Editing HomePNA (section)

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{{short description|Home networking organization}}
{{Home networking standards}}

The '''HomePNA Alliance''' (formerly the '''Home Phoneline Networking Alliance''', also known as '''HPNA''') is an incorporated [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] industry association of companies that develops and standardizes technology for [[home network]]ing over the existing [[coaxial cable]]s and [[telephone wiring]] within homes, so new wires do not need to be installed. HomePNA creates industry specifications which it then standardizes under the [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU) standards body.

HomePNA was developed for entertainment applications such as [[IPTV]] which require good [[quality of service]] (QoS). HomePNA promoter companies are [[AT&T Inc.]], [[Technicolor SA]], [[Pace plc]], [[Sigma Designs]], [[Motorola]], [[Cisco Systems]], Sunrise Telecom and K-Micro.<ref name="members">{{cite web |title=Members |url=http://www.homepna.org/about/members/ |access-date=August 1, 2011 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726153122/http://www.homepna.org/about/members/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>