Zyxel

Zyxel is a brand name shared by Zyxel Communications Corp. (Chinese: 合勤科技; pinyin: Héqín Kējì; holding company: Unizyx (TWSE: 3704) and Zyxel Networks, which manufacture networking devices and provide services to communications service providers.[1] Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Zyxel companies have branch offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. The combined operation has around 1,500 employees globally, with distributors in more than 70 countries, 35 branch offices worldwide, and products marketed in over 150 countries on five continents. Zyxel companies work with worldwide network equipment vendors, telecommunications companies, ISPs, and other small and medium-sized businesses. In addition to acting as an OEM for ISPs and System integrators, the companies also historically sold Zyxel-branded products directly to businesses and consumers but a major part of the consumer and SOHO business was spun-off as Keenetic, previously a Zyxel brand name, in 2017.

Zyxel Communications Corp.
TypePublic company
TWSE: 2391
IndustryNetworking hardware
Founded1989 (1989)
HeadquartersHsinchu, Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shun-I Chu
ProductsSwitches, routers, firewalls, VoIP telephones, modems, mesh networking equipment
RevenueUS$379 million (NT$11.51 billion)
Number of employees
1,500
Websitewww.zyxel.com
ZyXEL Prestige 600 series DSL modem.

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[2]
  • 2017 – Keenetic has been separated into an independent company for the SOHO and consumer markets
  • 2019 – Zyxel Networks spun off from Zyxel Communications Corp.[3]

Origin of name

Zyxel is pronounced “zai-cell.”[4]

Zyxel’s Chinese name, 合勤, is pronounced “Her-Chin” (Héqín) and means “cooperative and diligent.”

See also

References
  1. "Company Overview". Zyxel. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. "Zyxel wins Taiwan top 20 global brands recognition". Dataquest. 2 December 2016.
  3. "Company Overview". Zyxel. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. 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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