Devolo
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devolo AG is a technology company{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-Tests-DSL-WLAN-Powerline-Adapter-Test-8702703.html|title = Powerline-Adapter im Test: Welche Modelle mit WLAN lohnen sich?|date = 14 November 2017}} founded on 1 May 2002 in Aachen, Germany, and specializes in the development of communications devices for private consumers and industrial applications.{{Cite web|url=https://www.devolo.com/business-customers|title = Devolo-global}} Its product range includes home-networking solutions{{Cite web|url=https://www.devolo.com/internet-in-any-room|title = Product Overview}} mainly using the existing electrical wiring for data transmission, based on Powerline Communications (PLC).
The current range of consumer products is based on the PLC standard G.hn, older products were based on HomePlug AV.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} The consumer products are available as PLC or hybrid PLC/WiFi variants and can be purchased in retail stores as well as online. Moreover, devolo is an OEM supplier{{Cite web|url=https://www.devolo.global/telcos-isps|title = Telcos & ISPs}} for international telecommunications companies. Additional to home networking, devolo develops data communications devices for industrial use, e.g. in the smart grid.
Moreover, the company regularly collaborates in publicly funded projects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.csells.net/de/partner/projektpartner.html|title = Alle Partner, mit denen das Projekt C/Sells die Energiewende vorantreibt}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spider-smartmetergateway.de/deutsch/projekt/projekt.html|title = SPIDER|date = 21 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stadt-und-werk.de/meldung_23887_devolo+gewinnt+mit+ENERGIE-Projekt.html|title = Meldung | stadt+werk – Kommunale Klimaschutz- und Energiepolitik}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.windnode.de/partner/|title = Partner}}
devolo is a member of several industry associations, e.g. the Homegrid Forum,{{Cite web|url=https://homegridforum.org/our-members/|title = Our Members – HomeGrid Forum}} the G3-PLC Alliancehttps://www.g3-plc.com/about-g3-plc-alliance/alliance-members/ or the German BITKOM.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste|title=Mitgliederliste | Bitkom e.V.}}
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File:Devolo dLAN650.JPG adaptor from devolo with additional power connector and a transfer rate of up to 600 Mbit/s{{cite web | url=http://www.devolo.com/de/Produkte/dLAN-650+ | title=dLAN® 650+ | publisher=devolo | accessdate=9 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142206/http://www.devolo.com/de/Produkte/dLAN-650+ | archive-date=13 April 2014 | url-status=dead }} – with connected LAN cable]]
