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.
HomePNA 3.0 was developed by Broadcom (which had purchased Epigram) and Coppergate Communications and was approved by the ITU as Recommendation G.9954 in February 2005.
In March 2009, HomePNA announced a liaison agreement with the HomeGrid Forum to promote the ITU-T G.hn wired home networking standard.
[6] Alternatives to HomePNA include power line communication, Wi-Fi, data over cable, and multimedia over coax.