“Taiwan, Connecting the World Together” – Taiwanese Companies Acer, ASUS, D-Link and ZyXEL Will Showcase Their Latest Innovative Products at Mobile World Congress 2016

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Supported by the Bureau of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan and implemented by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), an exclusive showcase of mobile communication technology excellence has been unveiled on the opening day of MWC 2016. This dedicated event for mobile communication industry experts on 22nd February has given first-hand news from four Taiwanese companies – Asus, Acer, Dlink and XyZEL – regarding their latest products.

The Taiwan Excellence Pavilion features 36 innovative products from 12 notable Taiwan Excellence Award-winning companies, from smartphones and wearable devices to smart home and cloud services. All these products have been awarded a Taiwan Excellence Award, the highest accolade given to products that encapsulate “innovalue” (innovation + added value).

Exhibitors include Acer, Advantech, ASUS, Avision, Dlink, HOLUX Technology, Edimax Technology, GKB Security, PLANET Technology Corporation, Senao Networks and ZyXEL. All the Taiwan Excellence winners were selected by a panel of international judges based on the criteria of design, R&D, quality and marketing. They not only represent the most revolutionary, highest quality and highest value-added products made by Taiwan, but also epitomize Taiwan’s unique genius in using innovation to create added value in the design and manufacturing of cutting-edge products.

Acer has showcased its smartphone at MWC 2016. The Liquid Jade Primo is Acer’s flagship 5.5″ Windows phone for 2016 and provides ultimate productivity for professionals through Continuum, allowing Windows 10 universal apps to provide a PC-like experience when the smartphone is connected to a secondary display. It offers superior multitasking powered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal memory. Its connectivity with LTE Cat. 6 and 802.11ac MIMO connectivity options make downloads a snap. It also features its Award-winning Acer Liquid Jade design DNA with sleek and slim profile, curved back cover that fits comfortably in the hand, and 2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass screen.

ASUS has introduced two smartphones, ZenFone Max and Zenfone Zoom.

ZenFone Zoom is the world’s thinnest 3X optical-zoom smartphone with an innovative 10-element HOYA lens arrangement for crisp detail and up to 12X total magnification. With ZenFone Zoom’s 3x optical-zoom and rock-steady optical image stabilization (OIS), dual-LED Real Tone flash for perfect lighting and revolutionary 0.03 seconds laser auto-focus, you’ll shoot in total clarity every time.

ZenFone Max, its sleek frame hides a monster battery – a 5000mAh cell custom-crafted lithium-polymer piece that packs maximum energy into minimum space! It even turns into a power bank, allowing you to draw on its incredibly long-lasting 5000mAh battery for charging other devices.

D-Link, the global leader in providing wireless solutions for the home, enterprise and service providers, has presented the Smart Home Security Kit, a Wide-Eye HD 180˚ Panoramic Camera.

Smart Home Security Kit contains a Connected Home Hub, a Door & Window Sensor, a Siren and a Monitor HD camera. All the devices talk to each other and are controlled via the mydlink Home app for smartphone or tablet, enabling homes to be protected and monitored, with real-time video monitoring from anywhere.

Wide-Eye HD 180˚ Panoramic Camera is the world’s first Wireless AC Wide Eye camera to offer an instant, impressive 180˚ view of an entire room with a single camera. The revolutionary DCS-960L offers the widest view of any camera on the market today. Built-in de-warping technology gives a distortion free image and the 720p HD sensor captures fine detail. It can be easily and securely accessed and remotely viewed and managed using a smartphone or tablet via the free mydlink app.

ZyXEL has showcased its new range of powerful LTE products at Mobile World Congress 2016, which includes the LTE4506 – the industry’s first LTE category 6 HomeSpot router that also supports 802.11ac and the ZyXEL WAH7706 portable LTE router. The 4G LTE-A 802.11ac Wi-Fi HomeSpot Router enables users to connect with a variety of mobile broadband services all over the world, thanks to its latest carrier aggregation technology compatible with LTE, DC-HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS and EDGE/GPRS/GSM. The LTE4506 is the only device in the mobile home router category with LTE category 6 compliance and the carrier aggregation technology delivers downlink data rates of up to 300Mbps – twice that of category 4.

The lightweight (125g including battery) ZyXEL WAH7706, an LTE portable router, is a hotspot solution to enhance your mobility for Wi-Fi sharing. WAH7706 supports the latest LTE 4G+ technology of an up to 300 Mbps downlink data rate. Along with its compact and plug-and-play design, you can enjoy lightning-fast Internet with friends anytime, anywhere.