LEA Selects Intellon HomePlug ICs to Enable Whole-House IPTV Service for Major French Telco

March 13th, 2006- LEA S.A.S. together with Intellon Corporation, a provider of HomePlug®-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for whole-house connectivity, entertainment networking and triple-play enablement, announced that LEA has designed an 85Mbps HomePlug product to address the emerging market of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) for Neuf Cegetel, an alternative French operator.

In recent years, telecom service providers have introduced innovative new services for delivering TV over ADSL networks. As customers subscribe to these services, reliable, uninterrupted network connectivity between the access modem and the IPTV set-top-box becomes essential.

For that reason, wireless is less than optimal for services such as IPTV. Though Ethernet cable offers reliability, many customers prefer not to run visible cabling through their homes.

LEA’s NetPlug adapters leverage HomePlug-based technology, allowing IPTV subscribers of Neuf Cegetel to achieve connectivity between their Neuf Box (the broadband modem) and their Neuf TV decoder (the IPTV set-top-box) using the existing power lines in their homes.

Based on Intellon Corporation’s advanced 85Mbps HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo technology, customers can solve the inconvenience of connecting via Ethernet and the reliability concerns of wireless. After successfully testing the HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo adapters with the Neuf IPTV services, Neuf Cegetel decided to partner with LEA S.A.S. to co-brand adapters for its subscribers.

HomePlug PLC adapters from LEA and many other manufacturers are on display at CeBIT in the Intellon Booth, Hall 14, Stand H13. Intellon is also demonstrating streaming high-definition video using the new HomePlug AV 200Mbps powerline communications technology.

For more information about LEA S.A.S. please visit http://www.leacom.fr
For more information about Intellon please visit http://www.intellon.com 
For more information about the HomePlug Powerline Alliance please visit http://www.homeplug.org