11.   Concern about slowing sales of networking equipment has hurt the shares of companies that make components for the gear.

12.   Consider a company like Cisco Systems Inc., the top maker of computer networking equipment.

13.   CrossCom Corp., Marlborough, Mass., a maker of computer networking equipment, hired Montgomery Securities to evaluate its prospects, including a possible sale of the company.

14.   Earlier, Altera Corp., which makes programmable logic device chips used in networking equipment, warned that quarterly sales will slow because of waning demand in North America.

15.   Earlier this week, stocks of networking equipment makers fell amid concern that slowing demand for personal computers will hurt sales of their equipment.

16.   Dow Jones News Service reported that Cisco Systems, a leading maker of computer networking equipment, was cutting back on purchases of microchips.

17.   Facilities in Chandler make microcontrollers and digital signal processors for products ranging from cellphones and networking equipment to autos and consumer electronics.

18.   GTE also pledged to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the latest networking equipment from Cisco Systems and other suppliers.

19.   Hammered by the recession at home, American makers of computer networking equipment have increasingly relied on wiring the rest of the world to bolster their sales.

20.   His company is eager to enter the consumer market for computer networking equipment.