PowerWAN Deploys Over Power Lines

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- PowerWAN, Inc., the Palo Alto- based Broadband-over-Power-Line ("BPL") company, announced today that it would make the first large scale commercial deployment of a power line carrier ("PLC") system. Its proprietary technology will be used to provide broadband voice and data services in two provinces in China.

International Technical Trade Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong will serve as the distributor of the PowerWAN system in China. The initial rollout will be to approximately 400,000 residences and businesses in Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces. This initial installation will be done at a contract value of approximately $35 million, and the first components of the system are expected to be shipped in May.

"We are extremely enthusiastic about being first to market with a large scale commercial deployment of BPL, and we are happy to roll-out this technology in the exploding market that is China," said PowerWAN Chairman Moses Joseph. "While others continue to test their entries, our unique PLC technology will actually deliver, using existing infrastructure to bring rapid and reliable plug-and-play broadband to these provinces."

PowerWAN Corp.