The venture, called New Leaf Entertainment Inc., would have allowed retailers to make CDs in their own stores from digital recordings sent over telephone wires. The new 25-megahertz segment previously was reserved for government uses.
Officials also plan to propose streamlining the rules governing certification of computer equipment.
Currently, computer manufacturers send documentation to the government showing that their equipment complies with radiation emission guidelines in order to avoid interfering with radio broadcasts and cellular telephony. A NEST Novell is planning to sell software that could allow such devices as office machines, factory controls, and TV set-top boxes to communicate remotely, and has hopes of seeing its software used in one billion devices by the year 2000. The software that will find a nest in these devices is called Novell Embedded Systems Technology. While Intel has used some RISC techniques in the past, the new design marks a dramatic shift away from Intel's earlier products. They are not going to give up their lead without a fight.