NETGEAR ProSAFE® Premium Wireless Controller WC7600 Designed to Provide Seamless Wireless Network

NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to businesses, consumers and service providers, has extended its line of ProSAFE® business-class wireless products (www.netgear.com/business/products/wireless/).The NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller products designed specifically to offer easy-to-deploy access for mid-sized hospitality facilities, healthcare and  educational institutes etc. The expanded NETGEAR family of ProSAFE wireless LAN products are designed for the special requirements of these markets: built with high performance, flexibility and ease of use in mind, while offering the best cost-performance solution on the market today.

The ProSAFE WC7600 Wireless Controller (http://www.netgear.com/wc7600.aspx) is an all new, fully-featured, high performance wireless controller that manages the complete line of NETGEAR ProSAFE Managed Access Points. Designed with simplicity in mind for management and ease of use, it offers enterprise-grade functionality and capability for small to mid-sized organizations, but without the cost and complexity of big IT. The WC7600 is a scalable, secure mobile access solution that can support a small organization with dozens of users, with up to several thousand concurrent clients across 150 access points in a stacked arrangement.

With its Ufast™ protocol, the WC7600 delivers ultra-fast access point discovery, Layer 2 and Layer 3 fast roaming, a captive portal for guest access, a fully distributed architecture, and ease of configuration and management. A pay-as-you grow licensing model of ten access point licenses ensures that the organization only pays for what is needed.

Unlike other Wireless systems that are costly, complex and cumbersome to deploy, the WC7600 wireless controller is ideal for education, hospitality, and healthcare deployments. Designed with simplicity in mind for management and ease of use, it offers enterprise grade functionality and capability for small to mid-sized organizations, without the cost and complexity of big IT.

“Our customers in hospitality, education and healthcare are looking for solutions that enable them to add more users to the networks very quickly and easily, in denser deployment scenarios. NETGEAR ProSAFEWC7600 helps meet these needs, for high performance, flexibility and ease of usealong with support for the complete range of NETGEAR PROSAFE Managed Access Points to better support the increasing BYOD trend and demand for wireless connectivity”, said Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Regional Director, India & SAARC.

Pricing and Availability:

NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller are available with the authorized distributors of NETGEAR in India at an MRP of

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail-proven, mobile broadband solutions for their customers on the go. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and Powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 49,000 retail locations around the globe, and through approximately 39,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in over 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at twitter.com/NETGEAR and www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.