Profile of devolo AG

Company profile

devolo AG was founded in 2002 as a management buy-out of ELSA AG and today is the leading European company in the inhouse powerline market.

The chief product of devolo AG is dLAN® (direct Local Area Network). dLAN® enables data transmission over household power lines and thus enables easy set-up of a network for Internet, audio transmission or IPTV (TV over the Internet). This innovative technology is excellently suited for use in private households as well as in properties used for business.

dLAN® can use not only household power lines, but also signal cables for transmitting data. So you can easily set up networks that use the existing infrastructure without the need to lay new lines.

devolo AG currently employs about 70 people at its location in Aachen, Germany. devolo operates internationally over a broad agent network in Austria, Switzerland, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Benelux, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

 


Company history of devolo AG
2007 devolo develops dLAN TV sat, the first adapter for satellite TV transmission over household electrical wiring
2006 devolo presents HomePlug AV products with 200 Mbps transfer rates: dLAN® 200 AV as a new generation of consumer inhouse powerline devices
2006 devolo begins to offer dLAN solutions for the B2B market
2005 MicroLink® dLAN® Highspeed Ethernet is the first HomePlug adapter anywhere with transfer rates up to 85 Mbps over household electrical wiring
2004 MicroLink® dLAN® Audio is the first HomePlug adapter anywhere for the transmission of music data over electrical wiring
2003 Entry into HomePlug technology, market roll-out of the MicroLink® dLAN® product series
Market leader on the German market for analogue modems
Market leader on the German market for HomePlug products
First HomePlug WLAN combination product in Germany
2002 devolo AG is founded as a management buy-out of ELSA AG

 

PCW Recommended


dLAN 200 AVeasy wins Recommended Award!
Issue 3112 - 8th October, 2008

What Laptop – Gold


dLAN Wireless extender Kit scoops Gold!
Issue 117 – 1st December, 2008

dLAN Wireless extender wins the Editor's Choice Award


Issue N° and date: 124 - 31/03/2008

dLAN 200 AV wins Personal Computer World

PCW - October 2007


PCW – October 2007 Edition

dLAN 200 AV wins Active Home BUY IT! award


dLAN 200 AVdesk wins PC Pro Recommended AWARD




dLAN 200 AVdesk wins Computer Shopper Best Buy Award

Issue 228 - Feb 2007


Issue 228
Feb 2007


dLAN 200 AVdesk wins Computer Buyer Recommended Award

Issue 01/2007


Jan 2007


dLAN 200 AV wins gadgetcentre.com


Issue: 04/30/2007
gadgetcentre.com

dLAN 200 AV Starter Kit wins Pocket-lint HOT PRODUCT AWARD


5 March 2007

dLAN 200 AVdesk wins PCRetail Recommended Award


dLAN Highspeed wins Gold Award


 May 2006

09.10.2008

devolo combines WLAN and HomePlug AV in one device—dLAN 200 AV Wireless G for flexible home networks

devolo AG, the Aachen-based inhouse powerline specialist, is presenting a WLAN capable powerline adapter with integrated 4-port switch
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21.02.2008

HomePlug innovation at CeBIT 2008: devolo presents the world's first 400 Mbps HomePlug AV-compatible demo

Compared to current Home Plug speeds of 200 Mbps, devolo now doubles data rates over in-house powerlines to 400 Mbps.
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06.02.2008

devolo features new dLAN business products at CeBIT 2008:

IP networks via existing cable networks – dLAN integration as modular solution
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30.01.2008

devolo at CeBIT 2008: numerous in-house powerline innovations — dLAN TV sat enables digital TV reception at every power socket

devolo will showcase innovative new products at CeBIT (4 - 9 March 2008) in Hanover.
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30.10.2007

devolo combines PCs to entertainment systems – the new dLAN Audio extender distributes music throughout the entire house

With the dLAN Audio extender, one can connect a PC to an entertainment system or active speakers within a house simply and quickly via the existing home's mains wiring installation
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