Dublin, Oct. 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rqrctj/power_line)
has announced the addition of the "Power
Line Communication (PLC) Systems Market - Global Assessment &
Forecast-(2013-2018)" report to their offering.
Power line communication (PLC) is a technology that enables sending
communication data over electric power cables. Power line
communication is used at different frequency bands depending on
signal transmission characteristics of the power wiring and the
application for which it is being used. PLC's areas of application
are across voltage ranges in both - power transmission and
distribution. In this regard, the utilities are favoring
implementation of the PLC systems in their substation automation
projects. In addition to this, the medium and low voltages area of
application is seeing an uptrend with respect to adoption of PLC
solution as cost-effective and, in turn, favorable. Typical
application in medium voltage range is smart grid and in low
voltage is home automation and networking. PLC has its advantages
and disadvantages in the different environments it is used in, but
the fact that it does not require any external wiring
infrastructure keeps pushing it to the forefront.
Apart from these applications in smart grids, home networking, and
M2M communications in the Neighborhood area network (NAN) and Home
area network (HAN), PLC also has a few niche long-haul applications
in areas like irrigation, internal automobile communication,
railroad and transport applications, etc.
The global power
line communication revenue market is expected to grow from
$2.94 billion in 2013 to $7.10 billion in 2018 at a CAGR of 19.3%.
In terms of revenue, the broadband market is larger than the
narrowband market with a split of 60-40 favoring broadband in 2012.
This is mainly because B-PLC is a high revenue market while N-PLC
is a high volume market. The global PLC unit shipment market is
expected to grow from 38.90 million units in 2013 to 417.16 million
units in 2018 at a CAGR of 60.7%. The market for N-PLC shipments is
larger than that of B-PLC. The reason behind this is that the
average selling price (ASP) of a narrowband PLC system is lesser
than that of a B-PLC system.
Some of narrowband players are Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
(U.S.), Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (U.S.), Echelon Corporation
(U.S.), STMicroelectronics N.V (Switzerland), etc. Companies
involved in this space include Qualcomm-Atheros (U.S.), Sigma
Designs, Inc. (U.S.), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda),
Broadcom Corp. (U.S.), etc.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Overview
4 Technology Market
5 Verticals Market
6 Application Market
7 Geographic Analysis
8 Competitive Landscape
9 Company Profiles
Companies Mentioned
- Abb
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Alliander
- Amperion, Inc.
- Ariane Controls, Inc.
- Atmel Corporation
- Billion Electric Co. Ltd.
- Broadcom Corporation
- Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- D-Link
- Echelon Corporation.
- Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd.
- Lantiq
- Marvell Technology Group
- Maven Systems Pvt. Ltd.
- Maxim Integrated
- Microchip Technology, Inc.
- Nxp Semiconductors
- Powercom Ltd.
- Power Plus Communications Ag
- Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
- Semitech Semiconductor
- Sigma Designs, Inc.
- St&T Coprporation.
- Stmicroelectronics N.V
- Texas Instruments, Inc.
- Tp-Link Technologies Co. Ltd.
- Yitran
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