D-Link Corp envisions Indian sales to cross $200 million

Mumbai: D-Link Corporation, the Taiwan-headquartered multinational, expects sales of its Indian operations to cross $200 million in the next five years. D-Link Corporation chief financial officer A P Chen says the goal can be achieved on account of several factors.

The Indian networking and communications market is expected to grow at a rate of over 25 per cent in the next few years and the convergence of data, voice and video has increased the spectrum of D-Link''s business.

D-Link India has recently launched high-end switching products that will help the company penetrate the large enterprise market estimated at Rs 1,500 crore. D-Link India''s R&D and software division is developing its own IPRs to manufacture products for domestic as well as global markets.

D-Link''s business process outsourcing division should witness robust growth as the business of all English-speaking countries under D-Link Corporation''s fold will be transferred to D-Link India.

D-Link Corporation is also looking at outsourcing work to its Indian subsidiary in other areas like return material authorisation and manufacturing. D-Link Corporation spends around $300 million every year in outsourcing.

D-Link Corporation is a world-class manufacturing company and has seven state-of-the-art facilities — one in Taiwan, two in China, three in India and one in the US. It has a strong worldwide presence in networking, internetworking, wireless LAN, digital home, bluetooth and broadband products and a well-established global distribution network with 29 sales offices in 21 countries.