Accton Technology Corporation announces JV with Ei-En Group, sets up Accton Ei-En India Pvt. Ltd.

Accton Technology Corporation announces JV with Ei-En Group, sets up Accton Ei-En India Pvt. Ltd.

New Delhi, September 5, 2006: Accton Technology Corporation, world’s largest ODM provider (original design manufacturer) of communication products today announced a joint venture with Ei-EN Group, a 25 year old multinational with investments in high technology sectors like fab foundries, bulk pharmaceuticals, chemicals, components and electronic devices besides ICT business. The newly formed local entity, Accton Ei-En India Pvt. Ltd., will be actively involved in bid management in the ICT field with emphasis on networking solutions. It is currently teaming up with system integrators of repute as channel partners for growth in this sector. In addition, it is also working with the telecom carriers for bundling its products with their solution.

According to Mr. Umesh Shrivastav, Managing Director, Accton Ei-En India Pvt. Ltd., “One of our first priorities will be to create awareness on various aspects e.g. the research and development strengths, the product and solution diversity etc., such that Accton Ei-En is recognized as one of the leaders in enterprise and SMB networking domain. We wish to showcase Accton’s technological capabilities in a wide array of solutions including the VoIP, wireless devices, VDSL, Wideband, WAN, ASIC design capabilities etc. These coupled with third party products, Indian market experience and an exhaustive distribution network—major strengths of Ei-En Group, will enable Accton Ei-En India to offer end-to-end solutions that meet customer requirements of myriad kinds.”

Accton, having received multiple design awards extends its leadership in R&D capabilities to organizations wishing to develop innovative solutions. Leveraging on this, Accton Ei-En India will engage in such exercises with leading Indian players involving its core competencies like triple play, entertainment etc.

Besides this, Accton Ei-En offers core network switch range including enterprise class L3 switches that provide high availability, security and QoS with support for complex routing protocols. These are Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet multilayer switches with innovative stacking technology (40 Gbps high-speed stacking bus, backup master, resilient link & cross unit trunking). They provide access-layer routing for enterprise wiring closets & backbone routing for medium networks. High performance hardware-based IP unicast routing is possible while maintaining simplicity of traditional LAN switching. Simultaneous IPSec VPN tunnels (50/100/200) can be created. They support multiple WAN ports for connection redundancy and load balancing.

Accton Ei-En India provides EDGE network solutions which include advanced feature-rich L2/L4 switches (available in standalone and stacked models) with bandwidth management, security management and QoS capabilities. It also provides industry’s first 4G uplink capabilities. This translates to high reliability and flexibility for network operators and helps them to build up a strong and secure enterprise network. The Company has a complete VoIP Solution that includes SIP extension server, trunking gateway, SIP gateway, SIP phone, parking server, conference sever and fax module. It allows users to make high-quality and low-cost Internet based calls over existing network by using standard analog phones or IP phones.

On the wireless solution front, Accton Ei-En offers full-featured IEEE 802.11a and 802.11b/g dual-radio access point ideally suited for medium to large wireless LAN deployments. Integrated IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet offers a cost-effective means of deployment. The outdoor bridge/access point (with robust weatherproof architecture for greater reliability) offers cost effective wireless point-to-point, point-to-multi-point bridging solutions—an alternative to leased lines with fast RoI. More information on networking products and solutions offerings from Accton Ei-En India Ltd. can be availed on www.acctonei-en.com

Accton Ei-En India Pvt. Ltd. has recruited Digicomp Complete Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as their authorized service partners (ASP). Digicomp has an exhaustive network of service centers across the country to service Accton Ei-En customer better. Currently, the Company has activated branch offices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

About Accton Technology Corporation

Accton Technology Corporation (TAIEX: 2345) is a global premier provider of networking and communications solutions for top tier networking, computer, and telecommunications vendors. Leveraging its advanced software applications and state-of-the-art ASIC, Accton collaborates with its strategic partners to design, develop and manufacture innovative, leading-edge technologies. The company’s constantly-evolving core technology, highly-qualified employees and aggressive cost engineering make it possible for Accton to deliver superior products that are as affordable as they are robust. For details on Accton and its subsidiaries, please visit www.accton.com.

About Ei-En Group

Ei-En Pte Ltd. started its business 25 years ago. Ei-En Group oriented itself with the market and created a network of like minded business partners supported through branch and associated offices in different regions like Singapore, Malaysia, China / Hong Kong, Thailand, USA, India, South Africa, Middle East, USSR, and Poland. Ei-EN began the march with Hewlett Packard as a reliable partner, expanded its base and developed other enterprises around the world. Today, Ei-EN is busy in formulating investments of resources with new collaborations with principals and client partners to achieve its goals in India. For details on Ei-En Group, please visit: www.ei-en.com

For more information, please contact:

Sanjay Kakkar

Sr. Marketing Manager

Accton Ei-En India Pvt. Ltd.

Phone: 011 66401384-85
Email: sanjaykakar {at} acctonei-en(.)com

OR

Sundeep Mehta/Tribhuwan Joshi

Team Orange Public Relations

Phone: 011 41645445, 41841374-75

Mobile: 9868779770/9871795841

Email: sundeepteamorange {at} gmail(.)com