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 home networking products through its Digilife stores across the country. HCL Digilife stores houses a complete 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.

In addition to this appointment, Cisco had lined up with HCL for a ‘Bundling Program’ to benefit from it’s expertise in areas of IT hardware and networking. This will be a limited period offer exclusive for HCL Digilife customers.

Craig Gledhill, VP—Asia Pacific, Cisco Consumer Business Group said, “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 tier-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.”

Rajendra Kumar, Executive VP, HCL Infosystems commented,"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.”