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AUSTRIA

PLC Disturbances (December 2005)

Relating to document COCOM-05-50, Austria is pleased to present the following report about disturbances caused by power line communications in the HF bands (2000 - 30000 kHz).

In Austria, broadband services via PLC are being provided in one region (approx. 250,000 inhabitants). Since the first trials of this technology in this region, which commenced in 2001, the radio amateurs, and various public safety organizations using radio services in the HF band in this region, periodically reported disturbances in the frequency bands below 30 MHz, which were, according to the opinion of the spectrum users, caused by PLC operation in the concerned region.

In order to verify the complaints of the various spectrum users, the competent Austrian authority (i. e. the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Telecommunications Authority) investigated the reported
disturbances. The measurements carried out in May 2004, April 2005 and November 2005 clearly showed that the cause of the disturbance reported by users of the HF band in the concerned region is the operation of PLC. In particular, the measurement proved that the emission of PLC installations is up to 16000 times (42 dB) higher than the relevant limit (according to CEPT ECC/REC/(05)04).Details of the measurement results are available in the annex to this document.

In addition the report states that mercury vapour lamps, such as those used in street
lighting, were found to produce strong emissions up to 3GHz when induced with the BPL signal. This effect was detected quite recently and is still under investigation. It is supposed that the plasma of mercury vapour, being an element with a non-linear characteristic, generated harmonics of the BPL signal and spreads it over a very wide bandwidth with rather high field strength.

http://www.bmvit.gv.at/telekommunikation/publikationen/downloads/inf022005v3.pdf

More info (In German) at this site

http://www.bmvit.gv.at/telekommunikation/plc.html

Austria confirms BPL/PLC interference (68 Kb pdf)

Austria pulls plug on BPL trial!

Austrian BPL/PLC Page

Austria's Broadband over Powerlines causes numerous radio disturbances!

Austrian company gets award for BPL cover-up!

Austrian BPL company gets "People's Choice" award!

BPL/PLC can continue to operate in Linz! (In German)

Fines to be leveled against the PLC company in Linz Austria (In German)

Linz Austria BPL News (In German)

Oe3mzc Powerline Page-BPL Audio & Video clips!

BELGIUM

Homeplug BPL wipes out frequencies up to 130 Mhz

BRAZIL

BPL for Brazil

CANADA

BPL coming to Canada!

Canada's BPL testing begins in new trial!

Canadian Broadcaster item on BPL!

Canada's National Amateur Radio Society (RAC) and BPL!

Canada's National Amateur Radio Society (RAC) BPL Page!

CBC Ottawa - Company wants to electrify high-speed internet!

Trial begins in Vancouver, British Columbia!!

CHILE

BPL causes interference says Chilean Government report (340 Kb pdf in Spanish)

ECUADOR

Ecuador considers BPL

EGYPT

Egypt to build BPL Smart Village in Cairo

EUROPEAN UNION

BPL: A European Perspective!

EDXC Power Line Communications Report

Europe approves new Powerline Communications specifications

European Law a possible king hit for BPL

Europe looks to BPL

European Union BPL/PLC Library

European Union BPL/PLC Research

EU sets BPL Guidelines:- Believes it could bridge digital divide

Europe urged to push ahead BPL!

NATO report suggests interference from BPL/PLC on HF (Shortwave) Radio is likely (9 Meg pdf)

PLC/BPL: Potential Threats to Radio Services! (527 Kb pdf)

Powerline BPL/PLC information from Europe

Scepticism about EU powerline moves!

FRANCE

French Radio Hams fight BPL/PLC!

GERMANY

ADDX BPL Information and Sound Files

BPL sound files from DARC, Germany! (MP3 files)

BPL testing from Germany (758 Kb pdf)

German Ham discusses BPL and ITU regulations

Power company in Mannheim, Germany, appears to be loosing the BPL battle!!

The DARC (the German version of the ARRL) reports that the power company in Mannheim, Germany, appears to be loosing the battle in the german court system (VGH Baden-Würtemberg, 7.2.2006, Az: 1 S 787/05).

The situation in Austria seems to be similar, i.e. in Europe two Main Net PLC networks are in legal trouble due to the interference they are causing.

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GHANA

Ghanaian Broadband over Power lines test

INDIA

BPL to be installed in Indian buildings

Wired for Broadband

INDONESIA

Indonesia gets BPL

IRELAND

Irish BPL Trial report 2006 (1925 Kb pdf)

ITALY

Italy to begin BPL/PLC

JAPAN

BPL Interference goes as high as 400 Mhz (670 Kb pdf)

JARL: New Developments (May 2004) with PLC in Japan

Panasonic's BPL Push

Playing catch-up on BPL says Telecom Asia!!

"Preserve Spectrum" Anti PLC/BPL page by Cosy Muto!

KOREA

Korea considers BPL!

MIDDLE EAST

PC Magazine (Middle East Edition) BPL Article

NEW ZEALAND

National Business Review talks up BPL!

NZART BPL Page

PAKISTAN

BPL to be installed at offices in Pakistan

PORTUGAL

Information from Carlo CT4RK, Sines, Portugal.

http://tek.sapo.pt/4O0/701371.html

From 31 October 2006, the only company that explores a BPL system in Portugal, will shutdown all BPL services, due the loss of customers that have gone back to cable and ADSL systems, and also because the ADSL & Cable are a much better and efficient way to deliver broadband services.

BPL from ONITELECOM (called ONI220) have only 500 subscribers, and a bad quality service. ONI220 will continue to deliver broadband access to the Internet, but with ADSL technology.

I`m happy to inform you, that by now, Portugal is a BPL free country, and I don't see any other operator with interest in BPL, in the next times. All telecom portuguese operators are established in the broadband area, but by ADSL, CABLE, WIRELESS, WI-FI, OPTICAL FIBER, but not in BPL.

RUSSIA

Russia falls for the BPL trap!!

SOUTH AFRICA

PLT/PLC/BPL is not an acceptable system while interference to HF is potentially High - SARL

Power Line Communications: Threat to Amateur (Ham) Radio and Other HF services!

Interference confirmed at "Rooiwal" Township, South Africa!

SPAIN

Gridlock in cyberspace

Spanish BPL/PLC audio clips

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Trinidad and Tobago may go with BPL

UNITED KINGDOM