D-Link® Wi-Fi Phone Awarded Highest Honors from Nation's Largest Technology Association
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Named Top Consumer Hardware Innovator by AeA® Southern California Council 2007 Tech Innovation Awards
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., May 21 -- D-Link®, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, has been awarded best consumer hardware innovation for its flip-style Wi-Fi Phone at AeA's 14th Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards. The High-Tech Innovation Awards were presented by the Orange County and Inland Empire Council of AeA to honor Southern California's top innovators in technology and education.
"Our Wi-Fi phone represents another technology leadership milestone and it's rewarding to be recognized by a prestigious organization such as the AeA," said Steven Joe, president and CEO of D-Link Systems, Inc. "The D-Link Wi-Fi Phone leverages both Wi-Fi and VoIP technologies to offer business users low-cost worldwide calling flexibility, secure wireless network access and comparable value-added features to those found in traditional landline and cellular phones."
The D-Link flip-style Wi-Fi Phone combines the cost-savings of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology with 802.11 wireless connectivity in a compact Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based package. The sleek and portable D-Link Wi-Fi Phone, together with an Internet VoIP phone service, provides a stylish way to dramatically reduce local and long distance telephone charges compared to standard telephone service. VoIP phone calls can be made where there is a Wi-Fi network or open hot spot to the Internet -- without the use of a PC.
The 14th Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards were presented at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach on May 10, 2007. AeA set record levels for nominations and attendance with more than 125 nominations received and 20 innovators recognized. The sold-out dinner and awards ceremony drew nearly 600 luminaries from local high-tech companies, financial and government institutions as well as academic leaders, educators, students, investors and media affiliates.
The awards recognized local companies, individuals and products in the technology field that drive innovation in Orange County and the Inland Empire. In addition, AeA recognized educators and students for their innovative use of math, science and technology in the classroom and the community in conjunction with Project Tomorrow(TM), the nation's leading education nonprofit group focused on preparing today's students to be tomorrow's innovators.
For a recap of the evening's festivities, visit the AeA Web site at http://www.aeanet.org/orangecounty.
About D-Link
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small, medium and large enterprise business networking. The company is an award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With millions of networking and connectivity products manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link Systems, Inc. headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, Calif., 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4905; Internet www.dlink.com.
About AeA
AeA is the largest high-tech trade association in the U.S. and represents all segments of the technology industry. Our mission is to help our member companies grow and improve their business. Internationally, AeA represents 2,500 companies with 1.8 million employees. In Orange County & the Inland Empire, AeA represents 140 member companies with worldwide revenue of more than $8 billion and more than 160,000 employees in the United States and globally. Information on the Orange County & Inland Empire Council can be found at http://www.aeanet.org/orangecounty.
CONTACT:
Les Goldberg, APR, Media Relations Mgr., +1-800-326-1688 ext. 6095, les.goldberg@dlink.com,
or
Daniel Kelley, Director of Marketing,
+1-800-326-1688 ext. 6235, dkelley@dlink.com, both of D-Link Systems, Inc.
Web site: http://www.aeanet.org/orangecounty
Web site: www.dlink.com/
