The breakthrough of narrowband powerline communications (PLC) technology in smart metering applications happened a few decades ago. Meanwhile, PLC was established as a de facto standard in Europe with more than 100 million smart meters installed using this technology in its different “flavours”. Nowadays, the technology has started to spread increasingly into other non-metering applications, providing the benefit of an already established network infrastructure with no need for new wires.

Read here the entire article written by Christos Aslanidis (Renesas – PRIME Board member)