Global revenue from broadband over power lines will climb from $57.1 million last year to $4.95 billion in revenue in 2013, according to a study released by market research company, Telecom Trends International Inc.BPL is a way of using existing power lines inside a building to distribute data, such as Internet, voice and video, through any electric outlet. The emerging technology shows growing promise as an alternative to broadband Internet, a replacement for home or office networking, and as a tool to help electric companies manage infrastructure and power. The technology has lagged because of rival standards, radio communication interference and competition from traditional Internet service providers. "Over the past two years, commercial rollouts of BPL have picked up, giving the technology a lot of momentum," said Naqi Jaffery, president and chief analyst of Telecom Trends. "At the same time, technical solutions to BPL's interference potential have emerged." According to the report "Broadband Powerline: The Third Wire," BPL standardization has picked up, which could mean wider use of BPL technology. The OPERA consortium, Europe's 4-year BPL project, has standardized Access BPL. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is working on an access standard of its own. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. has begun work that could bring a globally-accepted BPL standard by 2008.
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