Thursday, December 4, 2003

NETGEAR Signs Co-branding Deal with China's Legend Group

NETGEAR announced a cooperative agreement with the Digital Home Business Unit of Legend Group Limited, the largest IT enterprise in China, under which Legend will co-brand NETGEAR's full line of wired and wireless networking equipment. Specifically, Legend Group will sell NETGEAR wireless products such as access points, routers, gateways, PC and PCI cards and USB adapters based on the 802.11a, 802.11b and the new 802.11g technology standards, as well as products with dual mode a/b and a/g technology. It will also sell wired products such as cable/DSL routers and fast Ethernet switches. Legend Group will use three distribution channels. These include up to 200 retail franchises across China, the bundling of Netgear products with its own desktop and notebook PCs, and distribution through the ISP partners of Legend.
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