Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Telsyte
Published: January 2007
Product Code: R671-76Description Over the past few years, Broadband Powerline (BPL) has gained significant attention in the telecommunications
industry as increasing interests from utilities has resulted in a number of technology trials and early commercial deployments in Australia and around the world.
This Telsyte report presents a study of BPL and its applicability to the current Australian broadband market.
It presents:
A brief discussion of the BPL technology — how it works and how it is implemented;
Examples of trials and early commercial deployments in Australia as well as from around the world with
brief discussions of the location, nature, size and current status of the trials;
A discussion of drivers and inhibitors that impact BPL developments, and its commercial and technical
feasibility in the Australia market;
A discussion of possible deployment of BPL to provide high-speed Internet access in regional and remote
areas;
A comparison with other broadband access technologies;
A discussion of BPL’s future in Australia and likely impacts of the technology in the Australian market.
Table of Contents - 1. Introduction
- 1.1 What is BPL and how does it work?
- 1.2 BPL Vendors
- 2. BPL Trials and Early Deployments
- 2.1 Australia
- 2.1.1 Aurora Energy
- 2.1.2 Country Energy
- 2.1.3 Energy Australia
- 2.1.4 SP Ausnet
- 2.1.5 Others
- 2.2 International
- 2.2.1 Iberdrola - Spain
- 2.2.2 Power Plus - Germany
- 2.2.3 Linz AG - Austria
- 2.2.4 Hutchison Global Communications - Hong Kong
- 3. What’s in it for Utilities?
- 3.1 Commercial Opportunities
- 3.2 Enhanced Utility Applications
- 4. Deployment and Business Models
- 5. BPL - A Feasible Broadband Solution?
- 5.1 BPL Value Drivers
- 5.2 BPL Issues
- 5.3 BPL - a solution for regional and remote broadband?
- 6. Conclusions
- 7. Related Research
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