Intel Jumps Into Home Networking.
Multichannel News, April, 1999 by MENEZES, BILL
Intel Corp. moved aggressively into home networking last week with a product lineup aimed at grabbing retail market share before more big players enter the space. In a move that it forecast months ago, the giant chipmaker unveiled its "Any-Point Home Network" kits, which enable multiple personal computers to use existing home phone lines for sharing a single Internet connection or peripherals such as printers.
While Intel is not the first major player to offer products for the potentially lucrative home-networking sector, it has jumped in with what analysts said is an unusually strong retail presence months ahead of similar products expected from major rivals Microsoft Corp. and 3Com Corp. Besides selling the kits from its Web site, Intel also...
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