Metalink Boosts China Presence

YAKUM, Israel -- Metalink Ltd. (NASDAQ: MTLK), a global provider and developer of high performance wireline and wireless broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced that it is strengthening its presence in China by expanding its sales and marketing team.

Mr. Joe Xue has joined Metalink as Sales Manager, China. Over the last eight years while working in the Chinese telecommunications and semiconductor market, Mr. Xue served as the Regional Marketing Manager for APAC at Centillium, and also held management positions at Broadcom, Texas Instruments and Shanghai Telecom. Metalink’s marketing manager for China is Mr. Luo Xuefeng, who brings over seven years of telecom industry experience to Metalink, including serving as Sales Manager for Marvell, and APAC Business Development Manager for RadLan which was acquired by Marvell.

“We are pleased to have experienced telecom veterans joining our China team,” said Ronen Avron, Metalink’s Vice President of Worldwide Sales. “China recently became the largest xDSL market in the world, with huge growth prospects. The successful deployment experience of our SHDSL and VDSL products in Korea, Japan, North America and Europe will provide significant benefits to this cost-sensitive demanding market.”

Metalink's SHDSL, VDSL, Total-VDSL and VDSLPlus™ products are available in volume, and Metalink has achieved over seventy design wins across Asia-Pacific and worldwide.

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