ActionTec Named "Best of Show" At Retail Xchange; Imaginative Presentation and Outstanding Products Make Company Stand Out Among Industry's Leading Vendors.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 4, 1998--ActionTec Electronics Inc., a leading manufacturer of data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and wireless products, proudly announced today that the company was awarded the prestigious Best of Show award at this summer's Retail Xchange. The company also received the award for the Best Hardware Presentation for the second consecutive year, and was nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for Best Packaging. An industry-wide forum where channel organizations, vendors, distributors and retailers meet to exchange views and visions for the computer industry, the Retail Xchange features presentations from the computer industry's leading vendors. "To be selected for these awards out of the computer industry's best and brightest is an extremely positive reflection upon the company, its products, and its approach to the retail market," stated Elliot Hadaegh, VP of Sales and Marketing for ActionTec. The company's award-winning sales presentation was the first of the company's promotional efforts in collaboration with Lucent Technologies Microelectronics microelectronics, branch of electronic technology devoted to the design and development of extremely small electronic devices that consume very little electric power. Group in The Lucent Edge cooperative marketing campaign. The new campaign, announced last month, is designed to boos modem sales and end-user confidence and current and future modem technologies by establishing the value of Lucent-equipped modems to retailers and consumers. ActionTec has most recently incorporated communications chip sets from Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group in its new line of V.90 modems, enabling the modems to deliver powerful advantages in performance, innovation, and upward compatibility. The new modems provide support of the emerging V.90 standard to ensure computer users the maximum flexibility for high-speed connection to the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . The newest series of ActionTec modems incorporating the Lucent chip sets include the DataLink(TM) V.90/K56flex PC Card Fax/Modem, the latest in the award-winning DataLink PC Card modem family; DeskLink Master(TM) V.90/K56flex Voice/Fax Modem; DeskLink Pro(TM) PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). V.90/K56flex Voice/Fax Windows Modem; and DeskLink Advantage(TM) V.90/K56flex Voice/Fax Modem. ActionTec Electronics Actiontec Electronics, Inc. is a company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, that designs and sells networking and broadband equipment. They are best known for the Actiontec MI424WR router that is given to Verizon customers. Inc. is a significant global player in the PC Card and internal fax modem fax modem n. A modem that sends and receives fax transmissions. marketplace. ActionTec's technically sophisticated products meet the needs of computer users in both mobile and desktop environments. ActionTec's product line includes a complete line of mobile communication and storage PC Cards (PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. ), and internal and external desktop fax/modems. The company has a track record of growth, attributed primarily to strong relationships in the data communications product marketplace. Additionally, ActionTec Electronics Inc. delivers a range of connectivity and storage products, allowing desktop computer users to increase productivity and portable computer users to communicate effectively from nontraditional locations. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and maintains branch offices in Philadelphia, PA, Government Sales in Arlington, VA, and International Sales in Irvine, CA. ActionTec products are available through national distribution and retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → as well as through private label and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationships. ActionTec Inc. can be reached via the Internet at http://www.actiontec.com, or by phone at (408) 752-7700 or fax (408)541-9003. ActionTec and the ActionTec logo are trademarks of ActionTec Electronics, Inc. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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