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To: Rex Dwyer who wrote ()4/26/1999 9:53:00 PM
From: Ray Dopkins  Read Replies (1) of 6531
 
Broadcom may leave Lucent on sidelines
By Wylie Wong
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
April 26, 1999, 5:35 p.m. PT

Broadcom's purchase of home networking startup Epigram could leave rival
communications chip maker Lucent Technologies out in the cold, analysts say.

Both Broadcom and Lucent make communication chips for high-speed networks--via digital
subscriber line (DSL) and cable modems--and see Epigram's technology as a way to
distribute video and voice throughout the home using broadband connections.

Lucent got a leg up on the competition last month when it licensed Epigram's technology
and agreed to collaborate with the start-up for a next-generation home networking
standard, allowing consumers to connect their PCs and peripherals by plugging them into
existing telephone jacks. Broadcom was working on a rival submission.

Broadcom's $316 million acquisition of Epigram will give the chip maker an early lead in
the emerging home networking market, analysts say. Epigram's technology will most likely
become the next networking standard and allow Broadcom to release chipsets faster than
Lucent and its other competitors.

"Lucent has licensed Epigram's technology, but they have to come up to speed on it.
Broadcom now has Epigram's employees who know all the ins-and-outs of the technology
and can get that integrated," said analyst Karuna Uppal, of the Yankee Group.

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