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Intel's consumer web appliance strategy

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KARACHI: Intel Corporation on Thursday outlined its plans to deliver consumer Web appliance products.

A press release issued by Intel Pakistan Corporation said that Intel's strategy was to provide three major components Ñ appliance management capabilities, services package building blocks and a family of Intel-branded Web appliances designed for accessing the Internet Ñ to telecom operators and service providers, who will pass on to consumers.

Intel said it is developing a family of Intel-based Web appliances that service providers can use to deliver new consumer service. The first such products, to be viable in mid-2000, will integrate Internet access with telephony features such as call management and unified messaging.