Saturday, March 16th 2013
Belkin Completes Acquisition of Linksys
Belkin today announced the completion of its acquisition of Linksys. Linksys' technologies, including its routers and the popular and innovative Smart Wi-Fi portfolio and services, will be managed and maintained as a separate brand and product portfolio.
"Linksys has a rich heritage, a passionate customer base and a wide product line, all of which fueled our decision to acquire the company and our plan to maintain the Linksys brand," said Chet Pipkin, CEO of Belkin. "The Linksys portfolio will continue to exist and evolve to include even richer user experiences and network management functionality. Smart Wi-Fi is an innovative and easy way for consumers to stay connected to their home network and we look to continue investing in it by adding more features and products."
Linksys customers and retailers will continue to see new Linksys products come to market in the near future, starting with several announcements in the spring time frame. By maintaining the Belkin and Linksys brands in home networking, Belkin aims to address a broader range of consumers with distinct networking solutions and will create the premier ecosystem for mobile devices and smart homes.
Support for Linksys products remains available through the existing Linksys support channels. For service, Linksys customers should go to the support page on the Linksys website. All valid warranties will be honored for current and future Linksys products.
"A lot of exciting things are happening in today's connected lifestyle segment, and we are honored to continue the Linksys brand and enable new connected experiences," added Pipkin. "Linksys and Belkin are now one team. We are ready to do fantastic things as a team and deliver products that delight consumers and support the increasingly connected, mobile world."
"Linksys has a rich heritage, a passionate customer base and a wide product line, all of which fueled our decision to acquire the company and our plan to maintain the Linksys brand," said Chet Pipkin, CEO of Belkin. "The Linksys portfolio will continue to exist and evolve to include even richer user experiences and network management functionality. Smart Wi-Fi is an innovative and easy way for consumers to stay connected to their home network and we look to continue investing in it by adding more features and products."
Linksys customers and retailers will continue to see new Linksys products come to market in the near future, starting with several announcements in the spring time frame. By maintaining the Belkin and Linksys brands in home networking, Belkin aims to address a broader range of consumers with distinct networking solutions and will create the premier ecosystem for mobile devices and smart homes.
Support for Linksys products remains available through the existing Linksys support channels. For service, Linksys customers should go to the support page on the Linksys website. All valid warranties will be honored for current and future Linksys products.
"A lot of exciting things are happening in today's connected lifestyle segment, and we are honored to continue the Linksys brand and enable new connected experiences," added Pipkin. "Linksys and Belkin are now one team. We are ready to do fantastic things as a team and deliver products that delight consumers and support the increasingly connected, mobile world."
18 Comments on Belkin Completes Acquisition of Linksys
With Belkin however, i'm not sure. Their power surge protectors are good, but apart from that i never really liked their wireless gear. It would be like saying: "Yes, NVIDIA is great at manufacturing fridges". It just doesn't compute. Where Cisco and Linksys, they were both strong in networking gear and it just made sense.
But we'll see. Maybe Belkin will change their attitude and actually start making worthy hardware with good support. We'll see...
all my prehips are Microsoft or Logitech and both have been awesome.
As far as Belkin is concerned, I don't think they ever made much of a name for themselves in networking equipment, possibly for good reason. I can say that they made the best PS/2 to USB adapter out there, specifically the F5U119-E.
The E1000 routers were excellent values for the money, and the E3000 was awesome as well(I currenly use an E3000 as my router at home).
Anyone who got to play with the original WRT54G knows how good Linksys can be.
you never know they could come up with some sugarcoated shit excuse... it's part of belkin's 'family" image. I personally have never even trusted thier keyboards. I had one... paid close to 70 for it and it barely lasted 2 years and I took good care of it. I'm sticking to Logitech and Microsoft hardware for my prehips and Amped for my routers/networking hardware.
linksys design can't evacuate heat fast enough to save component life.
so good riddance anyways, we are using asus router with great success...
Ignorant blanket statements like this, that ignore even previous posts in this thread, make me want quit going to forums altogether.
Why don't humans think before they post?
I bought the BEFSR41 when it was a brand new product, first on the shelves, back in 98' or 99' and it ran flawlessly until 2006 until my brother's dog peed on it.
Personally I think a lot of the problems with Linksys products have been firmware. Find the right version (or third party) and you're good.