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D-Link North America nearly doubled its wireless networking revenue with an over 162% gain and significantly grew business-to-business penetration, while expanding in every crucial product and channel segment area in 2003.

During the year, the Company made significant inroads to Customer Premises Equipment market segments, expanding D-Link’s wireless and broadband technology to millions of customers throughout the country.

By creating a need for high-speed connectivity, the Internet continues to be the most significant driving factor for growth opportunities for D-Link North America. Broadband access and availability to SMB and SOHO drives initial connectivity followed by Workgroup and Departmental level processing in the Enterprise segments. Higher performance, compatibility and greater range inspire upgrades and consumer decision making. Long term growth will be driven by the combination of Broadband Internet access and network connectivity for entertainment applications, devices and media content.

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The North American business unit contributed significant development and coordinated efforts with corresponding D-Link worldwide production facilities and global business units to provide sales, marketing and product planning leadership for the introduction of next generation connectivity technology.

With the combination of successful product research, product marketing, product development, and choosing the right emerging technologies and products at the right time, D-Link North America significantly impacted the Company and grew revenues.

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