D-Link opens new R&D center in Bangalore

BANGALORE: Networking company D-Link India Ltd inaugurated its new R&D center at the Electronic City here. The new center will drive D-Link’s R&D initiatives in India by focusing on converged IP solutions, business routers and gateways, and wireless technology products for the Indian and global markets.

Addressing the media, Jangoo Dalal, CEO and managing director of D-Link, said, “Our new R&D center would further augment our product offerings to the Indians especially to the SMB segment that forms the core of our business, and to the global market. By closely studying the needs of the market, we would be able to innovate new products as well as strengthen our portfolio of products aimed at this segment.”

The new center is spread over an area of 8077 square meters and can seat more than 500 employees. D-Link mainly caters to the SMB market. Jangoo said that the requirements of today’s SMB market are the main drivers for the company to innovate. There are over seven million SMB units in India and D-Link remains focused to cater to this segment.

“We are proud that our investments in product development are bearing fruit and we are looking at achieving greater profitability and returns on the commercial success from our R&D center developed products,” said KR Naik, executive chairman, D-Link India Ltd. On the firm’s unique sales and distribution channel, Dalal said that D-Link has 22 distributors in India serving specific markets and only D-Link products. “This helps us to serve customers better.”