Last year, Intel Asia Electronics Ltd separated its networking business into independent business units, one addressing the low-end of network products like hubs, switches and routers. The other group known as Computer International Sales Group (CISG) catering to service providers, corporates with large data centers and telcos. And, it is this that has paid-off for Intel. While Intel consolidated its sales of NICs and switches, the sales of solutions was the harbinger of good times for Intel.

The acquisition of companies like Shiva and Dialogic seems to have done a world of good. Last fiscal, Intel showed a robust growth of 187 percent on a base of Rs 23.5 crore during 1999-00 to clock revenue to the tune of Rs 67.5 crore in FY 2000-01. A good Rs 21 crore came from CTI equipment sales alone. Even, VPN sales brought in rich dividends in spite of a slow ISP market.

In India, Intel tied up with Wipro, which would modify or redesign NetStructure range of products and sell it under its brand name.