To beef up its smart home business, Intel agreed to acquire Lantiq, a broadband access and home networking company. The move is expected to enable Intel to extend its existing cable residential gateway business into the telecom residential gateway and access network markets that include DSL, fiber, retail and Internet of Things smart routers. “By 2018, we expect more than 800 million broadband connected households worldwide,” said Kirk Skaugen, svp/gm of Intel’s client computing group. The combined team looks to have a variety of connectivity products and home cloud technologies for OEMs, service providers and companies developing apps for smart homes.

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FCC Getting New Round of Broadcast Ownership Input

Reply comments are due today at the FCC on its quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules. That means it’ll probably be Monday before the FCC posts them all, and while many comments are likely to restate entrenched positions, a few new threads may still emerge.

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