New DS2 Powerline Ethernet Adapter shortlisted for major IEC award

  • Environmentally friendly One-Touch Set-Up and ‘Pass Through’ technology creates HDTV-speed networks without a PC
  • Results to be announced at Broadband World Forum Asia, 6th June 2007

Valencia, SPAIN – 29 May, 2007 – DS2, the world’s leading Powerline Chipset provider, has been shortlisted for the IEC InfoVision Broadband Appliances, Devices and Home Networking Award. Its new Powerline DH10PF Ethernet Adapter brings a revolutionary One-Touch Set-Up, enabling users, for the first time, to create HDTV-speed home networks in seconds – and without the need for a PC. DS2 technology helps to create a digital home through the electrical cabling existent in any house. Other nominees for the award are Samsung Electronics, Huawei Technologies, Infineon Technologies and BT Mobility.

The new Adapter incorporates key design innovations in addition to the One-Touch Set-Up. It is the only product on the market with an integrated plug socket, so that consumers don’t lose a power outlet when connecting to the electrical circuit. It also has an environmentally friendly standby mode, which saves energy when the product is not in use. The new adapter, along with all DS2 technology, complies fully to the Universal Powerline Association (UPA) standards for high speed Powerline networking, making it interoperable with all other certified products and applications.

“The powerline industry is growing rapidly as the underlying technology is becoming more mature – our 200Mbps chipset has been available now for over three years,” commented Victor Dominguez, Director of Strategy and Standardisation at DS2. “We are currently increasing our focus on the applications themselves, and the new socket adapter helps us to do this. Consumers without PCs can easily create an instant, high-definition home network – and the device itself is more convenient for home users because it retains the electrical outlet. These innovations are the next big step for the industry, and we are happy that this product has been identified by the IEC as being a part of that.”

IEC Vice President of Conference Development, Tom Costello, commented: “The IEC’s InfoVision Awards programme gives tribute to the paramount broadband innovations in deployment today in the Asia-Pacific region. We are pleased to recognise DS2 as an InfoVision Finalist for its new DH10PF Adapter, which we appreciate as a significant contribution to the industry.”

The product will be available globally through a range of application vendors partnered with DS2 and affiliated to the UPA.

About The IEC
A nonprofit organisation, the IEC is dedicated to catalysing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students.

In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free, on-line educational programme. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have a substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age. Please visit www.iec.org.

About DS2
DS2 is the world's leading supplier of the 200 Mbps technology that enables home networking and broadband access over power line, coaxial cable, and telephone wire. DS2 pioneered the industry with the introduction of its 200 Mbps chipsets, creating the fastest and highest performance solution for simultaneous data, digital audio and high-definition video transmission. Two pre-eminent industry groups, the Universal Powerline Association (UPA, www.upaplc.org) and the European Union consortium OPERA (Open PLC European Research Alliance) have adopted DS2 technology in support of multi-vendor standard certified product. For more information, please visit www.ds2.es

Ann Whyte
DS2
Tel:+ 34 96 136 60 04
ann.whyte@ds2.es

Manuela Whittaker
The PressOffice, PR for DS2
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mwhittaker@pressoffice.targetwire.com

 

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