An industry-led initiative to establish a power-outlet specification for connecting products and services is beginning to bear fruit. Members of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance (San Ramon, CA) have ...

Fast in-home networks over electrical wires got a boost on Friday as proponents of two rival technologies merged their approaches and said products already in the market will work together. The ...

Amperion will focus on medium voltage power line communications (PLC) to allow data to be delivered over utility lines and into homes and businesses of end users, the company said. Amperion expects ...

You can now set up a fast, reliable home-computer network using the electrical wiring in your walls for less than $150 per machine. Two years ago, that would have ...