Editing HomePlug (section)

==HomePlug Powerline Alliance==
{{Infobox organization
 |image= File:HomePlug Powerline Alliance logo.gif
 |formation= 2000 |type= Trade association
 |purpose= Promotion of HomePlug
 |website= {{URL|homeplug.org}} (Defunct)
}}
The '''HomePlug Powerline Alliance''' is a [[trade association]] of electronics manufacturers, service providers, and retailers that establishes standards for, and tests members' devices for compliance to, the various HomePlug [[power line communication]] technologies. The alliance tests for interoperability and certifies products based on HomePlug specifications and [[IEEE 1901]] standards.<ref name="HP10Years">{{cite news|title=HomePlug Powerline Alliance Announces Milestones on 10th Anniversary As Powerline Technology Leader |date=March 22, 2010 |url=http://www.homeplug.org/news/pr/view?item_key=a633eafa198466341aa340327092bc76f8169135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609042358/http://www.homeplug.org/news/pr/view?item_key=a633eafa198466341aa340327092bc76f8169135 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 9, 2010 |accessdate=July 29, 2011 }}</ref>

On 18 October 2016, the HomePlug Alliance announced that all of its specifications would be put into the public domain and that other organizations would be taking on future activities relating to deployment of the existing technologies.<ref name="HomePlug"/> There was no mention in the announcement of any further technology development within the HomePlug community. Homeplug is essentially defunct as of at least June 2022