePNA's certified home network components earn credibility with service providers intent on capturing the nearly two-thirds of consumers who want to network their TVs with the Internet and other consumer devices, according to our recent report, 'Home Networking: In Search of a Killer Connection,'" said Steve Rago, principal analyst, networking/optical communications for iSuppli. "Telcos must provide reliable, value-added multimedia IP services like IPTV to win subscribers from established cable and satellite television providers, differentiating their offerings with quality, features and cost-effective triple- or quad-play service packages for consumers."

HomePNA certification is limited to HomePNA member products and reference designs. Products and reference designs were compliance tested and also interoperability tested both with a golden node and other members' products to earn HomePNA certification.
Certified products are listed and identified with a HomePNA logo at http://www.homepna.org/en/certification/member_products.asp.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit http://www.homepna.org.

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Zhone's zNID Intelligent FTTH Gateway Preferred by Field Technicians for Easy Installation of Premium Tiered Services

OAKLAND, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 29, 2007 Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE), a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leader in VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over copper and fiber access lines, today announced that Taylor Telephone Cooperative has chosen Zhone's zNID intelligent residential gateway for all future smart home upgrades. Taylor Telephone began an initial roll-out of Zhone's zNID-GPON system in June of this year.

 
(Editor's Note: Please see Zhone release dated June 12, 2007: Zhone Sees Immediate Demand for New Intelligent Network Gateway and ITU G.984 GPON Multi-Service Platform http://www.zhone.com/about/news/2007/GPON-demand.en-us)

Citing dramatically reduced installation time, in addition to superior customer Quality of Experience (QoE), Taylor Telephone announced that Zhone's zNID will be the premier platform for the company's fiber to the home (FTTH) initiative delivering voice and multi-megabit DSL service.

Zhone's implementation of the ITU standardized HomePNA technology uses dual HomePNA chips to enable simultaneous operation over standard phone line and/or regular coax cable, nearly doubling the home network's bandwidth capacity. Zhone's HPNA standard zNID, radically reduces installation times. Since coax cable and phone line are pre-wired in most homes, technicians avoid the time and risk of drilling, crimping and running new cable.

 
"Overall ease of use and installation has made the zNID extremely popular with our field technicians who would rather not crawl under a customer's house or climb into an attic to run cable," said Bill Whisenhunt, plant manger for Taylor Telephone Cooperative. "We save in truck roll and installation costs, and just as importantly, we avoid the disruption and anxiety that drilling and cabling poses to our customers."

"In addition to reducing complexity and installation times, Zhone's implementation of HomePNA provides numerous other benefits, including greater capacity, a high degree of network visibility and control, and remote management and diagnostics," said Rich Nesin, president of HomePNA. "Using existing wiring also enables coverage throughout the entire home via intuitive coax and telephone jacks that are readily familiar to the end customer."

Zhone's zNID is the only residential gateway to provide Layer 3 network intelligence for prioritization of premium service tiers. The zNID is also the only gateway to derive its power from existing phone lines in the home, further reducing complexity and the need for adjunct equipment. Since zNID is managed via a standard TR-069 DSL configuration server, Taylor Telephone can handle upgrades and changes of advanced FTTH services as seamlessly as DSL. zNID's resilient thermal enclosure mounts on the outside of the house with a separate fiber tray so the electronic panel can be added upon service activation. zNID's Remote Broadband Access (RBA) allows the end-user anywhere-connectivity to their home network via a password protected virtual private network that can be accessed by mobile phone or remote Web browser.

"Zhone's zNID was designed to reduce installation times while enhancing quality of service and the ease of use experience for our customers and the end consumer," said Michael Fischer, vice president of North American sales for Zhone. "The end result means faster service roll-out of FTTH services which is a critical competitive advantage for our carrier and service provider customers."

About Taylor Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Taylor Telephone Cooperative, Inc., has more than a half century of service and provides voice and ultra high-speed DSL to customers across 14 Texas cities and nine counties.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit http://www.homepna.org.

About Zhone Technologies -- Access for a Converging World
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE) is a provider of advanced communications equipment to more than 600 operators worldwide. The company's broad line of access and transport networking solutions enables the full range of multi-play services, including residential and business broadband, VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet. Zhone's converged access platform improves network agility and reduces costs, allowing operators to rapidly deploy premium services on their existing copper and fiber infrastructure while providing a seamless migration path to an efficient, all-IP network. http://www.zhone.com

Zhone Technologies, Inc.
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The HomePNA Alliance proudly announces the release of the first in a series of success stories titled “HomePNA and Sunrise Telecom®: A “Test” of a Good Relationship for Building Home Networks.” The new success story series highlights the benefit of becoming a member of the alliance, leveraging the value of an international standard, and working with an ecosystem of opportunities.

The first story focuses on the HomePNA Alliance’s role in helping Sunrise Telecom build successful relationships with service providers to ensure timely delivery of services such as IPTV, which industry analysts predict will be the next boom in home entertainment options. Analysts believe that by 2010 IPTV will become part of an entertainment mix likely to boost the subscriber service, equipment and hardware and software markets.

HomePNA alliance members and interested parties are encouraged to download the current success story and read more. For more information, visit the HomePNA Web site at www.homepna.org.

Members-only benefits, market opportunity draws new equipment manufacturers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 9, 2007 – HomePNA announced today it now has more than 40 member companies collaborating to promote the adoption of the only multimedia home networking standard approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). HomePNA technology enables high-speed, triple-play Internet services over both phone wires and coaxial cables at speeds up to 320 megabits per second.

The new members are AFL Telecommunication, a fiber optics product manufacturer and
VDSL2 RF filter components manufacturer, Askey Computer Corp., a modem and settop
box manufacturer, CyberTAN Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of broadband and wireless networking equipment, and Medium Link System Technology, a multi-tenant unit (MTU) system integrator.

“These new members strengthen the backbone of available HomePNA technology delivered to consumers as reliable and robust IP-based services,” said Rich Nesin, HomePNA president and vice president, marketing, Coppergate Communications. “HomePNA’s increasing strength is bolstered by a growing range of companies contributing to the technology, interoperable product offerings and an expanding competitive market.”

HomePNA members-only benefits include access to the specifications, influence on future specifications, and opportunities to test, certify and advertise products as interoperable and HomePNA compliant.

The new members join industry leaders like AT&T, Conexant, Coppergate, Motorola,
Scientific Atlanta, Sunrise Telecom and 2Wire.

HomePNA technology facilitates interoperability and convergence of all networked entertainment and computer Internet Protocol (IP) data devices in the home over existing
coax and phone wires. The technology enables service providers to reduce installation costs, utilize remote management and diagnostics to reduce operational expenses, and even reduce end-user costs through unified billing.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies
working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing
home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line
and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data
and audio/video home networking solutions.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international
companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and
consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit
www.homepna.org.
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Coppergate, Motorola, Scientific Atlanta, Sendtek and Sunrise Telecom
participate in the first HomePNA 3 Plugfest

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 2, 2007 – HomePNA announced today it certified 13 products and eight reference designs as interoperable with the HomePNA 3.1 multimedia home networking specification. Certified interoperable products assure service providers that they can offer reliable high-speed, triple-play Internet services with HomePNA technology over both phone wires and coaxial cables with guaranteed quality of service (QoS).

Motorola, Scientific Atlanta and Sendtek earned product certification for set-boxes, routers, HomePNA-to-Ethernet bridges and multi-tenant unit (MTU) equipment, and Coppergate won reference design certification at the members-only HomePNA spring plugfest hosted by Alcatel-Lucent.

"A supply of certified products helps service providers transform existing home wiring into multimedia networks to carry many broadband services, including AT&T U-verse TV, internet access and voice services," said Joyce Putscher, principal analyst, In-Stat. "A certified value chain instills confidence, while HomePNA's unique phone line and coax options offer deployment flexibility to distribute IP-based multimedia networking to customers."

HomePNA technology facilitates interoperability and convergence of all networked entertainment and computer Internet Protocol (IP) data devices in the home over existing
coax and phone wires. The technology enables service providers to reduce installation
costs, utilize remote management and diagnostics to reduce operational expenses, and
even reduce end-user costs through unified billing.

HomePNA member products were compliance tested and also interoperability tested with
a “golden node” and with other members’ products to earn HomePNA certification.
Certification is limited to HomePNA member products; the next event is scheduled for
July 2007, hosted by Sunrise Telecom in San Jose, Calif.

Newly certified HomePNA interoperable products include: a Motorola set-top box, coax and phone line Ethernet bridges; a Scientific Atlanta set-top box, router and Ethernet bridge; Sendtek routers and Ethernet bridges for phone line and coax, as well as a coax MDU master bridge. Coppergate certified reference designs include eight Ethernet-to-HomePNA bridge reference designs for both phone line and coax.

Certified products are listed and identified with a HomePNA logo at
http://www.homepna.org/en/certification/member_products.asp.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international
companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and
consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit
www.homepna.org.
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Telecommunications Magazine
March 15, 2007

http://www.telecommagazine.com/NewsGlobe/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_3017

With the ITU-T’s recent ratification of the HomePNA v.3.1 standard, Vernon Reed, Principal Member of Technical staff AT&T Labs—one of the standard’s biggest proponents--is confident that AT&T and other service providers can reap benefits of enhanced bandwidth and visibility into the customer’s home network.

Light Reading

February 28, 2007

http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=118351&WT.svl=news1_7

 
IPTV 2007 – While coaxial cable would be the best medium for a home network, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - message board) is happy with using the HomePNA specification as part of its U-verse IPTV service, AT&T Research Labs executive Vernon Reed said at the IPTV 2007 conference.

HomePNA no-new-wires technology earns unrivaled standardization with ITU-T Recommendation G9954 (01/2007)

SAN RAMON, Calif. – Feb. 27, 2007 – HomePNA announced today that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has standardized the HomePNA 3.1 multimedia home networking specification, making HomePNA the only internationally standardized existing-wire home networking technology. HomePNA 3.1 enables service providers to offer high-speed, triple-play Internet services over both phone wires and coaxial cables at speeds up to 320 megabits per second.

ITU standards promote technology adoption because they facilitate interconnectivity and enable telecommunication services to be provided on a worldwide scale.  While the ITU standardizes technology at the global level, HomePNA members develop, promote and certify market-worthy technology.

"Standards are an absolute necessity before service providers proceed to mass deployments of home networking solutions,” said Steve Rago, principal analyst at iSuppli Corporation. “Telcos and MSOs require a guaranteed chain of supply – multiple vendors offering interoperable products – and standards enable guaranteed supply. Major consumer product suppliers also need standards to guarantee interoperability with other consumer networking devices in the home."

“This announcement is an excellent example of the spirit of cooperation that now pervades in the standards world,” said Malcolm Johnson, director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU. “International standards in home networking will facilitate access to global markets and allow for economies of scale in production and distribution. We applaud HomePNA’s initiative and look forward to working together in the future.”

HomePNA technology facilitates interoperability and convergence of all networked entertainment and computer Internet Protocol (IP) data devices in the home over existing coax and phone wires.  The technology can enable service providers to reduce installation costs, utilize remote management and diagnostics to reduce operational expenses, and even lower end-user costs through unified billing.

“Working together, HomePNA members have driven the development and standardization of HomePNA technology. They will be the first to benefit from the standard,” said Rich Nesin, HomePNA president and vice president of marketing for Coppergate Communications. “The ITU Recommendation demonstrates to the home networking market that HomePNA technology enables a worldwide market for advanced home networking applications like triple-play IPTV, VoIP and other next-generation services.”

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions.
 
Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit  www.homepna.org.

 
About ITU-T
The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three Sectors of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). ITU-T was created on 1 March 1993 within the framework of the "new" ITU, replacing the former International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) whose origins go back to 1865. The ITU-T mission is to ensure an efficient and on-time production of high quality standards (Recommendations) covering all fields of telecommunications except radio aspects. The main products of ITU-T are the Recommendations.

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 Scientific Atlanta, Conexant and Sunrise Telecom join the Board,
Plugfest and certification compliance event set for early 2007
 

SAN RAMON, Calif. – Dec. 21, 2006 – HomePNA announced today that its alliance
membership has swelled by 28 members this year, demonstrating growing industry
investment in high-speed multimedia home networking using existing home wiring. The
new members include leading semiconductor, set-top box, residential gateway, ONT,
component and telco test equipment suppliers. Companies and industry standards groups
are adopting and implementing the home networking specification, which supports tripleplay
voice, video and broadband data services at data rates of 320 Megabits per second
over coax and phone wires, with the capacity to deliver next-generation IPTV and other
networked entertainment data and VoIP services.

“Joining the alliance was a strategic decision,” said Dave Holly, senior vice president of
JDSU’s Field Test Communications Test and Measurement division. “We now have
access to members-only specifications, cooperation and development with like-minded
companies and a hands-on contribution to the technology we are convinced will be a
major force in multimedia home networking.”

Scientific Atlanta, Conexant and Sunrise Telecom are new promoter members and board
directors who provide both technical and strategic leadership for the alliance. New
members JDSU, Analog Devices and Janifast Corp. joined as participant members who
contribute to committee work while influencing technology development. HomePNA
also added 22 new adopter members who will implement the technology with their
member-only access to the HomePNA specifications and certification process.

Strong membership gains in 2006 were underscored by technical achievements and
specification adoption:

• HomePNA released HomePNA 3.1, a home networking specification that
  increases data rates over existing home wiring to 320 Megabits per second.
  Building on the industry-leading HomePNA 3.0 specification, it enables service
  providers to simultaneously distribute triple-play IPTV, voice and Internet data
  services as well as other networked entertainment data in the home at even higher
  speeds while keeping costs low.
• HomePNA released the HomePNA 3.1 certification specification to members.
• HomePNA is working with the DSL Forum (DSLF), the global consortium
  driving broadband specifications for the global market, on including HomePNA
  3.1 technology, soon to be an ITU standard, in its BroadbandHome™
  specifications.
• AT&T Inc. selected HomePNA 3 technology for in-home distribution of AT&T
  U-verse™ services including AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo! High Speed
  Internet, U-verse Enabled and, in the future, consumer voice-over-IP services.
  The technology has been integrated into IP set-top boxes and residential gateways
  supplied by member companies Motorola, Scientific Atlanta and 2Wire.

Also, HomePNA published a white paper this fall, “No New Wires – Hitting a Winning
Triple-Play Home Networking Solution,” which examines how HomePNA technology
enables an easy-to-use, seamless home network. The white paper is available for
download at http://www.homepna.org/about_tech/publications.asp.

“This year’s tremendous growth provides impetus to our plans for next year, as we
continue our efforts to promote adoption of the technology in new products and reach out
to other standards bodies to incorporate the HomePNA specification into their standards,”
said Rich Nesin, president of HomePNA and vice president of marketing at Coppergate
Communications. “HomePNA anticipates 2007 will be another winning year for the
technology and the alliance.”

More standardization and technical work is slated for HomePNA in 2007 to support its
membership, including:

• HomePNA members will complete standardization of HomePNA 3.1 under the
  International Telecommunications Union (ITU), one of the world’s foremost
  standards bodies. The new standard will update the existing HomePNA 3.0
  standard, G.9954, released by the ITU in May 2005.
• The compliance program will be launched in the first quarter of 2007 with a
  members’ plugfest and certification event to assure interoperability between
  certified HomePNA products and compliance to the HomePNA 3.1 specification.

HomePNA facilitates interoperability and convergence of all networked IP data in the
home by creating open, interoperable standards and best practices for a universal home
networking market. Service providers collaborate with residential gateway, set-top box,
bridge, consumer electronics (CE) equipment and ONT manufacturers and component
providers to meet consumer demand for bundled multimedia home networking.

Leveraging existing home wires, service providers can reduce installation, operational
expenses and even end-user costs. HomePNA providers do not have the labor costs of
new-wire networks, can remotely monitor and update home networks and potentially
push new services to the home remotely. Consumer costs drop when services are bundled
and installation costs minimized.

About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies
working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing
home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line
and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data
and audio/video home networking solutions.

Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international
companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and
consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit
www.homepna.org.

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The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) crowd, building on the momentum they got from landing the AT&T deal, has released the final specification for version 3.1 of HomePNA, describing it as a “future-proof network.”
 
Highlights include:
- Speeds up to 320 Mbps, said to be the fastest for existing coax and phone wires.
- The ability to simultaneously deliver multiple IP entertainment data streams including
IPTV, VoIP and Internet data.
- Keeps installation and equipment costs low.
 
“With 320 Mbps data rates, HomePNA home networks can accommodate the future
bandwidth requirements of service providers as they enhance their offerings with
additional features and capabilities,” said Tom Starr, chairman of the HomePNA
technical committee. “HomePNA 3.1 operates over coax cable as well as phone wires
and also provides multi-spectrum operation, adding VDSL coexistence to the ADSL,
POTS (plain old telephone systems) and broadcast TV channel spectrum coexistence
provided by the HomePNA 3.0 specification. Multispectrum operation also allows
multiple HomePNA networks to coexist on the same wiring in the home.”
 
Coppergate Ships Chips
Coppergate Communications is the only company currently shipping chips for
HomePNA products. The company said it is sampling new chips based on version 3.1
that will support the higher data rate. Volume production is expected by March 2007 and
products with the new chips are expected by mid-2007.
 
Material costs to add HomePNA 3.1 to a device will be less than $10 each, according to
Coppergate. “Coppergate is well ahead in its plans to take its technology into the
mainstream,” said Gabi Hilevitz, Coppergate CEO. “The CG3110 [chipset for HomePNA
version 3.1] builds on the success of the [prior] CG3010 chipset, currently being
deployed by major telcos worldwide for in-home distribution of new IPTV services. It
delivers the highest user throughput for Telco IPTV applications of any no-new-wires
home networking technology while helping to drive the cost of integrating a complete
HomePNA 3 interface down to under $10.”
 
“The current design wins that HomePNA3 has won shows momentum for the
technology’s ability to meet the market need for delivering a solution that delivers the
bandwidth and QoS required by IPTV applications in the home such as broadcast TV and
networked entertainment data,” said IDC industry analyst Ida Rose Sylvester.
 

Coax-Phone Line Conflict
AT&T started tests for its U-verse pay-TV service with MoCA (Multimedia over Coax
Alliance) networking but then switched to HomePNA technology for its rollout. The
telco wanted to use both phone and coax cable, but MoCA only works over coax. A data
conflict occurs if coax wires are used for a cableco’s broadband and TV service and a
telco’s pay-TV and broadband service. For that reason, AT&T wanted a networking
scheme that could use either coax or phone
wires.
 
The HomePNA specification ensures the compatibility of equipment that multiple
companies make. Gear that would come with HomePNA built-in includes residential
gateways, set-top boxes, bridges, consumer electronics products such as TV sets and
stereos, plus Optical Network Terminals (ONT) – the boxes that go outside the home
where the fiber optic network connects to the home.
 
Chipmakers Analog Devices, Kawasaki Micro and STMicroelectronics also belong to
the HomePNA alliance. Only Coppergate has announced or shipped chips so far.
 
The Sales Pitch
HomePNA’s sales pitch is that by using existing home wires, service providers can
reduce installation costs, operational expenses and even end-user costs. HomePNA
providers do not have the labor costs that are required for installing “newwire networks.”
They can remotely monitor and update home networks and potentially push new services
to the home remotely.
 
Consumer costs drop when services are bundled and installation costs minimized. Fiber
optic networks, using existing technology, can deliver speeds up to 100 Mbps to the
home. Service providers ideally want a home network that will support up to 100 Mbps
so that multiple streams of high-definition TV can be delivered to several TV sets
simultaneously.
 
Competition
Wireless networks also eliminate having to install new wires in the home. However, so
far at least, major US service providers have ruled out wireless networks because they
operate on unlicensed spectrum, are unreliable and are more easily hacked.
 
Ruckus Wireless, however, has sold its industrial strength Wi-Fi gear to several
European and Asian telcos. In addition to wireless networks, HomePNA’s other major
competitors are HomePlug AV, which uses existing electrical wires and has had some
success outside the US, and MoCA. Verizon selected 270 Mbpscapable MoCA
networking gear for its FiOS TV deployment. MoCA promises speeds up to 135 Mbps.
HomePlug AV for powerlines promises about 180 Mbps. 
 
Coppergate says that competing coax and powerline networks generally deliver less than
100 Mbps in actual conditions because they generally require more error correction. It

said that HomePNA specs specify less than one error in a million packets but that MoCA
specs allow for one error in 100,000 packets.
 
“Telecommunications companies are no longer implementing home networking
technologies based only on meeting today’s bandwidth requirements, but are clamoring
for technologies which will give them headroom for the future. Home networking
bandwidth requirements will steadily increase as operators deliver multi-stream high-
definition content, upgrade last-mile access net-work technologies, and provision future
IPbased services,” said Greg Fawson, president of semiconductor market research
company S2 Data. “The HomePNA 3.1 320 Mbps solution offers vital investment
protection by allowing telcos to deploy tripleplay offerings today with ample capacity to
implement new and compelling services in the future over the existing home network.”
 
HomePNA 3.1 is an enhancement to the HomePNA 3.0 specification, which was
standardized by the UN’s International Telecommunications 2005.

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Fastest data rate for delivering multiple IP entertainment data streams,  VoIP and Internet data over existing coax as well as phone wires  future-proofs home networks 
 
SAN RAMON, Calif. – Nov. 7, 2006 – HomePNA announced today the release of HomePNA 3.1, a home networking specification that increases data rates over existing home wiring to 320 Megabits per second. Building on the industry-leading HomePNA 3.0 specification, it enables service providers to simultaneously distribute triple-play IPTV, voice and Internet data services as well as other networked entertainment data in the home at even higher speeds while keeping costs low. The specification is available to alliance members only. 
 
“With up to 320 Mbps data rates, HomePNA home networks can accommodate the future
bandwidth requirements of service providers as they enhance their offerings with additional features and capabilities,” said Tom Starr, chairperson of the HomePNA technical committee.

HomePNA 3.1 operates over coax cable as well as phone wires and also provides multi-spectrum operation, adding VDSL coexistence to the ADSL, POTS and broadcast TV channel spectrum coexistence provided by the HomePNA 3.0 specification.  Multi-spectrum operation also allows multiple HomePNA networks to coexist on the same wiring.
 
HomePNA facilitates interoperability and convergence of all networked IP data in the home by creating open, interoperable standards and best practices for a universal home networking market. Telephone service providers collaborate with residential gateway, set-top box, bridge, consumer electronics (CE) equipment, and ONT manufacturers, as well as their component providers, to meet consumer demand for bundled multimedia home networking.
 
Leveraging existing home wires, service providers can reduce installation, operational expenses and even end-user costs. HomePNA providers do not have the labor costs of
new-wire networks, can remotely monitor and update home networks and potentially push new services to the home remotely. Consumer costs drop when services are bundled and installation costs minimized. 
 
“Telecommunications companies are no longer implementing home networking
technologies based only on meeting today’s bandwidth requirements, but are clamoring
for technologies which will give them headroom for the future.  Home networking bandwidth requirements will steadily increase as operators deliver multi-stream high-definition content, upgrade last-mile access network technologies, and provision future IP-based services,” Greg Fawson, president of S2 Data Corporation, said.  “The HomePNA 3.1 320 Mbps solution offers vital investment protection by allowing telcos to deploy triple-play offerings today with ample capacity to implement new and compelling services in the future over the existing home network.”
 
HomePNA 3.1 enhances the HomePNA 3 specification, which was standardized by the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in May 2005. The ITU, which operates under the auspices of the United Nations, is one of the world’s premier standards organizations.  The standardization provides access to the technology, security and stability to service providers and manufacturers who deploy HomePNA-enabled products and services to the market. 
 
About HomePNA
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions.
 
Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit www.homepna.org.

Telecom test equipment company and four new member companies will help  service providers deliver triple-play services to home market 
 
SAN RAMON, Calif. – October 18, 2006 – HomePNA announced today the appointment
of a new board member and four new member companies that have joined the rapidly
growing alliance. Sunrise Telecom, a leader in testing and monitoring solutions for voice,
video, data services and next-generation digital multimedia, was appointed to the
alliance’s board of directors. The addition of Sunrise Telecom’s testing and monitoring
expertise will help HomePNA eliminate barriers to widespread deployment of “triple-
play” entertainment networking services.  The new alliance members are leading
equipment manufacturers Netopia, Zhone Technologies, and UTStarcom and component
manufacturer MCR Group.
 
HomePNA alliance members develop the internationally recognized interoperability
standards and best practices that help service providers answer demand for next-
generation home networking solutions. HomePNA technology leverages the ubiquitous
in-home wiring infrastructure of telephone and cable service providers to expedite
deployment of new IP-based triple-play services including telephone, television and
computer networking. 
 
“We see HomePNA technology continuing to gain strong momentum as a preferred
means of distributing IPTV in customers’ homes,” said Robert Heintz, vice president of
worldwide sales and marketing, Sunrise Telecom. “Sunrise Telecom is eager to help the
alliance further develop specifications and practices that will help telecom providers like
AT&T deploy these services quickly and seamlessly.”
 
HomePNA standards developed within the alliance provide the tools needed to design
and install equipment for the new services, which enables faster development cycles and
consumer deployments.
 
“We welcome Sunrise Telecom to the HomePNA board of directors,” said David Deas,
vice president, networks and services, at AT&T Laboratories Inc., a HomePNA board
member company. “Test equipment is a critical component to actually deploying the new
equipment our members develop using HomePNA technology.  Sunrise Telecom’s

expertise will help us benefit from the service, speed and reliability the standard
promises.”
 
HomePNA 3.0 technology, standardized by the ITU in May 2005, is a multimedia home
networking technology for triple-play services: entertainment data networking, VoIP and
computer networking. Its unique blend of high speed, robust performance, low cost,
guaranteed QoS, and the ability to operate simultaneously over both phone lines and
coaxial cables make it uniquely suited to the needs of service providers for deploying
new services.  
 
About Sunrise Telecom, Inc. 
Sunrise Telecom develops and manufactures communications test and measurement
solutions that enable service providers to deliver high-quality voice, video, data and next-
generation digital multimedia services quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively. The
company offers a robust portfolio of feature-rich, easy-to-use products that pre-qualify,
verify, and diagnose telecommunications, cable TV, and Internet networks from a variety
of access points including wireline, DSL, optical fiber, coaxial cable, and signaling
networks. Based in San Jose, California, Sunrise Telecom distributes its products through
a direct sales force and a network of sales representatives and distributors worldwide.
 
For more information, visit www.sunrisetelecom.com or email info@sunrisetelecom.com.
 
About HomePNA  
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies
working together to help ensure the adoption of networking industry standards using
existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both
phone line and coax cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of
interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions. 
 
Founded in June 1998, HomePNA’s membership includes cutting-edge international
companies spanning the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and
consumer electronics industries.  For more information on HomePNA, visit
www.homepna.org.

Conexant Systems Joins HomePNA Board of Directors 
 
SAN RAMON, Calif. – September 27, 2006 – HomePNA announced today that five new companies have joined the rapidly growing alliance to develop and promote the only home networking technology for the distribution of digital video, voice and data over the existing phone wires and coaxial cables.  Joining Conexant are Allied Telesis Labs, Amedia Networks, and telecom equipment manufacturers FLUKE Networks and JDSU.  These new members will further advance HomePNA’s ecosystem of interoperable triple-play home networking solutions.
 
HomePNA technology leverages the ubiquitous in-home wiring infrastructure of telcos and cablecos alike to help service providers capture new revenue with easy deployment of new IP-based services. 
 
“The alliance membership continues to grow as more and more companies discover the value in working together to promote the unique capabilities of the reliable high-speed HomePNA standard for networking entertainment data over existing home wiring,” said Rich
Nesin, president of HomePNA.
 
Conexant, a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband communications and the digital home, will also join the HomePNA board of directors. Cyrus Namazi, vice president of marketing for Conexant’s Broadband Access business, will represent
the company.
 
HomePNA 3.0 technology, standardized by the ITU in May 2005, is multimedia home networking technology for triple-play services: entertainment data networking, VoIp and computer networking. Its unique blend of high speed, robust performance, low cost, guaranteed QoS, and the ability to operate simultaneously over both phone lines
and coax cables make it uniquely suited to the needs of service providers for deploying new services.  
 
 
About HomePNA  
HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to help ensure the adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coax cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions. 
 
Founded in June 1998, HomePNA’s membership includes cutting-edge international companies spanning the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries.  For more information on HomePNA, visit www.homepna.org.

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 23, 2006

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced the selection SM services including
of HomePNA 3 technology for in-home distribution of AT&T U-verse
AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet, U-verse Enabled and, in the future,
consumer voice over IP services.  
 
HomePNA 3 technology will be integrated into IP set-top boxes supplied by Motorola Inc.
and Scientific Atlanta and Residential Gateways supplied by 2Wire as key components of
AT&T’s U-verse deployment.  AT&T chose the technology following extensive testing in
AT&T Laboratories and other test environments.
 
“Based on our research, we believe HomePNA 3 technology is the best option for
David Deas, vice distributing IP-based video services inside customers' homes,” said
“The ability to work over both president--networks & services, AT&T Laboratories Inc.
coaxial cable and traditional phone lines is a key advantage and we look forward to 
working with the industry to enhance and standardize the technology."
 
“This represents an opportunity for HomePNA technology to be part of one of the largest
deployments of true Internet-protocol television services in the world,” said Rich Nesin,
President of HomePNA alliance.  “This selection is the culmination of a lot of work with
AT&T and its strategic partners to develop and refine the technology for the delivery of IP-
based services over the existing wiring in the home.” 
 
HomePNA 3 technology, standardized by the International Telecommunication Union in
May 2005, is a leading option for in-home distribution of new triple-play services such as
Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV), voice and Internet access.  Its blend of high
speed, robust performance, low cost, and the ability to operate simultaneously over both
phone lines and coaxial cables make it uniquely suited to AT&T companies’ needs for
deploying new services.
 
AT&T U-verse TV services are delivered by Project Lightspeed, the company’s initiative
to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver U-verse TV, ® High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in the future, Voice over IP AT&T Yahoo!
services. Through its subsidiaries, AT&T expects to reach nearly 19 million households
by the end of 2008 as part of its initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and
fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies.
 
Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss.  
 
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 57.3 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.att.com.

SAN RAMON, California, May 9, 2005 - The HomePNA alliance today announced the approval by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of a critical technical specification for a single, worldwide standard for high performance multimedia home phoneline networking. The new global standard from the ITU, a communications standards body under the auspices of the United Nations, could pave the way for worldwide deployment of home phoneline network technology benefiting equipment vendors, service providers and consumers.

Recommendation G.9954 (Phoneline networking transceivers – Enhanced physical, media access, and link layer specifications) covers extensions and enhancements to the networking technology defined by existing Recommendations G.989.1, G.989.2, and G.989.3 that are required to address the evolving needs of the industry for reliable transport of multiple high speed multimedia streams over existing home wiring.

The new standard provides for data rates of up to 240 Megabits per second with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) targeting the requirements of “triple-play” service providers wishing to deploy standard and high definition TV along with toll-quality VoIP and high speed Internet data. Products such as Fiber ONTs, Residential Gateways and Set-top Boxes with integrated G.9954 compatible network interfaces are currently in development by multiple vendors.

“Today marks an important milestone in the further development required for bringing an industry standard forward in the home networking space,” stated Van Baker, Vice President and Research Director for GartnerG2. “With the ITU’s designation of G.9954, vendors and service providers can pursue new global market opportunities that will deliver HDTV, toll quality VoIP, and broadband Internet data products and services.”

Recommendation G.9954 was developed by Study Group 15 of the ITU-T. The ITU-T ensures the efficient and on-time production of high quality standards covering virtually all fields of telecommunications. Study Group 15 focuses on the development of transmission layer-related standards for transport networks, systems and equipment.

HomePNA members and other collaborating companies provided significant contributions in support of this standardization effort. In parallel to the standardization activities, HomePNA member companies with the active support of leading broadband service providers worldwide have validated the performance of the technology through a series of field tests. The tests, which ran on hundreds of segments of existing network wires in multiple homes, exhibited performance which exceeded expectations with an average data rate of 107 Mbps.

About the HomePNA Alliance
The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to ensure adoption of a single, unified, phoneline networking industry specification and rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions. Founded in June 1998, the Alliance's membership includes cutting-edge international companies spanning the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries.
For more information on HomePNA visit www.homepna.org.

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