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RSGB Position Statement on PLT

All-of-us | February 8, 2011

Powerline telecommunications and the radio spectrum The RSGB response to discussion with Ofcom and BIS For over 10 years, the RSGB has been sounding warnings about the potential impact of PLT technologies on authorised radio services. PLT (Powerline Telecommunications) is a means of sending high speed data along mains electricity power lines. The mains wiring […]

The RSGB and Ofcom – what is the PLA/PLT issue all about?

All-of-us | February 8, 2011

The RSGB has fundamental and grave concerns about the decision of Ofcom and the European Union to permit the continued operation of data-over-mains devices (PowerLine Adaptors, or PLA), which provide local Ethernet communication using the house mains wiring. (PLT refers to the more generic description of this technology—PowerLine Telecommunications).