D-Link will purchase and sell Symbolˇ¦s wireless local area network (WLAN) PC card and related software in a multi-million dollar deal. With its advanced high-tech and cost-effective manufacturing capability, D-Link will also co-manufacture the Symbol latest IEEE802.11b Wireless Networker CompactFlash,,§ cards and distributed them worldwide. The agreement also calls for the exchange of the selected research and development finding between Symbol and D-Link. The alliance provides Symbol access to D-Linkˇ¦s well-established sales channel for wireless solutions worldwide.
ˇ§This partnership is good news for Middle East organizations that wish to implement wireless networks. Symbolˇ¦s award winning mobile and wireless technology, combined with D-Linkˇ¦s highly efficient management and distribution systems, means that the cost of wireless technology is falling rapidly. Wireless networking is becoming affordable even to smaller organizations, often the ones that can most benefit from the flexibility that it allows,ˇ¨ said Sunil Chadha, Regional Director of Symbol Technologies Middle East. ˇ§The comprehensive partnership with D-Link complements Symbolˇ¦s strengths and opens the door to promising opportunities in the enterprise and home market segments in the Middle East.ˇ¨
ˇ§Symbol and D-Link are strong leaders in the respective market segments they serve. I think this a very competitive move for both companiesˇ¨, said Jason Smolek, Senior Research Analyst, IDC. ˇ§The alliance will help both companies take better advantage of growth opportunities around the world. The Asia Pacific market alone will grow from $45 million in 2000, to roughly $350 million in 2005, or 10.9% of the $3.2 billion global WLAN market.ˇ¨
The Symbol portfolio of wireless LAN products include the companyˇ¦s Spectrum24 High Rate Access Points, PC Cards, and the Wireless Networker, the worldˇ¦s first Wi-Fi certified CompactFlash wireless LAN adapter for Pocket PCs and notebook computers. The Symbol wireless products feature firmware with advanced security and mobility features for optimum wireless enterprise network design and performance.
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Symbol Technologies, the global leader in mobile data transactions systems, announced today a comprehensive alliance with D-Link Corporation of Taiwan, a world leading manufacturer and distributor of networking equipment, to jointly co-develop and sell wireless local area network solution worldwide.
Sunil Chadha, regional director, Symbol Technologies Middle East.
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About Symbol Technologies, Inc.
Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbolˇ¦s wireless information appliances connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbolˇ¦s systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com .
About D-Link Corporation
D-Link Corporation, located in Hsin-chu, Taiwan, is a leading data communication company that designs, manufactures and distributes networking products, wireless LAN, broadband devices, digital home products and IP telephony. D-Linkˇ¦s networking products cater especially to the small office, home office (SOHO) and workgroups --- the largest and most rapidly
growing segment of the network market. D-Linkˇ¦s products are now used in every major market, and this user base is being expanded to reach every emerging market as well. D-Link is also moving fast toward higher-speed, higher-bandwidth technologies to expand into the higher-end departmental networking, At the same time, the Company is sparing no effort to enhance
efficiency and to innovate to reach the goal of becoming the worldˇ¦s top leader in quality, price competitiveness and customer relationship. For additional information on D-Link Corporation or the products that they offer, visit their Web site at http://www.dlink.com.tw.
For media information:
Symbol Technologies
Helen Rigby
Symbol Technologies EMEA
Senior Marketing Manager
+44 118 9457000
Press Contacts
Roger Hislop
Rasha Zeitoun
Spot On Public Relations
+971 4 3491-686
Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbolˇ¦s wireless information appliances connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbolˇ¦s systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com .
About D-Link Corporation
D-Link Corporation, located in Hsin-chu, Taiwan, is a leading data communication company that designs, manufactures and distributes networking products, wireless LAN, broadband devices, digital home products and IP telephony. D-Linkˇ¦s networking products cater especially to the small office, home office (SOHO) and workgroups --- the largest and most rapidly
growing segment of the network market. D-Linkˇ¦s products are now used in every major market, and this user base is being expanded to reach every emerging market as well. D-Link is also moving fast toward higher-speed, higher-bandwidth technologies to expand into the higher-end departmental networking, At the same time, the Company is sparing no effort to enhance
efficiency and to innovate to reach the goal of becoming the worldˇ¦s top leader in quality, price competitiveness and customer relationship. For additional information on D-Link Corporation or the products that they offer, visit their Web site at http://www.dlink.com.tw.
For media information:
Symbol Technologies
Helen Rigby
Symbol Technologies EMEA
Senior Marketing Manager
+44 118 9457000
Press Contacts
Roger Hislop
Rasha Zeitoun
Spot On Public Relations
+971 4 3491-686
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