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September 16, 2008
[2]

• INDUSTRY: UPLC Annual Conference Features BPL for Smart Grid/Rural Broadband
• INDUSTRY: Gridline Announces $200 Million Investment
• INDUSTRY: Corinex Communications Chooses D&H Distributing for its BPL Products

August 19, 2008 [3]

• FCC: Comcast P2P Management Practices Found Illegal
•  INDUSTRY: BPL Global Endorses Telkonet for BPL Utility Substations
•  INDUSTRY: New Visions Gets County Approval for BPL In Rural New York

July 15, 2008
[4]

• STANDARDS: BPL MAC/PHY Standard Nearly Passed By IEEE
• INDUSTRY: Corinex To Deploy BPL In India/Ecuador
• INDUSTRY: MainNet Introduces BPL-Enabled Smart Meter/Smart Grid Solution

June 17, 2008 [5]

• FCC: FCC Reports Data on Broadband, including BPL; Proposes New Broadband Data Collection Requirements
• International Regulation: South Africa Poised to Adopt Rules for BPL
• Industry: Cullman Electric Cooperative Moves Forward with BPL Deployment

May 20, 2008 [6]

• FCC: Court Affirms/Remands FCC's BPL Rules
• CONGRESS: Committee Passes Energy and Tax Extenders Act Of
  2008 with Smart Meter Provisions
• INDUSTRY: BPL Global Expands BPL in Caracas

April 16, 2008 [7]

• FCC: FCC Bans Carriers From Making Exclusive Deals to Serve Residential Apartments
• CONGRESS: Farmers, Municipalities Push for Broadband Deployment
• STATES: California Smart Grid Bill Passed with Amendments

March 18, 2008 [8]

• COURTS: Nebraska Can't Collect USF from Vonage
• IEEE: BPL MAC/PHY Group Defers Confirmation Vote on Access/In-Home/Coexistence Proposals
• INDUSTRY: Xcel Energy Picks Boulder, CO as Its Smart Grid
  City

February 19, 2008 [9]

• CONGRESS: Net Neutrality Bill Would Require FCC Study
• FEDERAL: NTIA Report Assess Broadband Deployment in 2007
• INDUSTRY: Reliant Energy Announces Successful Energy Saver Pilot Program Using BPL

January 16, 2008 [10]

• STATES: Regulators Predict Smart Grid R&D Funding For BPL
• STATES: Massachusetts Energy Bill Would Require Smart Grid
  Pilot/Time of Use Pricing
• INDUSTRY: BPL Makes Splash at CES

December 18, 2007 [11]

• STANDARDS: IEEE Makes Headway on Standards For Interoperability Between In-Home And Access BPL Systems
• CONGRESS: House/Senate Pass Energy Bill with Smart Grid Provisions
• NTIA: Kneuer Steps Down From NTIA

November 20, 2007 [12]

• FCC: FCC Questions Exclusivity of Video Service Contracts
• CONGRESS: House Passes Broadband Census Bill
• INDUSTRY: DS2 Demos 400 Mbps BPLChipset

October 17, 2007 [13]

• FCC: NTIA Report Confirms FCC BPL Rules Are Effective
• INDUSTRY: HomePlug/Panasonic Merge Access/In-Home BPL Standards Proposals
• INDUSTRY: HomePlug Ratifies Command & Control 1.0 Specification at Technology Conference

September 18, 2007 [14]

• FERC: Report Shows Significant Increase in Demand Response and AMI
• Canada: Ontario Utilities Ahead of the Curve to Meet
  Smart Meter Mandates
• FCC: Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality

August 21, 2007 [15]

• FCC: Oral Arguments Scheduled For Oct. 23 in ARRL Appeal of FCC BPL Rules
• FCC: Verizon Calls for Preemption of State Regulation of VoIP Services
• CONGRESS: Community Broadband Bills Introduced in Senate and House