'India is Central to RAD's Strategic Planning,' MRO-TEK Wins RAD's Best Distributor Award for 2000.Business Editors TEL AVIV Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 MRO-TEK, the exclusive distributor for RAD Data Communications RAD Data Communications (also known as "RAD") is a privately held corporation, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that designs and manufacturers specialized networking equipment. It was founded in 1981 by Zohar Zisapel and his brother, Yehuda. products in India, has been presented with RAD's Best Distributor Award for 2000. The announcement was made by Efraim Wachtel, RAD's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , at RAD's annual Distributors Meeting held in Eilat, Israel. "RAD products are sold by over 200 distributors in 104 countries around the world," noted Jeremy Lange, RAD's Regional Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for India. "Winning this award, therefore, attests to MRO-TEK's excellence and professionalism in global terms," he added. "MRO-TEK enjoys a long-term relationship with RAD," explained S. Narayanan, MRO-TEK's Chairman Managing Director. Together with MRO-TEK, for example, RAD has established a joint venture for the manufacture of RAD products in India. Located in the Electronics City suburb of Bangalore, the joint venture produces RAD's ASM-20 and ASM-31 modems, as well as HTU-E1 and HTU-2 HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line termination units. The ASM-20 and ASM-31 have become India's de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, 64K baseband modems, and account for 70% of the Leased Line modem A high-speed modem used in private lines. It may have built-in lower speeds for alternate use in dial-up lines. market in the country. Given the success of their joint venture, RAD and MRO-TEK have now agreed to expand their cooperation by setting up a research and development center that will specifically develop products aimed at the Indian market. "India is central to RAD's strategic planning," Lange concluded. "We believe that our relationship with MRO-TEK provides a sure foundation for future growth and that together we will continue to consolidate our position as a premier supplier of access equipment to Indian carriers and telecom operators." RAD Data Communications designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of high quality data communications and telecommunications product solutions for carriers, service providers and corporate networks. RAD is a member of the $390 million RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and internetworking product solutions. |
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