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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (28970)	9/24/1999 2:28:00 AM
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Intel Breaks Into Home Networking Market With New USB Tool HILLSBORO, OREGON, U.S.A., 1999 SEP 23 (Newsbytes) -- By Brian O'Connell, Newsbytes. Banking on its big league brand name and a new Universal Serial Bus (USB)-based networking tool, Intel [NASDAQ:INTC] is looking to carve a deeper niche in the increasingly lucrative home networking marketplace. There are currently more than 21 million homes with more than one PC, and, Cahners In-Stat Group expects this number to grow to approximately 31 million by the end of 2003. In-Stat also estimates that the home networking market will top $1 billion by 2002. Those are the kinds of numbers that make any computer company stand up and applaud. In Intel"s case, the company sees a new way to market its growing home networking package, called AnyPoint Home Networks, to a burgeoning number of users. Intel managers say that the latest addition to the Intel line-up, Home Network USB, takes advantage of the USB port on newer computers by helping owners of newer PCs to easily network their computers together to share a single Internet connection and allow two or more users to surf the Web at the same time without the need for a second phone line or Internet account. PCs connected with the AnyPoint network can also share printers and files, send messages from one PC to another, and enjoy multi-player PC games from separate rooms in the same home. "We"re trying to reinforce our position in the home networking market, " says Dan Sweeney, general manager at Intel"s home networking operation. "Now we offer the only home networking solution that can be installed without opening the PC chassis. It"s designed to be the easiest home network product to install." Intel is enjoying some significant success in the fledgling home networking market. According to market research firm PC Data, AnyPoint Home Network products is the category leader in the retail market segment. In the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) market, four leading OEMs - Gateway, IBM, eMachines and Quantex - have announced plans to ship consumer PCs enabled with AnyPoint Home Network hardware and software in 1999. AnyPoint Home Network products are based on the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) 1.0 industry specification. AnyPoint Home Network products are compatible with emerging, high-bandwidth Internet access specifications, such as digital subscriber line (DSL) and cable modems. Intel is responding to user demands for greater speeds and more flexibility in the home. AnyPoint Home Network provides up to one megabit-per-second (Mbps) of network bandwidth within the home, which is powerful enough for most of today"s home PC applications. The network transmits data signals on a higher frequency than voice signals and, therefore, is designed so it does not interfere with phone conversations. The AnyPoint Home Network USB product has a US suggested list price of $89 Intel To Buy Telecom Components Unit Sep 23, 1999 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- In its latest venture into communication ICs, Intel on Thursday said that it has entered into a definitive agreement toacquire the Telecom Component Products (TCP) division ofStanford Telecommunications. The price and other terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquisition will enable Intel to gain quick entry into the cable modem chip set and other broadband-IC markets, pitting the chip giant against the likes of Broadcom, Conexant Systems, and Texas Instruments. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based TCP division of Stanford Telecom also provides chip products for satellite, set-top box, and broadband wireless applications. TCP, which has 30 employees, will become Intel"s Cable Business Unit. In June 1998, network equipment provider Newbridge Networks announced plans to acquire Stanford Telecommunications, a Sunnyvale-based supplier of broadband wireless systems and component-level products, in a deal worth $280 million. That pending merger, however, made Stanford"s TCP business available for purchase, which is what Intel is proceeding to do. Newbridge will retain Stanford Telecom"s equipment businesses, such as the Wireless Broadband Products and Satellite Personal Communications groups