1.   And the company dominated the modem market.

2.   Asked why Rockwell had not seen that a year ago, he pointed to the modem market.

3.   Ability to raise money could be critical with Hayes still dependent on a cut-throat modem market in which profit margins have been shaved razor-thin.

4.   But brutal competition and a failure to settle on an international standard have turned the modem market into a minefield for producers and a paradise for consumers.

5.   But then it hit heavy turbulence as competition in the modem market intensified.

6.   In the modem market, a brand name does not mean much, a lesson that Hayes Microcomputer Products learned the hard way.

7.   James Cutburth, vice president of marketing, said U.S. Robotics and Hayes represent the high end of the modem market.

8.   Rockwell is slightly behind U.S. Robotics in the race to dominate the new modem market.

9.   Telebit has struggled in the fiercely price-competitive modem market.

10.   The company, in a rivalry with U.S. Robotics Corp. for the modem market, resumed shipments after new software improved their performance.