NETGEAR, a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, has honored MICS Distribution Company with "The Best Distributor of NETGEAR Products in Russia in 2009" status.

In 2009, MICS sold three times more of NETGEAR products in money terms than in 2008.

   

“MICS has demonstrated the best results in sales of NETGEAR products compared to other distributors. We do appreciate our effective business with MICS, high professional skills of their managers, reliability and financial respectability of our partner for they never delayed payments even in a difficult year of 2009. We are happy by the fact that MICS has managed to increase sales of NETGEAR ReadyNAS storage products by 15 times over the year and that of network switches 12 times over the 2008 figures. That means that the distributor has diversified its business initially aimed mostly at retailers. And, of course, we do specially appreciate MICS’ great assistance in developing NETGEAR’s retail business in Russia," said Dmitry Tanyukhin, head of NETGEAR Representative Office in Russia.

In 2009, MICS has been supplying NETGEAR products to a number of large retailers to include Ion, MediaMarkt, M-Video, and Tsifrovoy chains. MICS had 149 partners from 43 Russian cities to resell NETGEAR products in 2009.

About MICS
Established 1991, MICS Distribution Company is a major supplier of computer hardware and consumer electronics in the Russian market. The dealer network of the company consists of more than 5000 registered partners to include the largest retail networks and hypermarkets, smaller regional dealers, and corporate clients. Being a multivendor distributor, MICS supplies the Russian market with products of the world famous brands such as BenQ, Edimax, Kensington, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Neovo, Netgear, Plustek, Samsung, Toshiba, Tripp-Lite, Xerox. For more information please visit www.mics.ru.

About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs innovative, branded technology solutions that address the specific networking, storage, and security needs of Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) and home users. The company offers an end-to-end networking product portfolio to enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, multimedia content, and applications among multiple computers and other Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in over 27,000 retail locations around the globe, and via more than 37,000 value-added resellers. The company’s headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. More information is available at www.netgear.com.