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 274 / 356
PLC-J
Early in 2003 the PLC-J group was found, the High-Speed Power Line Promoter’s Alliance of
Japan. Its focus was to accelerate the acceptance of high speed PLC application in Japan.
As of September 2006, PLC-J had 13 A members (with members from the most influential
and largest Japanese IT, energy and industrial manufacturing companies) and 37 B
members.
Activities of PLC-J consist of the study of technical standards and measurement methods,
experiments for deregulation (such as the accumulation of basic data with other HF systems,
experiments).
High speed PLC continues to be promoted by PLC-J in seminars, exhibitions and by its
public statements.
5.5.3.3.5 Tepco
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has been a strong supporter of the Powerline
technology in Japan. The company has been involved with PLC developments since 1999. It
has participated with Xeline in the development and testing of the 45MB/s and 200MB/s
chips. It has started 200MB/s field tests in apartment building and in business centers,
simulating both access and in-house PLC networks. Due to the limitation of the PLC
technology to home applications, and the spread of broadband via FTTH and DSL, Tepco
sees PLC opportunities in the home (home appliance control and monitoring – by mobile
phone, and high speed LAN for triple play). For the business community, Tepco sees
promising opportunities in the relatively inexpensive LAN networking and in surveillance and
control applications.
5.5.3.3.6 Future Outlook for PLC in Japan
In March 2007, KDDI announced that it was collaborating with East Japan Railway to offer
broadband services using the latter's cable network. The collaborators intended to offer the