Intel, Nokia in TV set-top deal

Intel has announced that it had signed a joint development agreement with

mobile phone maker Nokia Oyj to make television set-top boxes that combine

features of the Internet with broadcast TV. The new set-top box will run on

Celeron-based processors.

Nokia, based in Finland, already makes a line of set-top boxes. The alliance

with Intel will enable Nokia to enhance the Internet access capabilities of the

boxes. For Intel, the set-top box market represents a new

vast market for its microprocessor technology. Putting Internet access into

telephones, televisions and automobiles, is one of Intel’s highest priorities,

said Ganesh Moorthy, general manager of the applications division in Intel's

home products group. "We want to extend the Internet into every part of the

home," he added.