D-Link celebrates 20 years of 'building networks for people'

D-Link has grown up from a simple beginning with just four employees lead by founder, Chairman and CEO, Ken Kao to more than a billion dollars in annual revenue with 1,800 employees in more than 90 offices serving more than 100 countries and across five continents.

At the GITEX Booth C1-10 in Hall 1 D-Link will be showcasing its latest end-to-end networking and connectivity solutions including the latest ADSL Modems and Routers, Broadband Routers, Dial-Up Modems, Extension Cables, Gaming Products, Home Network Storage Solutions, Internet Cameras, Internet Security Devices, KVM Switches, Media Converters, Multimedia Products, Network Adapters, Power over Ethernet Products, Switches, Voice over IP, VPN Firewalls and Wireless Solutions.

D-Link's core mission of 'Building Networks for People' is at the heart of the drive to provide high-performance, standard-based technology that delivers advanced features with affordable pricing.

D-Link's success has helped fuel the growth of the personal computer networking industry and the Internet from its emergence as a cottage industry to the mainstream high-performance seamless multi-protocol communications network that connects businesses and home users today.

D-Link has hit the mark by widening the market to include small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) and home consumers who were originally priced out of the market and now can enjoy connectivity and Internet access. By deploying aggressive pricing and advanced network technology for a range of market segments, the Company has been able to generate high volume product shipments that forced the market and competition to drive prices down to affordable levels for the largest group of users.

D-Link's advanced technology features and low cost products have been instrumental in making networking available to mass market consumers and small to medium businesses globally. This 'Building Networks for People' strategy successfully allowed D-Link to grow into its current worldwide leadership position in Digital Home and SMB networking and communications segments with the reputation of being the value-based provider of advanced networking technology solutions such as standards-based wireline and wireless; routing and switching; broadband; IP telephony and video phones, IP storage, security and management products.

An extensive worldwide business unit network has enabled D-Link to drive sales revenues evenly from the major three markets of the world through our North America Regional Business Unit with 33%, EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa Regional Business Unit with 33% and APAC (Asia Pacific and Others) Regional Business Unit with 33%.

Fateen A. Fateen, Chairman of D-Link Middle East, commented 'This year we are celebrating our 20th year anniversary. We are growing rapidly in the region in all our three core business units: Retail, SMB and SI/Telco. Our aim is to provide innovative products and services to the market consistently.'

D-Link wireless and wired Ethernet networking and connectivity products have woven themselves into the broad fabric of home and office computer networks to become a leading global brand name synonymous with quality and value. They now possess the market size and leverage to drive emerging standard-based technologies to the foreground and create real value-based quality solutions for users early in the technical adoption phase of a product life cycle, which gives users more affordable, interoperable advanced technology sooner.

In 2005, D-Link achieved the one billion dollar mark in annual revenue, also marked by 20 consecutive years of profitable growth, demonstrating global market acceptance for its advanced networking technology solutions. Industry experts and independent research firms rank D-Link the number one networking brand in Asia-Pacific region and in the top three worldwide. It also achieved number one global market share ranking for networking and connectivity units in digital home and small-to medium-sized business connectivity in both shipping and installed base categories.

'We have achieved many milestones over the last 20 years, while maintaining our strong core competency in design, development, manufacturing and distribution of finished goods that strictly adhere to standard-based technology. D-Link builds networking for people with a real value proposition for our customers,' said Ken Kao, D-Link global chairman and CEO.

'The D-Link brand, commitment to excellence and quality are stronger than ever, giving us an ideal position for the next phase of our
company's profitable growth. We will continue to move forward by introducing more affordable, standard-based products based on quality and technological innovation.'

D-Link sells a wide range of quality, yet affordable networking and communications products stratified by features from digital home products to business systems and solutions including standard-based wireline and wireless networking products, media platforms and devices with its adapters, print servers, routers, bridges, hubs, switches; cable and DSL modems, digital cameras, video conference phones and systems, IP telephony phones and systems, media players, security solutions, management solutions and IP storage products.