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NETGEAR to Market Yahoo! Premium Broadband Services with Home Networking Products
Tuesday December 16, 8:30 am ET
Customers to Benefit from Special Offers for a Selection of Yahoo!`s Premium Broadband Services, Including Newly Launched Yahoo! Plus, with NETGEAR Home Routers


SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR - News), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced that Yahoo! premium services will be co-marketed with NETGEAR home networking products. Customers will benefit from a number of free trials and special offers not otherwise available on the Yahoo! network including such leading Yahoo! products as Yahoo! Mail Plus, Yahoo! Personals and the newly launched Yahoo! Plus. The first NETGEAR product to be co-marketed with Yahoo! will be the new NETGEAR WGT624 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router, and then will be extended to other NETGEAR home routers.
"We are excited to work with Yahoo! to deliver to customers what we believe is the best of broadband products and services along with the best in networking," said Ray Robidoux, NETGEAR`s President. "Customers will have an even more enhanced experience with the combination of NETGEAR`s award winning home networking products and leading Yahoo! products and services like Yahoo! Plus."

"We are very pleased to be working with NETGEAR, one of the leading home networking companies in the country, to offer consumers a suite of Yahoo!`s premium services," said Doug Garland, Senior Vice President, Broadband and Mobile Services, Yahoo! Inc. "As households move to broadband, they often revisit their existing access relationships and look for new solutions to meet their needs. The combination of NETGEAR`s high-quality home networking product line with Yahoo!`s premium broadband offerings like Yahoo! Plus ensures that the companies together can address the needs of the broadband household with a more complete broadband solution."

Special offers available only through this promotion and not otherwise currently available on the Yahoo! network include 30 days free online dating service at Yahoo! Personals and 30 days free premium mail services through Yahoo! Mail Plus. Additional offers include a 7 day free trial of Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus, a premium web radio product. Customers will also benefit from access to other Yahoo! premium services such as Yahoo! Stores, Web Hosting, and GeoCities Personal Web Sites.

Starting in the new year, NETGEAR home routers will include a suite of Yahoo! premium services on the installation CD, on the company`s website and in NETGEAR packaging. Yahoo! will promote NETGEAR on the Yahoo! network, including a presence on Yahoo! Shopping.

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR designs technologically advanced, branded networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company`s suite of approximately 100 products enables users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company`s Web site at www.netgear.com or call 408-907-8000.

NOTE: NETGEARĀ®, the NETGEAR Logo, and ProSafe are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netgear, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.:

Various matters set forth in this press release, such as statements relating to the expected performance characteristics, specifications, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses and market position of NETGEAR, Inc. and its products and technology are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, the price/performance requirements of customers, the ability of NETGEAR to sell products incorporating the technology, the impact and pricing of competing technologies, the introduction of alternative technological solutions, and other risks detailed from time-to-time in NETGEAR`S SEC filings and reports.

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