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Novensys launches the latest generation of equipment for broad band communication (PLC) based on the infrastructure of electricity cables

Novensys, one of the most important providers of solutions for information management launches today the second generation of equipment and solutions for information management power line networks (PLC=power line communication).  These solutions and equipment are able to turn the power line network into an intelligent IP network and to thus revolutionize the way it is built and coordinated. The PLC technology has three main applications:  solutions and equipment for persons, solutions and equipment for companies and solutions and equipment for suppliers of public utilities services. In this first stage, Novensys launched solutions and equipment for persons and companies, followed by the official launch of the solutions and equipment for suppliers of public utilities services by the end of February.

„The PLC technology allows all the communication infrastructures to converge with the power line infrastructure. In other words, any building connected to the power line network can derive advantage of the IP (Internet Protocol) technology. Equally, operators of utility networks will be able to maximize profit through a better supply management, improvement of meter reading, breakdown control and remote control.  The second generation solutions and equipment we are launching today, in partnership with CURRENT Technologies covers all the technology's applications. Furthermore, this is an ecological technology, compatible with international UPA and Opera standards, functioning on OFDM technology, optimized for speeds greater than 205 Mbps.  We thought this technology to be the most efficient for our market, easy to implement and with rather low costs for this first stage and with very good potential for the next years...", states Andrei Caunii, Managing Partner, Novensys.

Given the fact, that in Romania we talk more and more about the need to develop providers of convergent services, about reducing costs with electronic communication services, about productivity, about a more efficient management of public utilities networks, energy loss cutback, ecological solutions for creating and retrieving energy, the PLC technology starts being a better alternative to classical networks every day.

« The new PLC equipment turns the power line network in any building into an intelligent network that facilitates access to electronic communication services (Internet, telephone and IPTV), video surveillance service and in-home networking. The launch of the PLC technology comes as an answer to the market's realities and to the main players' orientation towards efficient, solid and ecological solutions for data and voice transportation, after the introduction of quatro play, the approach of line telephony by cellular mobile telephony operators and the increasing diffusion of satellite TV services. The existing power line networks can be a very cost-efficient options for any operator of electronic communication services", states Daniel Boangiu, Business Development Manager in Novensys.

PLC offers cost advantage firstly due to the simple access to the power line network existing in any building, without having to additionally alter the network. Secondly, it completely eliminates the necessity of rewiring a building and the unpleasant look of dozens of amplifiers, security boxes, modems etc.. PLC allows the simultaneous connection of countless computers and add-ons such as printers, TV sets, radios, DVD-players, VCRs, cordless phones, PDAs in one intelligent network that doesn't require further investment. For housing projects, office buildings or hotels, the PLC technology allows tracking and individual billing of Internet services for each apartment/room. Nevertheless, it lowers wiring, connection and network management costs with about 50% for a block with 50 flats. The new equipment launched today addresses firstly buildings with special regulations such as hospitals, clinics, research institutes, libraries, museums, old buildings, hotels, shopping malls, business centers, schools, housing projects. For these types of buildings, PLC technology represents a far more aesthetic, efficient and cost-saving option to TV or copper cable networks.

About CURRENT Technologies
CURRENT was established in the year 2000.  It is a private company that has its headquarters in Germantown, MD, USA.  The most important investors, among many others, are EnerTech Capital, Google Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. and Liberty Associated Partners (an investment partnership of Liberty Media Corporation). Current has been acknowledged and rewarded worldwide for the development of durable technological solutions, some of the most famous prizes being ""Global Energy Commercial Technology of the Year" in 2006 (Platts) for technology that promotes low emanations, for commercial success and reliability and "Top 100 North America" in 2006 (Red Herring).

Glossary
IP (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address used by some electronic parts in order to identify themselves and to communicate with each other in a computer network using the Internet Protocol Standard (IP) - in other words, a computer address.
OPERA is European Alliance for Open PLC Research for a new generation of integrated PLC networks. OPERA is a R&D project with a budget of more than 20 mil. euro, including 9 mil. euro from the European Commission (the DG Informational Society, the IST Programme).
The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is the first acknowledged global PLC association covering all markets and PLC applications. The main target is to promote the extraordinary potential of the PLC technology to build a global communication society.UPA is the only forum that could become a strong corporation at international level on the PLC markets.
OFDM is the type of modulation chosen for terrestrial DVB-T transmissions, being the system with the lowest influence of reflections caused by relief or high buildings.