Innovation and R&D

Cameo Communications has established smooth communication channels with its customers and maintains stable and strong cooperative relationships. The marketing team promptly conveys customer feedback to the R&D and quality assurance departments for subsequent improvements, earning customers’ trust through high-quali ty services。

Cameo Communications has consistently maintained a strong focus on network switch products across all market segments, encompassing both consumer-grade residential products and enterprise-level high-end solutions, with a diverse customer base spanning Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In the wired product segment, the company continues to develop and deliver 2.5G/5G/10G RJ45 PoE++ (802.3bt) network switches while committing to advanced research and development of high-end switch hardware and software. This enables Cameo Communications to provide stackable L2/L3 integrated hardware-software solutions for high-performance network switches, meeting customer requirements and driving gross margin improvement. In the wireless product segment, the company will continue to invest in high-value, high-margin enterprise wireless access points and commercial cloud-based wireless network access points to enhance product competitiveness. Cameo Communications is committed to continuously improving production efficiency and implementing automated manufacturing processes to reduce production costs. Simultaneously, the company is strengthening supplier partnerships to accelerate procurement timelines for raw materials and critical semiconductor components while reducing acquisition costs. The company is deepening customer relationships and focusing on technological capability enhancement to meet customer demands for competitively positioned products。

Policies / Commitments
  • Strengthen high-end sof tware technology R&D capabilit ies: We will cont inue to invest in new technologies and integrate internal R&D resources to provide high-end products with integrated hardware and software solutions. In particular, the product value-added created by high-end software technology can signif icant ly improve gross margins beyond hardware manufacturing alone. Building on the foundat ion of years of investment in sof tware R&D achievements, we will t imely recruit technical talent and teams, combined with collaborat ive development wi th customers, to achieve the object ives of technology upgrading and gross margin enhancement。
Targets Short term
  • Expand high-end L2+ Aggregat ion and L3 Core Switch product lines。
  • Expand WiFi 7 AP/Router product line。
Medium to
long term
  • Integrate proprietary technologies to develop products with highly integrated funct ionality。
  • Develop high-end managed network switches and have the ability to independent ly develop Layer 3 sof tware funct ions。
Responsible department/
grievance mechanism
  • R&D Center Assistant Vice President , E-mail : sming_wang@cameo.com.tw
Resources invested
in the year
  • 100 persons in the R&D Center, 38% of whom have master’s degrees。
  • R&D expenses accounted for 18.6% of the Company’s revenue in 2024。
  • IXIA performance test ing equipment 16x 10G f ive-speed copper/opt ical composite interface test card module
  • Spirent packet test ing equipment 16x 10G f ive-speed RJ-45 interface test card module
  • Spirent packet test ing equipment ‘s 16x 10G/1G f iber interface test card module
  • Spirent packet test ing equipment host (SPT-N4U)
  • Tektronix high-bandwidth mixed-signal oscilloscope (MSO44B, 1GHz bandwidth/6.25GS/s sampling rate)
Evaluation
mechanism/outcomes
  • 1. Increase fundamental skills training courses, conduct R&D project execut ion through on-the-job training, maintain progress on new product or derivative product projects, and simultaneously enhance R&D personnel capabilit ies through intensive review meet ings. Ef fect ively ut ilize reliability test ing and other R&D and quality tools to improve new product development quali ty and ef f iciency. Addit ionally, employ scient if ic and stat ist ical methods to systemat ically analyze the relat ionship between new product characterist ics and materials and st ructural design, establish databases for materials, processes, and product design, and enhance new product development ef f iciency and quality through simulat ion and computat ional technologies。
  • 2. Ut ilize systemat ic development technologies to enhance new product characterist ics and quali ty, provide t imely feedback on requi rements and technical support , gain customer recognit ion and project opportunit ies, and develop internat ional major manufacturer markets。

Products/technologies successfully developed in recent years

Main product categories Applications
Switch & Router
  • Main transmission equipment for data exchange
  • Broadband network equipment that provides connections between computers and the Internet
WLAN Access Point & Router
  • Transmission equipment that uses wireless transmission technology to form a wireless local area network (WLAN)
Others
  • Conversion of various wired and wireless technology transmission interfaces
  • Cloud network management services

Products/technologies successfully developed in recent years

Product Items Brief description
WIFI 6 AX3000 Outdoor EAP Wi-Fi 6 3000 Mbps outdoor enterprise wireless access point
WIFI 6E AX5400 Tri-band EAP Wi-Fi 6 5400 Mbps tri-band enterprise wireless access point
New Generation Metro Ethernet Gigabits Switch New generation metro Ethernet gigabit switch
2.5G POE++ Aggregation  Switch 2.5G Power over Ethernet PoE++ aggregation switch
10G POE++ Smart Switch 10G Power over Ethernet PoE++ smart switch
10G L2+ Aggregation Switch 10G Layer 2 (L2+) aggregation switch