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Intel again sought prompt approval of its request for a cable set...

Intel again sought prompt approval of its request for a cable set-top box waiver (CD Dec 29 p7), according to an ex parte filing at the FCC last week. The commission’s waiving IEEE 1394 output requirement would help make…

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set-tops with Intel’s system-on-a-chip processors economical, said the filing. It concerned meetings with aides to FCC members Michael Copps, Mignon Clyburn and Robert McDowell. “Unless the waiver is granted promptly, Intel will miss its opportunities to sell these advanced set-top box processors in the United States during the limited window in which set- top box manufacturers are not designing and developing their next new products.”