Cisco appoints HCL Infosystems as national disti for Linksys

MUMBAI, INDIA: Cisco announced the appointment of HCL Infosystems as a national distributor for its Linksys by Cisco consumer home networking products.

Under this tie-up HCL Infosystems will market Linksys by Cisco home networking products through its Digilife stores across the country.

HCL Digilife stores houses a comprehensive range of digital lifestyle and entertainment products ranging from PCs and notebooks, digital cameras and music players, mobile phones, gaming consoles and office/home automation devices from world renowned brands.

With the experience zones—Home Zone and Gaming Zone, that HCL Digilife stores offer, customers will be able to touch, feel and experience products before purchase. In addition to this appointment, Cisco had lined up with HCL for a Bundling Program to benefit from its expertise in areas of IT hardware and networking. This is a limited period offer exclusive for HCL Digilife customers.

“Cisco as a company is all geared up to take a leadership position in the consumer wireless networking market. The appointment of HCL Infosystems was a strategic move designed to further strengthen our focus on the consumer market. HCL has a strong reputation and extensive channel network and partnering with HCL will further propel Cisco’s position especially in tier-2 and 3 cities as well as in Large Format Retailers like HCL Digilife Stores. HCL, like Cisco, is fully committed to its channel partnerships and customer satisfaction. We look forward to working with them,” said Craig Gledhill, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Cisco Consumer Business Group.

Speaking about the tie-up, Rajendra Kumar, Executive VP, HCL Infosystems said, “With the laptop sales on a rise, this alliance with Cisco will help us promote the concept of going wireless and with our presence across the country, we are sure to take the digital revolution to the next level.”