Universal Powerline Association Membership Tripled in 2006

The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) today announced that its
membership tripled during 2006, bringing its membership to over 20
premier companies. The new members come from various countries around
the world, from diverse market segments and represent the key elements
of the Powerline communications value chain including multiple silicon
providers, home networking product manufacturers, BPL Access product
manufacturers, and system integrators. Driving the recruitment of new
members is the UPA vision of openness and a harmonious Powerline
communications market based on open standards and regulations
globally.

New members include: BPL Global, Commax, Comtrend, Current
Technologies, Cypress Semiconductor, D-Link, Naeil Community, Netgear,
Open Solutions, Pirelli Broadband and Watteco.

The UPA aligns industry leaders in the global Powerline
communications market and covers all markets, including the access
market and the in-home Powerline market. The UPA strives to ensure a
level playing field for the deployment of interoperable, coexistent
Powerline products to benefit consumers worldwide. As the number of
UPA product developers continues to grow, so will the global mission
of the UPA. The resulting product certification and compliance with
UPA specifications will continue to expand. Additional membership,
including Powerline Management software and second source silicon
companies, strengthens the UPA's ongoing mission and increases the
benefits to consumers globally.

"The UPA has further established itself as the Powerline
Communications organization that works with leading standard setting
bodies to establish global standards. Standards based on coexistence
and interoperability are key to the success of this industry," stated
Eric Morel, Chairman of the UPA. "We look forward to even greater
progress in 2007, where we will have more interoperability events and
even greater membership."

Additional members from all UPA membership categories are coming
on board with announcements following shortly in 2007. In the 4th
Quarter 2006, the UPA enhanced its membership categories to best serve
the needs of all market participants ensuring ongoing participation at
all levels.

For more information on joining the UPA contact, Donald Pollock at
+ 44 1780 470003 or donald.pollock@universalpowerlineassociation.com.

About the UPA

The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is an International
not-for-profit trade association working to promote global standards
and regulations in the fast developing powerline communications
market. The UPA aims to catalyze the growth of powerline technology by
delivering UPA certified products that comply with these specified
standards and regulations. All products and applications designed
around UPA guidelines will communicate, from simple coexistence to
full interoperability. The UPA provides all powerline players the
opportunity to respond to key customer expectations with open
standards, based on interoperability, security and coexistence and
supported by exclusive and independent certifications, the only global
guarantee of quality and confidence for high-speed power line
technology available today.

Members of the UPA include AcBel Polytech Inc., Ambient
Corporation, BPL Global, Corinex Communications Corp., Current
Technologies International, Cypress Semiconductor, D-Link, DS2, Duke
Energy, Ilevo (Schneider Electric Powerline Communications), Itochu
Corporation, Netgear, Open Solutions, PCN Technology, Pirelli
Broadband, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Tecnocom, Toshiba Electronics
Europe GmbH, TOYO Network Systems and Watteco.

Additional information about the UPA is available at
www.upaplc.org.