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ESS Technology Announces Six Major Modem Board Manufacturers for V.90 Software Modem Technology

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ESS Technology, Inc. has announced that six major modem board manufacturers, including GVC, Puretek, Wellcom, Pineview, Ambit, and Actiontec, have selected the company's SuperLink V.90 software modem technology to address the growing market for analog V.90 softmodem products. The selection of ESS's technology is expected to provide highly integrated 56K software modems for low-cost Internet PCs. By capturing design wins from these six key Taiwanese modem board manufacturers, ESS is well positioned to market to top-tier OEMs in the United States and Japan.

Key Takeaways:

  • Six major modem board manufacturers, including GVC, Puretek, Wellcom, Pineview, Ambit, and Actiontec, have selected ESS's SuperLink V.90 software modem technology.
  • The selected technology is expected to provide highly integrated 56K software modems for low-cost Internet PCs.
  • The move is expected to provide ESS with significant market share in the analog modem segment in Asia and beyond.
  • ESS's technology leadership is expected to drive growth in its overall communications business revenues.
  • According to reports by Dataquest and In-Stat, worldwide soft modem unit shipments are projected to increase from 29 million units in 1999 to more than 58 million units in 2001, a growth rate in excess of 40 percent per year.

Statistics:

  • 60% of worldwide shipments of PC analog V.90 modems originate in Asia (Source: Skip Effler, vice president of sales and marketing of ESS's PC products division).
  • 29 million soft modem units shipped in 1999 (Source: Dataquest and In-Stat reports).
  • 58 million soft modem units projected to be shipped in 2001, a growth rate in excess of 40 percent per year (Source: Dataquest and In-Stat reports).

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, August 7 (no specific source link provided).
  • Dataquest and In-Stat reports (no specific source link provided).
  • Skip Effler, vice president of sales and marketing of ESS's PC products division (no specific source link provided).
  • ESS Technology's web site: http://www.esstech.com (no specific source link provided).

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