Zyxel
Zyxel Communications Corporation, a subsidiary of Unizyx Holding Corporation (TWSE: 3704), is a Taiwanese multinational broadband provider headquartered in the Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. The company was founded in 1989 by Shun-I Chu, and has three research centers, four regional headquarters, and 35 branch offices.
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| Type | Wholly-owned subsidiaries |
|---|---|
| TWSE: 3704 | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1989 in Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Founder | Dr. Shun-I Chu |
| Headquarters | Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Shun-I Chu (Founder, Chairman of Unizyx)
Gordon Yang (Chairman) Karsten Gewecke (President) Denise Lin (Chief Operation Officer) |
| Products | 5G NR/4G LTE Fixed Wireless Access CPE, DSL CPE, firewalls, VoIP telephones, modems, mesh networking equipment |
Number of employees | 651 (as of December 31, 2021) |
| Parent | Unizyx Holding Corporation |
| Website | zyxel.com |
The company has a portfolio of mobile and fixed-line broadband access products. In 2020, Zyxel Communications launched WiFi 6 and 5G products.
Corporate history
- 1988 – Zyxel founder, Dr. Shun-I Chu, starts the business in Taoyuan County, Taiwan in 1988. Dr. Chu rents an apartment in Taoyuan as a lab and starts to develop an analog modem in 1988
- 1989 – Headquarters established at Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan in 1989
- 1992 – Launches world's 1st Integrated voice/fax/modem
- 1995 – World's 1st Analog/digital ISDN modem
- 2004 – World's 1st ADSL2+ gateway
- 2005 – World's 1st palm-sized portable personal firewall
- 2009 – World's 1st Gigabit active fiber & Telco-grade IPv6 end to end solution
- 2010 – World's 1st Carbon footprint verification on the VDSL2 CPE product
- 2014 – World's 1st UMTS 802.11ac compatible small cell CPE
- 2016 – Garners 14th Consecutive Best Taiwan Global Brands Award[1]
- 2017 – Keenetic has been separated into an independent company for the SOHO and consumer markets
- 2019 – Zyxel Networks spun off from Zyxel Communications Corp.[2]
Origin of name
Zyxel is pronounced “zai-cell.”[3]
Zyxel’s Chinese name, 合勤, is pronounced “Her-Chin” (Héqín) and means “cooperative and diligent.”
See also
- List of companies of Taiwan
- List of networking hardware vendors
- ZyNOS, an operating system used for Zyxel networking devices
References
- "Zyxel wins Taiwan top 20 global brands recognition". Dataquest. 2 December 2016.
- "Company Overview". Zyxel. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- De Jong, David. 'ZyXEL Armor Z2 review: hard to beat on the higher frequencies' 7 February 2018. , archived 2019-08-29 from the original page: https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/7850/zyxel-armor-z2-review-hard-to-beat-on-the-higher-frequencies
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