Leading networking brand, Linksys picked up The Distree Diamond Awards for Home Networking at this year’s Distree event held recently at Abu Dhabi in UAE.
The company announced that it has become the first router vendor in the world to have sold over 100 million routers ever since its inception in 1999.
Linksys also unveiled the world’s first router with most advanced MU-MIMO technology, Linksys EA8500. The new router enables multiple users to connect to the access point radio at the same time as compared to the conventional system which facilitates only one user at one point of time. This enhances the overall Wi-Fi speed and experience for each user.
Along with EA8500, Linksys also showcased their new range of routers, range extenders and accessories. These included WRT 1200AC, a dual-band smart Wi-Fi router and RE6500HG and RE6700, Dual-Band wireless range extenders.
Amanulla Khan, Director-MEA of Belkin International believes that “Linksys as always leads the innovations in the home and SMB networking products. At Distree, we were pleased to showcase unique strengths and technological advancements of our latest products.”
“We welcomed our retail and channel partners to join the celebrations of our achievements, especially of selling 100 Million Routers, in which they have played a crucial role,” Khan added.
