How the HomePlug Alliance Works
Building a new global industry takes dedication, commitment, and the hands of many talented people. Member companies of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance dedicate their resources to help accelerate and broaden the multiple markets for powerline connectivity.
Culled from our member companies, the HomePlug Alliance brings together the individual researchers, technologists, strategic thinkers, market experts, business decision-makers, and product developers and unites them in a common goal: to create a global environment where powerline communications can thrive.
Here’s how it happens:
| Members of the HomePlug alliance foresee a need that they believe PLC technology can meet… |
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…and conduct research and create the market requirements, technical specifications, and tests for a new powerline technology. |
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| Once a technology specification is completed and ratified by members of the alliance… |
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…multiple semiconductor companies implement the specifications and produce chips that contain HomePlug technology. |
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| HomePlug member companies enact marketing programs to create awareness about HomePlug technologies and… |
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…product manufacturers use HomePlug certified semiconductors to design products that easily connect to each other. |
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| The HomePlug alliance offers certification testing to its member companies, and created the HomePlug certification mark… |
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…so people who buy and use HomePlug products are assured they all work together seamlessly. |
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| HomePlug members continually broaden the applications of HomePlug technology… |
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…into new markets such as smart grid, digital home, HDTV, home automation, whole-house audio, and many others. | |
