General Electric’s Security business has joined the implementers’ forum board of directors of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance Inc., a global industry consortium that creates international specifications for high-speed power line networking products and services.
The alliance has three promoter’s groups focused on the development and promotion of compatible, interrelated power line communications standards for high-performance in-home data networking and content distribution (HomePlug 1.0 and AV), to-the-home access technology (HomePlug BPL), and within-the-home infrastructure and inter-appliance communication (HomePlug Command and Control).