VOICE-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) is hot, and Linksys founder Victor Tsao has been coolly surprised by the market acceptance for the technology.

Linksys has shipped over 2 million VoIP ports for the period September last year to May 2005. Linksys' regional sales director for north and south Asia, revealed that in Singapore, its VoIP products are already being sold by StarHub to business users. Consumers however, will have to wait a little longer.

Digital home products is another area Linksys company is working on. Linksys will ship its first line of digital home products later this year, starting in the United States. They are the Wireless AG Media Centre Extender, which is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and the Linksys Wireless-G Media Link, which is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and 2000. These devices can be hooked up to televisions or flatscreen displays, and stream audio or video content from the computer over a wireless home network. Linksys is also working on WiMAX products in the CPE and bridge device space.

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