Milestones

March 1986: Company founded

June 1987: Launched first D-Link network adapter.

May 1988: Invested US$1.2 million to build new headquarters in Hsin-chu Science-bases Industrial Park, Taiwan.

September 1990:Released first D-Link hub.

November 1992: Establishment of branch office in the UK and US.

June 1994: Received ISO 9001 certification.

October 1994: Became first networking company listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange.

August 1995: Joined industry-wide Fast Ethernet Alliance.

September 1995: European headquarters open in London.

September 1995: Listed among Asia's top 200 electronic companies by Electronic Business Asia magazine.

April 1997: Started construction work on large manufacturing plant in Southern China.

May 1998: Ranked as world's largest supplier of unmanaged Ethernet hubs for 1997 by Dataquest.

October 1998: Received ISO-14001 certification.

November 1998: Listed among US Forbes Magazine's top 300 companies.

April 1999: Ranked among world's 10 most productive networking companies by NetworkWorld Magazine.

June 1999: The South American branch office is established in Chile.

January 2001: Implemented company-wide Enterprise Resource Planning system.

April 2001: D-Link India went public at Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi Stock Exchanges.

January 2002: Set up new manufacturing facility in Wu-Chang, Shanghai, and R & D center in China.

June 2002: Listed among US Business Week Magazine's Annual Top 100 Information Tech companies.

Fourth Quarter 2002: D-Link controlled fastest growing market share in SOHO/home wireless LANs worldwide, according to Synergy Research Group.

January 2003: Released first affordable video phone for mass market to stream local and long-distance video calls to the TV.

August 2003: D-Link commoditised Gigabit LAN switch market and ranked third in the U.S. market share after Cisco and 3Com, according to Network World Fusion.