Philips

Philips is pleased to bring you the 1998 Philips National Family Communications Survey - "Let's Connect." This survey was given to more than 500 families from around the United States to see how parents and children communicated with each other.

This project was made possible by Philips Consumer Communications and was developed by communications and child development experts including Dr. Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D., one of America's best-known psychologists.

Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world's biggest electronics companies, with sales of over US$ 39 billion in 1997. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, home telephony products, electric shavers and recorded music (PolyGram). Its 264,700 employees in more than 60 countries are active in the areas of semiconductors and components, consumer products, professional products and systems, lighting and software and services. Philips is quoted on the NYSE, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges.

Philips Consumer Communications, a Lucent Technologies and Philips Electronics venture, designs, manufactures, and markets a complete range of personal communications products including digital and analog cellular and cordless phones, corded phones, answering machines, screen phones and pagers. The union of the two businesses has created a company that is the world leader in corded and cordless phones and answering machines. The partnership was formed October 1, 1997 with 60 percent interest in the venture help by Philips Electronics and 40 percent held by Lucent Technologies.