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3Com Brings the Net into Your Living Room
PRODUCTS PLANS REVENUES 1998 GROWTH
MODEMS Already No.1 by far, 3Com led $1.9 17%
the push to 56-kilobit speeds. billion
Now, it wants a leading position
in DSL, cable, and wireless
modems.
PC NETWORK 3Com dominates the market for $1.3 10%
INTERFACES cards that plug into PCs and con- billion
nect them to a network. But cards
are being replaced by chips from
Intel and others that build net-
working directly into PCs.
PALM Today, it's a personal organizer. $300 100%
COMPUTER But by the end of 1998, it could million
become a pocket-size portal to the
Internet through wireless links.
Competition will intensify as more
handhelds with Microsoft's Windows
CE hit the market.
HOME Network gear for connecting PCs $175 100%
NETWORKING inside homes is the wave of the million
future. But 3Com faces competition
from Intel, Bay Networks, and Cisco
Systems.
DATA: BEAR, STEARNS & CO.; BUSINESS WEEK
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