please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message zyxel communications corp. type public twse 2391 industry networking hardware founded 1989 headquarters hsinchu taiwan key people shun i chu products switches routers firewalls voip telephones modems revenue nt 14.22 billion number of employees 2170 website www.zyxel.com zyxel prestige 600 series dsl modem . zyxel communications corp. chinese ; pinyin h q n k j ; holding company unizyx tse 3704 located in hsinchu taiwan is a manufacturer of dsl and other networking devices . gartner august 2005 . with headquarters in taiwan zyxel maintains branch offices in north america europe and asia . currently zyxel has around 2100 employees globally with distributors in more than seventy countries and products marketed in more than 150 countries on five continents . zyxel works with worldwide network equipment vendors telecommunications companies isps and other small to medium businesses . zyxel commonly acts as oem for isps or system integrators . it is common for a dsl user to get an isp branded dsl modem from their isp ; for example earthlink issues zyxel adsl modems that have the suffix elink at the end of the model number and the configuration screens contain the earthlink logo . branding the setup screens with the isp s corporate identity is accompanied with the ability to specify default configuration settings appropriate for their network thus simplifying the setup directions they ship to a new customer . contents 1 corporate history 2 the history of the name and pronunciation 3 see also 4 external links corporate history edit 1988 zyxel founder dr. shun i chu starts the business in taoyuan county taiwan in 1988 . dr. chu rents an apartment in taoyuan as a lab and starts to develop an analog modem in 1988 . 1989 headquarters is established at hsinchu science park taiwan in 1989 . 1992 world s 1st integrated voice fax modem 1995 world s 1st analog digital isdn modem 2004 world s 1st adsl2 gateway 2005 world s 1st palm sized portable personal firewall 2009 world s 1st gigabit active fiber & telco grade ipv6 end to end solution 2010 world s 1st carbon footprint verification on the vdsl2 cpe product 2014 world s 1st umts 802.11 ac compatible small cell cpe 2015 garners 13th consecutive best taiwan global brands award the history of the name and pronunciation edit zyxel is pronounced zai cell . many companies choose a name closer to a for a lead position in alphabetical listings . zyxel took an unorthodox route picking zy to get listed first the other way around . the xel also evokes excel showing zyxel s commitment to go beyond expectations and achieve excellence in the networking industry . zyxel s chinese name is pronounced her chin which translates to cooperative and diligent . see also edit list of companies of taiwan list of device bandwidths zynos operating system for zyxel network devices . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to zyxel . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zyxel & oldid 741947454 categories companies based in hsinchucompanies established in 1989companies of taiwanelectronics companies of taiwantaiwanese brandshidden categories articles lacking sources from december 2013all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing chinese language textcommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitalianonederlands suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 18 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view