Cisco DSL Lab in Taiwan
Cisco Systems and Institute for Information Industry (III) Open Taiwan Lab to Encourage High-Speed Internet Access
Taipei, Taiwan -- November 19, 1998 -- Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced the opening of a development and testing lab in Taiwan in collaboration with the Institute for Information Industry (III) to accelerate the adoption of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology for high-speed access to the Internet.
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When plans for the DSL lab were announced in June, six Taiwan manufacturers expressed support for the DSL lab, including: Askey Computer Corp., DB Networks, GVC Corp., Sun Moon Star, Tecom and Zyxel
Communication Corp. Joining them with today's lab opening are ten additional companies: C-Com Corp., CIS Technology, E-TECH Inc., FIC, Hitron Technology Inc., PETEK, Sysgration, Taicom Data Systems, Tainet, and UMEC. By incorporating DSL capability into their products, these companies will help accelerate the adoption of DSL by consumers worldwide. Upon completion of testing, companies will receive a mark of interoperability from
Cisco for use in marketing materials.
"Cisco is pleased to be working with leading Taiwan manufacturers to drive interoperability of high-speed DSL product technology, said Gary Daichendt, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Cisco. "As a result of this initiative, companies and individuals will have a broad choice of affordable products that revolutionize the way they interact with the Internet through the delivery of New World services that allow data, voice and video to travel together in a single, IP-based network."
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