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Triple whammy for set-top box specialist.

Confirmation of contract to supply digital set-top boxes to UK cable operator NTL means that Pace Micro Technology now has deals to supply two of the three UK cable operators, in addition to being first supplier for both SkyDigital satellite service and rival digital terrestrial pay TV service ONdigital. Interesting dimension to latest deal is decision by latter to deploy boxes that include high-speed cable modems of DVB/DAVIC standard--another UK operator, Cable & Wireless Communications, has already chosen Pace to supply boxes (see 1998/171a4) which work to rival MCNS/DOCSIS ca

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