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Broadband Powerline Communications: Ready for Take-Off
Telecom Trends International (TTI), April 2005
List of Tables 9
List of Figures 9
1. Executive Summary 11
1.1 Overview 11
1.2 Findings 11
1.3 Forecasts 12
1.3.1 BPL-Access Forecasts 12
1.3.2 BPL-Indoor Forecasts 12
1.4 Report Highlights 13
2 Scope and Methodology 14
2.1 Scope 14
2.2 Methodology 15
2.2.1 Primary Research 15
2.2.2 Secondary Research 15
2.2.3 Trend Tracking 15
2.2.4 Global Subscriber Forecasts 16
2.2.5 Global Revenue Forecasts 16
2.3 Target Audience 16
3.0 Introduction to Powerline Communications 16
3.1 Terminology 16
3.2 Technology Evolution 17
3.3 Technology Characteristics 17
3.3.1 Signal Transmission 17
3.3.2 Security Issues 18
3.3.3 Safety Issues 18
3.4 Narrowband vs. Broadband Powerline Communications 18
3.5 Regulations 19
3.5.1 Europe 19
3.5.2 United States 20
3.5.3 Rest of the World 21
4 BPL Technologies 21
4.1 BPL-Indoor 21
4.1.1 HomePlug Standard 21
4.1.1.1 HomePlug Powerline Alliance 21
4.1.1.2 HomePlug 1.0 21
4.1.1.3 HomePlug AV 22
4.1.2 Competing Technologies 23
4.1.2.1 DS2’s 205 Mb/s Technology 23
4.1.2.2 Spidcom’s 224Mb/s Solution 23
4.1.2.3 Panasonic’s HD-PLC 23
4.1.2.4 Universal Powerline Association’s Initiatives 23
4.1.2.5 Analysis 24
4.2 BPL-Access 24
4.2.1 Existing Technologies 24
4.2.1.1 Main.net’s Technology 25
4.2.1.2 Xeline’s Technology 25
4.2.1.3 DS2’s Solution 25
4.2.1.4 Spidcom’s Technology 25
4.2.1.5 Amperion’s BPL/Wi-Fi Solution 25
4.2.1.6 PowerWAN’s Hybrid Wireless/Fiber/BPL System 25
4.2.1.7 Mitsubishi’s Technology 26
4.2.1.8 Analysis 26
4.2.2 Standards Initiatives 26
4.2.2.1 HomePlug AV “To the Home” 26
4.2.2.2 Open PLC European Research Alliance (OPERA) 26
4.2.2.3 Analysis 27
5 BPL-Indoor: Products and Competing Technologies 27
5.1 Vendor Landscape 28
5.2 Products and Applications 29
5.2.1 Adapters 29
5.2.2 Bridging Devices 29
5.2.3 PCs with Embedded BPL-Indoor Capability 29
5.2.4 Internal Power Supply 29
5.2.5 Wireless Access Points 30
5.2.6 Surge Protectors 30
5.2.7 Video Security Cameras 30
5.2.8 Entertainment Products 30
5.2.9 Specialized Applications 30
5.2.10 Emerging Capabilities 31
5.3 Competing Home Networking Technologies 31
5.3.1 Wi-Fi 31
5.3.2 HomePNA 32
5.3.3 Network Cabling 32
5.3.4 Comparative Assessment 32
6 BPL-Indoor Markets and Channels 33
6.1 Direct Consumer Sales Channels 33
6.2 Partnerships with Access Providers and Facilities Owners 33
6.2.1 BPL-Access Providers 34
6.2.2 Telephone/Cable Operators 34
6.2.3 Fixed Wireless Access Providers 35
6.2.4 Satellite Services 35
6.2.5 Schools and Hospitals 35
6.2.6 Hotels 36
6.2.7 Multi-Dwelling Unit/Multi-Tenant Unit Buildings 38
6.2.8 Government Facilities 39
7 BPL-Access Architecture and Competing Technologies 40
7.1 BPL-Access Infrastructure 40
7.1.1 Electrical Distribution System and BPL-Access 40
7.1.2 Technical Challenges 40
7.1.3 Electricity Grid Architecture: North America vs. Rest of the World 41
7.2 Business Models 41
7.3 Competing Access Technologies 41
7.3.1 DSL 41
7.3.2 Cable Modem 42
7.3.3 Fiber-to-the-User 43
7.3.4 Comparative assessment 43
8 BPL-Access Deployments 44
8.1 North America 44
8.1.1 United States 44
8.1.1.1 Communication Technologies, Inc. 44
8.1.1.2 Broadband Horizons 44
8.1.1.3 PPL 44
8.1.1.4 Cinergy Corp. 45
8.1.1.5 Southern Company 45
8.1.1.6 Duke Energy 45
8.1.1.7 Florida Power and Light (FPL) 45
8.1.1.8 Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE) 45
8.1.1.9 Ameren Corporation 46
8.1.1.10 Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) 46
8.1.1.11 Progress Energy 46
8.1.1.12 FirstEnergy Corp. 46
8.1.1.13 Northeast Utilities 46
8.1.1.14 Aquila, Inc. 46
8.1.1.15 Hilco Electric Cooperative 46
8.1.1.16 Idaho Power Co. 47
8.1.1.17 Consolidated Edison 47
8.1.1.18 Other Deployments 47
8.1.2 Canada 47
8.1.2.1 Hydro Quebec 47
8.1.2.2 PUC Telecom 47
8.2 Europe 48
8.2.1 Spain 48
8.2.1.1 Endesa 48
8.2.1.2 Iberdrola 48
8.2.1.3 Union Fenosa 48
8.2.1.4 Epresa Energia 48
8.2.2 Portugal 49
8.2.2.1 ONI 49
8.2.2.2 EEM 49
8.2.2.3 TecnoCBL 49
8.2.3 France 49
8.2.3.1 EDF 49
8.2.3.2 RSEIPC 50
8.2.4 Germany 50
8.2.4.1 EnBW 50
8.2.4.2 MVV Energie AG 50
8.2.5 Austria 50
8.2.5.1 TIWAG 50
8.2.5.2 Linz AG 50
8.2.6 Italy 50
8.2.6.1 ENEL 50
8.2.6.2 ALPIKOM 50
8.2.7 Sweden 50
8.2.7.1 Sydkraft 50
8.2.7.2 Göteborg Energi 51
8.2.7.3 Skånska Energi 51
8.2.7.4 Vattemfall 51
8.2.7.5 Elforsk 51
8.2.7.6 Jamtkraft 51
8.2.7.7 Vastervik 51
8.2.7.8 EDF 51
8.2.8 Norway 51
8.2.8.1 Eidsiva Energi 51
8.2.8.2 Lyse Tele 52
8.2.9 Finland 52
8.2.9.1 Adato Energia 52
8.2.9.2 Finish Electric Society 52
8.2.10 Switzerland 52
8.2.10.1 EEF 52
8.2.10.2 SIG 52
8.2.11 United Kingdom 52
8.2.11.1 Scottish and Southern Energy 52
8.2.11.2 City of Winchester 52
8.2.12 Ireland 53
8.2.12.1 ESB 53
8.2.13 Iceland 53
8.2.13.1 Reykjavik Energy 53
8.2.14 Isle of Mann 53
8.2.14.1 MEA 53
8.2.15 Russia 53
8.2.15.1 Electro-Com 53
8.2.16 Poland 53
8.2.16.1 Pattern Communications 53
8.2.17 Hungary 53
8.2.17.1 32Vnet 53
8.3 Asia-Pacific 53
8.3.1 China (Including Hong Kong) 53
8.3.1.1 CK Power Communications & Hutchison 53
8.3.1.2 FibrLINK Networks Co. 54
8.3.1.3 China Gridcom Co. 54
8.3.1.4 Others 54
8.3.2 Korea 54
8.3.2.1 Korea Electric Power Corp. 54
8.3.3 Australia 54
8.3.3.1 Great Southern Energy 54
8.3.4 New Zealand 55
8.3.4.1 United Networks 55
8.3.5 Japan 55
8.3.5.1 Tokyo Electric Power Company 55
8.3.5.2 Others 55
8.3.6 Singapore 55
8.3.6.1 Singapore Power 55
8.3.7 Malaysia 55
8.3.7.1 TNB 55
8.3.8 Indonesia 55
8.4 Latin America 55
8.4.1 Brazil 55
8.4.1.1 AES Electropaulo 55
8.4.1.2 CEMIRIM 56
8.4.1.3 COPEL 56
8.4.1.4 EDF 56
8.4.2 Peru 56
8.4.2.1 Luz del Sur 56
8.4.3 Mexico 56
8.4.3.1 Grupo Iusa 56
8.4.3.2 Comision Federal de Electricidad 56
8.4.4 Costa Rica 56
8.4.4.1 Instituto Costarricence de Electricidad 56
8.4.5 Chile 57
8.4.5.1 EMEL 57
8.4.6 Others 57
8.5 Africa 57
9. Market Forecasts 57
9.1 BPL-Access 57
9.1.1 Demand Drivers 57
9.1.1.1 Current and Emerging Applications 58
9.1.1.2 Utility Deregulation 58
9.1.1.3 Extending Reach of Fiber 59
9.1.1.4 Low Cost of Deployment 59
9.1.1.5 Serving Unserved Areas 59
9.1.2 Demand Inhibitors 59
9.1.3 BPL-Access Market Forecasts 60
9.1.3.1 BPL-Access Service Revenue 60
9.1.3.2 BPL-Access Subscribers 62
9.2 BPL-Indoor 62
9.2.1 Growth Factors 62
9.2.2 Market Forecasts 64
9.2.2.1 BPL-Indoor Devices Revenue 64
9.2.2.2 BPL-Indoor Devices Sold 65
10 Vendor Profiles 67
10.1 Ambient Corp. 67
10.2 Amperion, Inc. 68
10.3 Ascom Powerline Communications AG 70
10.4 Asoka USA Corporation 72
10.5 Aztech Systems Ltd. 74
10.6 Belkin Corporation 75
10.7 Corinex Communications Corp. 75
10.8 Current Technologies, LLC 76
10.9 devolo AG 78
10.10 Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. (DS2) 79
10.11 GigaFast Ethernet 82
10.12 Intellon Corporation 83
10.13 Main.net Communications, Ltd. 85
10.14 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) 89
10.15 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 90
10.16 Netgear, Inc. 92
10.17 Packard Bell 93
10.18 PowerWAN, Inc. 93
10.19 Sagem S.A. 94
10.20 Schneider Electric Powerline Communications AB 95
10.21 Spidcom Technologies S.A. 98
10.22 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 99
10.23 Tecnocom Telecomuniciones y Energía, S.A. 100
10.24 Telkonet, Inc. 101
10.25 Xeline 105
10.26 Others 106
10.26.1 Conexant Systems, Inc. 106
10.26.2 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 107
10.26.3 Arkados, Inc. 107
11 Conclusions and Recommendations 107
11.1 Conclusions 107
11.1.1 BPL-Access 108
11.1.2 BPL-Indoor 109
11.2 Recommendations 109
Appendices: HomePlug-Certified Products 112
Appendix A: Retail Products 112
Appendix B: Reference Designs 114
List of Tables
Table 1: Comparison of Home Networking Technologies 33
Table 2: BPL-Access Service Revenue – 2004-2011 60
Table 3: BPL-Access Subscribers - 2004-2011 62
Table 4: BPL-Indoor Devices Revenue – 2004-2011 64
Table 5: BPL-Indoor Devices Sold – 2004-2011 66
List of Figures
Figure 1: BPL-Access Service Revenue by Region - 2004 13
Figure 2: BPL-Indoor Devices Sale Revenue by Region - 2004 14
Figure 3: BPL-Access Service Revenue by Region - 2011 61
Figure 4: BPL-Access Subscribers by Region – 2004 63
Figure 5: BPL-Access Subscribers by Region - 2011 63
Figure 6: BPL-Indoor Devices Revenue by Region - 2011 65
Figure 7: BPL-Indoor Devices Sale by Region - 2004 66
Figure 8: BPL-Indoor Devices Sale by Region - 2011 67
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