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>>>Gateway, America Online, Broadcom & Transmeta to Unveil Internet Appliances and New Home Networking System
Will unveil a new Gateway Internet appliance featuring the new Instant AOL service, as well as additional products and services that comprise an innovative new Gateway home networking system enabled by Broadcom HPNA 2.0 technology. Executives will discuss strategic vision and product/service details, in addition to presenting a live demonstration<<<
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>>>Gateway and Broadcom Partner on High Speed Home and Home Office Networking
Firms Announce Strategic Relationship Covering Shared Broadband Internet Access and Movement of Digital Voice, Video, Music and Data Around the Home
SAN DIEGO AND IRVINE, CALIF. (November 9, 2000) -- Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW) and Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) have formed a strategic partnership to make it easy for the average person to connect to the Internet and to every digital device in their home or home office at broadband speed using existing telephone lines.
The companies also plan to jointly develop and market additional products and services that enable and enhance the connected home and office, including products that will move streaming audio and video content between music players, TVs, PCs, cable modems and Internet appliances. They also plan to deliver IP telephony (VoIP) in the home and office. This cooperation will speed up the delivery of competitive local and long distance voice services, via the Internet, to the home or office.
In the bold first step of this strategic technology relationship, Gateway now ships 10 megabit home networking based on the industry-leading Broadcom® BCM4211 chipset as standard, at no additional cost, with Gateway Select and Performance consumer desktop PCs. The inclusion of Home Phoneline Networking Alliance 2.0 (HomePNA 2.0) silicon makes it possible for customers to connect -- easily and seamlessly -- Gateway PCs and forthcoming Internet appliances to each other and to the Internet at broadband speed.
This first-of-its-kind product deployment gives customers the ability to share Internet access, printers and other peripherals by simply plugging a HomePNA 2.0-equipped Gateway PC into a standard telephone line. Using HomePNA 2.0 technology, which has been ratified by a consortium of more than 155 leading technology companies, Gateway PCs and Internet appliances facilitate networking without installation of cumbersome cables or activation of additional phone service. HomePNA 2.0 is designed so that a PC "conversation" with other devices in the home can occur simultaneously without interfering with a voice conversation on the same telephone line.
"Our partnership with Gateway is a major step forward in transforming the PC from a 'computing island' to a connected multimedia appliance," said Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, President and CEO of Broadcom Corporation. "This isn't about simply sharing data or web access. It's about sharing music, video and telephone calls, with all existing household phones, TVs and stereos. The inclusion of Broadcom multimedia home networking as standard equipment on millions of Gateway PCs will transform phone wiring in millions of homes into a rich information and entertainment network."
"We've said for some time that networking is a key element in our vision of the connected home, and we're proud to partner with a technology leader like Broadcom to help bring that vision to life here and now. The companies are very aligned in their strategic vision and look forward to working on several additional projects to bring this vision to millions of consumers," said Jeff Weitzen, president and chief executive officer of Gateway.<<< |
