Mar 18, 2009 08:00 ET

Intellon HomePlug Powerline ICs Selected by Throughtek for Innovative Security Camera That Screws into Light Socket

New Security Camera Screws into a Light Socket and Uses the Existing Electrical Wiring to Transmit Camera Video Back to Computer Monitor or over Broadband Gateway and Internet

ORLANDO, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 18, 2009 Intellon Corporation (Nasdaq:ITLN), a leading provider of HomePlug^®-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid applications, announced that Throughtek, a Taiwan-based consumer electronics maker, is using Intellon’s HomePlug AV-based INT6400, Intellon’s newest chip, in a lamp-socket IP camera that requires no outlet or video cables for operation.

The Throughtek CLJ100L camera unit (the company also makes a model for outside use) screws into any available light socket inside or outside the home, enabling quick and easy installation. The video feed from the camera travels through the socket and over the existing electrical wiring to a computer and monitor in the house or through a router and broadband gateway to the Internet, allowing remote viewing of the camera’s output. The simple screw-in, screw-out design allows easy relocation of the camera throughout a home at the user’s convenience.

The CLJ100L also features infrared light emitters so that imaging can be transmitted even in low-light situations. When used outside, in existing floodlight sockets, the emitters provide the light necessary to view scenes at night. The CLJ100L can also be used with an accessory screw-in base with power cord that can be located near any convenient electrical outlet.

“Cabling is very expensive and unavoidably blemishes the home decor,” said Throughtek’s Charles Kao, general manager. “Radio frequency cameras are often unstable and have interference problems, but with Intellon HomePlug powerline technology, we get a very stable, reliable and easy to use communications medium.”

“Internet cameras are a perfect application for our powerline technology and seem to be getting a lot of consumer attention,” said Rick Furtney, president and COO of Intellon Corporation. “Throughtek displayed their camera at the CeBIT Show in Hanover, Germany and generated a lot of excitement for the innovative light-socket design.”

About Throughtek

Throughtek Co., Ltd. (TUTK) is located in Taipei, Taiwan. As a professional surveillance-related products manufacturer, the company is driven by innovation and oriented to customer needs. The Throughtek staff has extensive experience in R&D, production and marketing of video, network, and multi-media products. Product lines include digital surveillance security system and home-automation, such as Network Cameras, Digital Video Recorder, Video Server, CMSS (Central Monitoring System Server) and PLC (Power Line Communication). The company provides both OEM and ODM services. Our unique digital surveillance and home automation systems are developed based on our patented digital video transmission technology and Linux embedded technology. This whole new product structure will lead the global surveillance industry into a fully digitalized age.

About Intellon Corporation

Intellon (Nasdaq:ITLN) is a market leader in powerline communications, providing HomePlug® compliant and other powerline integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment, BPL access, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC), smart grid management and other commercial applications. Intellon created and patented the baseline technology for HomePlug 1.0, and is a major contributor to the baseline technology for the 200-Mbps PHY-rate HomePlug AV powerline standard. With more than 26 million HomePlug-based ICs sold, Intellon is the market share leader in the HomePlug IC market. The Company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with offices in Ocala, Florida, San Jose, California and Toronto, Canada. For additional information, visit www.intellon.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, assertions regarding the use of Intellon’s HomePlug-based solution in Throughtek or other IP camera products or services. Actual future results could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risk that the market for powerline communications products, including Intellon ICs, may not develop as expected; the risk that Intellon may be unable to manage its growth effectively; uncertainties associated with competitive pressures, technical challenges and changes in industry standards; customer concentration and changes in customer demand and product mix; fluctuations in the availability and pricing of third party products and services used to manufacture, assemble and test Intellon’s products; problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of Intellon’s products; and economic and political uncertainties in Intellon’s markets, including the risk of continued volatility and uncertainty in global financial and commercial markets. These and other risk factors are described in detail in the Risk Factors section of Intellon’s Form 10-K dated March 13, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Intellon assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this release.

Intellon and No New Wires are registered trademarks of Intellon Corporation. HomePlug is a registered trademark of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Intellon Corporation
John Allen, 407-428-2815
john.allen@intellon.com