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speed. After a successful year of shipping
high volumes to customers in Europe
and Canada, D-Link expects to expand
its footprint to other Service Providers
worldwide in 2014.
Products supporting G.hn, a family of home
network technology standards endorsed by
ITU-T and many other Service Providers will
become a widely used no-new-wire home
networking device in 2014. D-Link was
the first company to provide a live demo
at the Home Grid Forum during CES 2014.
G.hn supported devices integrated with
Wi-Fi technology can provide subscribers
with seamless roaming at home. Products
supporting multiple media, such as power
lines, coaxial cables and phone lines will be
available to Telcos and MSOs in the second
half of 2014 for eld trials.
Managed Switch revenue dropped slightly
compared to 2012 due to a drop in demand
for ETTH and economies of major shipping
countries underperforming. Expect this
area to recover in 2014, with several new
launches of cost effective models for the
coming year.
In the wireless market, SPBU won several
tenders from major Service Providers
worldwide in 2013. This included low end
wireless 11n 1x1 routers, 11ac 1x1 routers,
and 11ac 3x3 high end routers. With
support for both TR-069 and IPv6, Service
Providers can plan their network, provide
new services to subscribers, and maintain
a healthy growth rate via D-Link’s high-
performance routers both easily and cost
eectively.
D-Link continued expanding its mobile broadband and data offload product lines to meet the
demand of Telecom and Service Providers
D-Link substantially gained market share in 2013 in the 3G/LTE
CPE market by providing industry-leading products to major
Service Providers worldwide. In 2014, D-Link plans to launch
portable NAS routers, and 3G/4G routers integrated with Wi-Fi
11ac technology.
Outside the 3G/LTE CPE market, D-Link started developing
mobile data offload solutions, including Wi-Fi hot spots and
3G/LTE small cells. With carrier grade access controllers and
Hot Spot 2.0 certied APs, Service Providers can now easily and
economically deploy a central management capable offload
network. D-Link currently provides various small cells with
integrated Wi-Fi 11ac to increase flexibility and capability for
Telco network deployments. To increase 4G/LTE coverage, small
cells will be the most efficient way to fill coverage holes that
macrocell cannot cost-eectively cover.
Despite rapid growth of fiber cable, copper remained the
standard for providing subscribers with sustainable fixed
broadband connections in 2013. Continued cooperation with
leading vendors and suppliers has kept D-Link as a leader in
providing ADSL/VDSL routers worldwide, especially in emerging
markets.
In 2014, D-Link will develop a hybrid solution using fiber
integrated with copper technologies. One such technology,
FTTdp (fiber to the distribution point), is looking promising as
an alternative to FTTH (fiber to the home). FTTH, traditionally
rejected by subscribers because of high installation costs, will be
replaced with FTTdp because it can oer higher bandwidth (up to
300/150 Mbps (DL/UL)) with lower installation fees. Whereas FTTH
requires subscribers to dig a hole in order to lay a fiber cable,
FTTdp simply uses the existing copper cable to reach higher data
rates and reverse power feeding. This is a win-win because it will
simultaneously secure Telco’s existing investment in copper while
eliminating the cost of installing ber into the subscriber’s home.
D-Link will continue to supply Service Providers and their
customers with a range of broadband products for connecting
to the home. These broadband gateway devices oer a full range
of interfaces such as xDSL, 3G, LTE, and 11ac Wi-Fi. D-Link is in a
position to continue supporting Telco’s IPTV services by enabling
customers to have the highest performance availibe at home in
2013.
The Connected Home was an engine of market growth in 2013.
D-Link saw a surge in demand for its high speed HomePlug PLC
adaptors. These adaptors are an invaluable companion to existing
Wi-Fi networks by extending Wi-Fi coverage and increasing wired
Service Provider Solutions
With several years’ of dedication, D-Link started to deliver mobile data offload
solutions to service providers, helping them build their ooad network.
For xed line products, D-Link was the rst to launch a high end 11ac 3x3 dual band
concurrent DSL router with exemplary Wi-Fi performance. which helped service
providers oer subscribers an attractive product to help reduce churn rate as well as
the number of service calls.
ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2013:
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