Looking ahead, 3Com said Q3 revenues are likely to be down between five to 10 per cent on Q2 with Q4 revenues roughly matching those in Q2. During the past year 3Com has shed 6,000 jobs, almost half its workforce and exited several unprofitable business areas, including the fledgling Internet appliance market and the consumer broadband-modem business. 3Com is now focusing its business on the telco market, through its CommWorks unit, the enterprise networking market (3Com's Business Networks Company) and a business connectivity company, which supplies NICs and the like. The firm reports that it has achieved "positive cash flow" from its remaining operations ®