Category: Visiting Business People

‘We Will Continue To Focus On The Wireless Segment’
Linda Tan is the International Business Development Manager for TRENDnet, an award winning global brand for networking products. The company is based in Torrance, California and has its branches spread across all the continents. Its products are sold in over 125 countries. In Nepal, the company has partnered with Marigold IT Solutions Pvt Ltd which will distribute a complete range of TRENDnet products throughout the country. Tan was in Kathmandu recently for signing the deal with Marigold and launching TRENDnet products in Nepal. In an interview with New Business Age, Tan shared her views on Nepal as a market for TRENDnet products. Excerpts

‘Nepali Market Is Strategically Very Important For Us’
With a population of nearly 30 million, Nepali market is quite big. It appears small only because of the low penetration. The sale of our appliances is only around 100,000 here.

‘Increased Awareness Of Incoterms Would Help Local Banks’
The bankers who participated in the seminar already had a fair knowledge of the issues that we discussed. However, the increased awareness of the said topics would certainly help local banks.

‘Our Product Is Of National Interest For Nepal’
Subhamoy Ghosh is the Managing Director of Palfinger Cranes India Pvt Ltd. It is responsible for manufacturing as well as conducting business in India and neighbouring countries for Palfinger, an Austria based heavy duty equipment manufacturer.
‘The Nepali Market Is Dominated By SMEs’
Shinji Tada is the Managing Director of Brother International (Gulf) FZE (BI) and Amit Ali is the Deputy General Manager of Printing and Solutions Division at BI.

'Quality Control Is The Most Important Part' (September 2011)
Mohit Mamudi is Founder and CEO of the Centre for Development Management Studies (CEDEMAS), a UK-based non-profit institution..........

'Huge Mobile Telephony Market Is Still Lying Untapped' (September 2011)
Abu Daud Khan is Country Manager for Nokia Emerging Asia Ltd. He was in Nepal recently to showcase Nokia C2-03, the first handset from the....

'We Want To Target Corporates On A Much Bigger Way' (august 2011)
Altaf Halde joined Kaspersky Lab in April this year as the Managing Director, South Asia, responsible for company’s business in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He was recently in Kathmandu to launch the latest version of ......

'I Refuse To Call This A Liquidity Crisis' (august 2011)
Dr Gautam Vora, a Professor of Finance at The Robert O Anderson Schools of Management, The University of New Mexico, US, has an active research programme and lately he has been focused on option-valuation techniques,......
'Nepal Is Mature Market For Notebooks' (july 2011)
Albert Tung is the Regional Director for India and SAARC Region of Asus, a Taiwan-based computer manufacturing company. He was in Nepal recently to attend a dealers’ meet of his company. Asus is......
