CeBIT 2006 Hannover Release

March 01, 2006

Billion to Showcase Best-of-Breed SSL VPN Security Gateway in CeBIT Hannover 2006 while continuing to unveil innovative VoIP IAD and Home Networking devices

Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiex: #3027), a leading network equipment provider from Asia Pacific rim, pre-announced 4 new products today, which will be highlighted in CeBIT Hannover 2006. This includes an SSL VPN security gateway, VoIP IAD, Home Networking router as well as ADSL2+ Triple Play router. Billion will showcase a new series of iBusiness Security Gateways featured with SSL VPN (BiGuard S10) and the innovative hybrid of SSL VPN and IPSec VPN (BiGuard S20) to cater to the needs of SOHO and small and medium sized businesses (SMB) requiring secure, cost-effective and clientless remote access to the corporate network. Another product is the BiPAC 7404VGD, VoIP/802.11g ADSL2+ Router, which is a powerful model featuring PSTN/ISDN Fixed-line support for Internet fail-over. The BiPAC 7402H, HPNA 3.0 over Coax ADSL2+ Router, is to meet the booming demand for VoIP and Triple Play applications. The video streaming is distributed through existed coaxial cables at home so that users can enjoy IP-TV easily without extra wiring.

"SSL VPN has been evolving to become a next generation application of remote access with network security to fit the SMB segment with big growth according to the In-Stat market research. Furthermore, as VoIP technology becomes even more mature and keeps addressing the calling cost issue, it is foreseen that VoIP will become even more popular in 2006." "In view of this, Billion extends the Internet Security Appliance product range with SSL VPN solution, and also continues to develop a wider range of VoIP routers and home networking devices to offer customers and end users more choices with some breakthroughs in this field." "Not only learning from the statistics of the survey, we also received a real demand for VPN security products with cost effective, easy-to-manage, and affordable solutions. We hold optimal belief toward this trend." "To expand the market share as well as business growth in the SMB segment, Billion has been actively engaging with potentials for value-added business partners worldwide." says Mr. Chen, CEO of Billion Electric Co. Ltd.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN technology is innovative VPN access, supporting any web browser to transmit data securely between a client and a server via the Internet. This new type of secure remote access can reduce the cost of client installation significantly and save configuration efforts – totally clientless access. Also, authorized users can securely gain VPN access to the corporate network anywhere via a web-enabled device without limitation, and thus dramatically enhances mobility and productivity.

The BiGuard S10 is a pure SSL VPN security gateway, supporting up to 10 SSL VPN connections for a secure data transmission over the Internet. The device allows remote users, mobile workers, business partners, and customers to enjoy secure and real-time communications as well as resource sharing simply via standard web browser from any location like branch office, hotel, home laptop, Cyber Cafe, or public kiosk. Moreover, the BiGuard S10 provides network administrators with the easy-to-manage Personalized Web Portal, ensuring a secure connection with encryption, access policy, authorization, and authentication mechanisms. Another all-in-one security gateway (the BiGuard S20), integrated with cutting-edge SSL and IPSec VPN solutions is perfectly designed for SMB users looking for a secure, cost-effective and flexible remote access to the corporate network. In addition to built-in 20 SSL VPN tunnels, the BiGuard S20 supports up to 70 IPSec VPN tunnels for users to establish a constant encrypted tunnel between headquarters and branch offices. The Dual-WAN port design provides Load Balancing and Automatic Failover for high availability of Internet business applications, optimized bandwidth sharing, and network redundancy in case of the event that one connection fail. It helps sustain business uptime and productivity for uninterrupted flow of services, while minimizing the risk of business loss.

Meanwhile, Billion continues to unveil a new VoIP IAD - BiPAC 7404VGD, a truly one-single-box of compact VoIP firewall router with powerful functionalities ideally designed for residential and SOHO users to make economical calls. The world-leading Gateway feature - "Least Cost Routing" is available for users to choose the most economical VoIP rate provided by different Internet telephony service providers (ITSP). By utilizing this cost-effective feature, you can save huge amounts of money on your bill for making calls to local landlines, mobiles, or International destinations. Particularly, this router features one RJ-45 FXO port for users to keep PSTN or ISDN Fixed-line while sharing a high-speed Internet access, even faster with advanced ADSL2/2+ standard. This unique feature is compatible with Euro ISDN. If you use the ISDN service, Auto-failover to ISDN Fixed-line can be supported for the Internet access and VoIP calls whenever ADSL line is down. The device also supports wide variety of telephony features such as call waiting, silence suppression, voice activity detection (VAD), comfort noise generation (CNG), line echo cancellation and caller ID (Bell 202,V23).

Billion is not only announcing new products in network security, but also shows its advanced development in Triple Play – BiPAC 7402H, featuring "HPNA 3.0 over Coax". The latest HomePNA 3.0 is an industrial standard, enabling Coax Ethernet Bridge Interface for connecting to existing coaxial cables for Triple Play solutions. With this technology, the router supports up to 128Mbps high-speed transmission rate for home and SOHO users to enjoy watching IPTV as well as high-speed Internet services like interactive gaming and real-time audio over the existing coaxial cable in every room of the house. By utilizing this plug-and-play device, users do not need to make extra efforts to re-build their home network environment or extra cable wiring. Powered by Quality of Service (QoS), the BiPAC 7402H allows users to control and optimize your bandwidth and ensure better quality of on-line applications without being worried about crawl speed.

As for the schedule of product launch, Billion plans to roll out BiGuard S10, BiPAC 7404VGD, and BiPAC 7402H to the market in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The advanced hybrid of SSL/IPSec VPN iBusiness Security Gateway - BiGuard S20, will be available in the 3rd quarter this year.

About Billion

Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiex: 3027), based in Taiwan, was founded in 1973. It is one of the leading providers of network equipment and power supply products in the Asia Pacific rim. Since its Communication Division was established in 1992, Billion has reinforced its investment in developing next generation network equipment and Internet access devices for home users, telecommuters, and SME users. Billion has been accorded a number of honors for its networking products and has acquired a considerable customer base across Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific markets. For more information, please visit www.billion.com.

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