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Revolutionary Internet Protocol Network to Transform Telecommunications

Strategic Insights

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As two prominent U.S. technology companies, Cisco and General Instrument, join forces with telecommunications giant AT&T, a groundbreaking new Internet protocol network is set to revolutionize the way consumers access data, voice, and video services. This innovative collaboration plans to integrate broadband Internet, phone, and video services over a single cable line, enabling AT&T customers to enjoy multiple services simultaneously. The proposed network aims to fundamentally change the consumer market landscape, facilitating future integrated data, voice, and video telecommunications on a mass-market scale.

Key Takeaways:

  • The new Internet protocol network will enable AT&T customers to simultaneously access data, voice, and video services over a single cable line.
  • The collaboration between Cisco, General Instrument, and AT&T aims to facilitate commercial availability of the network by next year.
  • The network will undergo a market trial starting in late 1999, with the goal of implementing future integrated data, voice, and video telecommunications on a mass-market scale.
  • Cisco will begin selling cable modems offering high-speed data, voice, and video connections, in collaboration with its partners in the consumer electronics world.
  • The networking company will also introduce integrated products capable of creating home networks, leveraging the same technology used in vast corporate networks.
  • A study by research firm Yankee Group found that American households are increasingly interested in home networks, boding well for the makers of such networking products, including Cisco.

Statistics:

  • The proposed Internet protocol network will enable AT&T customers to access multiple services simultaneously, including data, voice, and video.
  • The network is expected to provide commercial availability by next year, following a market trial starting in late 1999.
  • Cisco will begin selling cable modems offering high-speed data, voice, and video connections, with a focus on the consumer electronics market.
  • The Yankee Group study found that American households are increasingly interested in home networks, shaping the demand for networking products like Cisco's.

Sources:

  • XINHUA, "Two U.S. technology companies announce new Internet protocol network" (January 7)
  • COMTEX, News Provided by COMTEX (http://www.comtexnews.com)

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