WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 167 / 356
[A40] But already in 2002, the big company Ascom Powerline Communications and the
Moscow energy supply company Energomegasbit O.O.O. signed a contract for the supply of
Ascom PLC technology. In the following months, 20,000 Powerline connections were
installed in the Russian town of Zhelesnogorsk (400 km to the south of Moscow) which has a
population of some 100,000 inhabitants.
Energomegasbit O.O.O., which is active in the field of energy supply, cooperated closely
with local telecommunications providers for the marketing. The product offering includes
access to the broadband Internet as well as telephony via the electricity supply grid.
"Powerline Communications is an excellent opportunity to develop the Russian market for
broadband internet and telephony, also outside the large cities", said Vladimir Molodetsky,
Managing Director of Energomegasbit O.O.O. "Together with our partners we will work to
rapidly take advantage in Russia of the potential of this innovative communications
technology”.
Stefan Riva, Head of Ascom Powerline Communications, is also convinced of the business
potential of Powerline Communications in the Russian market: "Russia is a very attractive
market. The coverage of an area with broadband access and telephony through the use of
the existing electricity supply grid is a convincing alternative to the traditional technologies".
5.3.5.2.4 PLC cases in Turkey
[E07] On 27 th September 2007, Telkonet Inc., the leading US technology solutions provider
for broadband networking, end-to-end service support and energy management, reports that
it has completed the first installation of its Telkonet iWire System in Turkey, with the
system going live at the prestigious Saray Regency Hotel in the popular resort of Antalya.
The Telkonet solution was supplied and installed by Telkonet's Turkish VAR, TunçNet,
equipping the 5-star 196-room hotel with High-Speed Internet Access (HSIA) in just 6 hours.
Based on Telkonet's innovative PLC technology, the installation used the hotel's existing
electrical wiring to achieve a high performance broadband network with zero disruption to
either guests or to the hotel's operation.
The Saray Regency's management was looking for a cost-effective, future-proof broadband
platform that would provide an instant solution to its requirement to enhance guest services