• Introduction
Business
Scope With more than 10
million products installed, COMTREND CORPORATION is a leading
global supplier of advanced networking solutions. Comtrend
is a ISO-9001/14001 certified company that designs, manufactures,
and markets a wide range of networking equipment integrating
ADSL, ADSL2+, Bonded ADSL2+, VDSL2, VOIP, IP STB Multimedia,
Residential Wi-Fi, Auto Configuration Systems, Digital Signage
Applications and High-Speed PLC technology. Comtrend is committed
to a vision of bringing people together through technology
and continues to realize this vision through a focus on innovation
and superior service.
Core Competencies
COMTREND is built around a team of professional
engineers dedicated to developing quality products as well
as providing innovative solutions. Nearly half of COMTREND's
employees are design and development engineers, which allows
the company to continually add new product features and incorporate
new communication standards in its products.
Global Distribution
In addition to OEM manufacture, COMTREND markets
its own brand through its offices in North America, South
America, Europe, China and Taiwan.
History
COMTREND was established in 1990. COMTREND's founders
have considerable experience in the telecom/datacom field
including working experience with Bell Labs and a Lucent joint
venture. COMTREND's success in attracting customers and maintaining
customer loyalty has resulted in COMTREND's explosive growth
in revenue. The company's greatest triumph has been its ability
to attract, retain, and develop talented professionals from
all around the world. COMTREND's human resources have doubled
over the last few years, enabling the company to manage the
growing demand for its products, and position itself to take
advantage of future opportunities.
• Engineering
and Development
To maintain its competitive
advantage, COMTREND recognizes the need to continue developing
an outstanding professional engineering and development team.
Most engineers have a master's or doctorate degree. COMTREND's
ability to recruit and develop a talented team enables COMTREND
to provide its customers with advanced telecom/datacom products
including: high performance integrated network equipment for
carriers, and telecommunication solutions for enterprises.
COMTREND maintains its technological strength
by committing itself to:
· A5-month limit for the
development cycle of CPE products
· Procuring or licensing technologies
whenever possible
· Deploying almost half of manpower
into product development
Manpower (by Division)
Educational Attainment
Breakdown (Development Division)
• Manufacturing
In order to provide
high quality, cost-competitive products to customers, COMTREND
executes strategies in manufacturing that are based not only
on producing quality products, but are also flexible enough
to adjust to different modes of production.
Through its long-term relationships with sub-contractors and
material suppliers, COMTREND has created an adaptable production
environment, such that we are able to accept customer orders
of any size and specification.
In-house manufacturing for low volume
orders
· PCB Assembly outsourced
· Oracle ERP system
· Total traceability
· 100% testing on the production line,
as opposed to sampling
Contract manufacturing for high volume orders
· Responsible for sourcing
components
· QA on site with contractors
· Flexibility in production capacity
· 100% testing to ensure total quality
In both cases additional QA tests, using various methods are
conducted before shipping.
• Achievement
· Early
to market with TR-069 compliant Auto Configuration Server Management
System.
· First to market with VDSL2/ADSL2+
Multimode Residential Gateway.
· First to Market with Embedded IP Set
Top Box.
· Early to Market with Powerline Home
Networking.
· Wins "Taiwan Symbol of Excellence
Award" in consecutive years, including: CT-536+ Wireless
ADSL2+ Router, CT-633 ADSL
Wireless IAD, CT-600 VoIP IAD and CT-535 Wireless ADSL
Router.
· The MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure)
for delivered Central Office circuit packs averages thousands
of years, and for CPE
averages hundreds of years.
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