Press Release

March 07, 2005

Billion myGuard 7500GL Received "Good" Appraisal from PC Professionell and PCgo magazines in Germany

Taipei, Taiwan - Billion Electric Co. Ltd. ( Taiex: # 3027 ) today announces myGuard 7500GL Wireless 802.11g Security Router is appraised "Good" by both PC Professionell and PCgo magazines, the leading IT publications in Germany, in the March 2005 edition.

PC Professionell magazine reviewed nine router manufacturers in the March edition for the comparison test of wireless firewall routers . The rating items including "performance", "features", and "service" are set as the criteria. Billion's myGuard 7500GL performs "very good" in the "performance" and "service" respectively. Commented by PC Professionell magazine, " The Billion myGuard 7500GL firewall offers no attack points from the outside. A special feature is the Anti-Virus Software from Trend Micro " with the overall 86.8 points .

Meanwhile, myGuard 7500GL has also been tested and commented as "good" by a well-known end user magazine PCgo in the March 2005 issue. According to the test result, " The holistic security design of the myGuard 7500GL in combination with a one-year subscription of TMSS is convincing". "The router itself provides a lot of professional functions…" "Experienced users have several Pro-features to use." These positive appraisals have proven myGuard 7500GL a value-added and good Security Router.

Billion's myGuard 7500GL is perfectly designed for home and SOHO users to prevent PCs from virus infection and control Internet access. The Security Router not only supports Virtual Private Network (VPN), Firewall Security with Denial of Service (DoS) attacks blocking and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), and advanced 802.11g Wireless Protected Access (WPA), but it also provides Vulnerability Assessment Service, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, and Security Scan powered by Trend Micro Home Network Security Services (TMSS). Its powerful security services enable users to control the Web browsing activities with Parental Control while enjoying high-speed Internet access. Trend Micro Home Network Security, integrated with myGuard 7500GL , offers 60-day free evaluation on subscription base to users.

"It's my honor to have myGuard 7500GL "good" appraisal by PC Professionell and PCgo magazines in Germany. We wish to make our router users surf the Internet without concern about being infected with unwanted viruses or Internet security threats. I'm also pleased that Billion and Trend Micro co-operate with each other on a home network security solution. I'm confident of our product strategy "Powering Communications with Security" being implemented well through the creation of the first myGuard product. We will continue to enhance myGuard products by all means to secure users' PCs and their entire home network," said Mr. Tim Chen, CEO of Billion.

About Billion

Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiex: 3027), based in Taiwan, was founded in 1973. It is one of the leading providers of network equipment and power supply products in the Asia Pacific rim. Since its Communication Division was established in 1992, Billion has reinforced its investment in developing next generation network equipment and Internet access devices for home users, telecommuters, and SME users. Billion has been accorded a number of honors for its networking products and has acquired a considerable customer base across Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific markets. For more information, please visit www.billion.com.

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