D-Link 2001 Annual Report Download - page 5

In order to provide top notch LAN, Wireless LAN
(WLAN) and home solutions, the D-Link Group has
established a significant multi-layered distribution
channel in all major market territories. To extend the
best level of local support and technological
assistance to our customers worldwide, the Group
has opened more overseas subsidiaries, branch
offices, technical support centers and warehousing
facilities during the year. With a well-established
global distribution network and 50 sales offices
in 23 countries, D-Link products now are available
in more than 100 countries. Most noteworthy,
was the public listing of our Indian subsidiary
in April of 2001. It not only demonstrated
D-Link's commitment to that market, but also
echoed the overwhelming market acceptance of
the Brand.
In 2001, we continued to beef up our Research &
Development teams in China and India to further
expedite innovative next generation solutions for
emerging technologies. China, in particular, saw the
fastest growth in R&D given the potential and
proprietary nature of that market. Our talented
engineers in the four R&D centers worldwide
continue to do an excellent job of designing and
developing cutting edge communications products,
allowing D-Link to deliver the most integrated,
advanced and tailor-made networking solutions
from wired LAN, to digital home, WLAN,
and broadband.
Despite the ever-challenging global economic
outlook, I believe that D-Link has positioned itself to
be a strong player in the global data networking
industry in the coming year. By strategically
targeting emerging standards-based Internet
connectivity growth market segments for
business-to-business, and business-to-consumer
applications, D-Link has been able to leverage its
product rights whenever the need arises.
I look forward to seeing great potential in Asia. With
the continued outsourcing trend from Japan of WAN
and broadband CPE devices, and deeper penetration
in China, a place we call "home" for D-Link LAN
and Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) products, we
should continue to see higher revenue streams from
Asia in FY2002. The US market will still benefit
from the faster adoption of WLAN 802.11 products
and the popularity of the digital home solutions.
We are excited to see the non-stop, aggressive
adoption of 802.11 WLAN, the quick integration of
broadband CPE's, the improved infrastructure for
VoIP, deployments of Gigabit Ethernet within
enterprises and power users. In particular, we are
optimistic about wireless technology, which should
be the key revenue driver in terms of growth
for the Group and the whole networking arena
in 2002. With a projected growth to $4.5
billion by the end of 2006 per Allied Business
Intelligence, this technology clearly has much room
for further growth. The Group is committed
to aggressively competing in this emerging
technology arena with our widest and most
integrated 802.11a and 802.11b product offerings.
We remain fully committed to delivering world-class
quality products for accessing the Internet. Our
development and delivery of Gigabit Ethernet
adapters and switches, WLAN adapters, access
points and routers, digital home gateways, and
integrated broadband devices have led the way for a
wide range of small and medium enterprises, homes,
and services providers worldwide.
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