Netgear reinforces its commitment for India

NEW DELHI

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

Netgear Technologies India, a subsidiary of the $565 million Netgear Inc. of
the US, has decided to further spruce up its presence in the country. It is
planning to unveil a number of India specific products targeting the domestic
customers, while expansion of manpower and marketing network is on the anvil.

Patrick Lo, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Netgear Inc, said:
“We are committed to enhance our presence in India. We are expanding our team to
address various industry verticals such as education, banking and insurance,
financial institutions, Government sector and public sector undertakings to
further enhance our market share in the country.”

“We have already become one of the largest selling brands in the wireless
segment in India and we are further investing in manpower development to meet
the growing demand of the local market. Very shortly, we will open an office in
Mumbai and then, we will move to other cities,” added Lo.

David Soares, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Support, Netgear Inc
added, “We have planned a number of new product releases to enhance our market
share in India. The products are - higher-end gigabit stackable switches,
Powerline products for home and small & medium businesses (SMBs), draft 802.11n
wireless products for home and SMBs, SSL VPN products for SMBs. We are also
strengthening our technical support helpLine toll-free number by adding more
technical staff to add more muscles to our customer care services.”

“To further enhance our customer support systems, we are starting new
warranty and replacement policy under which business products will be
corrected/replaced within 24 working hours,” said Soares.

Tina Huang, Director-Product marketing, Netgear Inc, Asia-Pacific said,
“Netgear India has already doubled its revenues in 2005 over the previous year
and expects better growth in the current financial year in India and in the
entire SAARC region.”

Atul Jain, Country Manager, NetGear Technologies, India & SAARC region said,
“The presence of our founder Chairman Patrick Lo, David Soares and Tina Huang
reinforces Netgear Inc's growing commitment and focus for the region. We plan to
move beyond metropolitan markets and to penetrate the B and C category cities
through innovative marketing and new product launches. We are aiming for more
than 100 percent growth in the remaining part of this financial year and our
national distributors Rashi Peripherals, CyberStar, Advent Infotech Private
Limited will provide required muscles to achieve the target.”