Draytek
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Draytek are Manufacturers of a range of ISDN routers, terminal adaptors, and PBXs and routers for broadband, cable, and ADSL technology.
DrayTek Corp. is a Taiwanese manufacturer of broadband equipment, including firewalls, VPN devices, routers and wireless LAN devices. The company was founded in 1997 by a team of workers with engineering and marketing experience from the industry. Earliest products included ISDN products, the first being the ISDN Vigor128, a USB terminal adaptor for Windows and Mac OS. This was followed by the ISDN Vigor204 ISDN terminal adaptor/PBX and Vigor2000, their first router.
DrayTek released the Vigor2200 USB router in the UK in 2002, a unique router for ADSL, the first and only router able to be connected to BT's newly lauched USB-modem based ADSL service. The product was devised in the UK by SEG Communications and developed by DrayTek engineers. The uniqueness of the product, that it was the only router compatible with BT's new USB ADSL service, made it hugely popular and firmly established DrayTek as a key player in the broadband hardware market in the UK. Although the UK is a considerable market for DrayTek, they operate in most other European countries and other continents through strategic partnerships.
DrayTek were one of the first manufacturers to bring VPN technology to low cost routers, helping with the emergence of viable teleworking. In 2004, DrayTek released the first of their VoIP Voice-Over-IP products which has become one of their key areas. In 2006, new products aimed at Enterprises are to be launched including larger scale firewalls and UTM products (Unified Threat Management Firewalls).
DrayTek was floated on the Taiwanese OTC Securities market in 2001. Share Price.
