Redington to distribute Linksys solutions in India

Redington would distribute Linksys broadband routers, 10/100 switches,
gigabit products, wireless-B and Wireless-G LAN products and entertainment
solutions

Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc, has announced the appoin-tment of
Redington India Ltd to sell Linksys network hard-ware solutions to resellers and
end users throughout India. Linksys product lines to be distributed by Redington
include broadband routers, 10/100 switches, gigabit products, wireless-B and
Wireless-G LAN products and entertainment solutions.

According to the press release, Redington will offer the Linksys' line of
wired and wireless networking products throughout India. This appointment
designa-tes Linksys as one of the company's key SOHO, home networking and
small business vendors. Linksys will have access to Redin-gton training and
marketing programs and benefit from the support of the com-pany's sales force.

New products immediately available from Redington include Linksys home enter-tainment
devices such as the Wireless-G media adapter (WGA54G), which allows gamers to
wirelessly connect their PlayStation2, Xbox or GameCube consoles together for
head-to-head gaming and to the Internet for live online multi-player gaming or
the Wireless-G Internet Video Camera (WVC54G), a camera enabling users to
monitor the home and office wirelessly via a web browser, from anywhere in the
world.

"The collaboration with Redington strengthens our commitment to expand
our presence in India," said San-jeev Gupta, Regional Sales Director, Cisco
Systems, Asia Pacific Linksys. "Linksys brings innovative, affordable,
reliable network solutions to its customers and we are confi-dent that Redington
will provide the required impetus to Linksys' growth in the networked home and
small businesses in the country," he added.

Aniruddha Joshi, VP, Redington India said, "Reding-ton has always
believed in forging relationships that deliver value to the end customer.
Through this alliance, Linksys will leverage our unmatched service levels and
pan India reach for its range of products."

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