PLANET, one of the global leading IP-based companies, today announced it ranked 228th in "2003 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500" list. The most fast-growing Asia Pacific technology companies were recognized in the "2003 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500". The program is a ranking of the leading technology companies across the Asia Pacific region based on percentage revenue growth over a period of 3 years.

In this newly announced list, PLANET ranked 228th by 46 percentage revenue growth over the past 3 years. In the meantime, PLANET ranked 11th among technology companies from Taiwan among this list. Another networking brand from Taiwan is D-Link, ranked 230th among this list.

"PLANET has begun trading in on Taiwan over-the-counter Stock Exchange Market from September 17 this year. This is the important landmark for PLANET, after this achievement, PLANET will keep on striving for expanding her operation scale and further development, and pursuing the target to be the leading world-class networking brand in the near future." said Jack Chen, CEO & chairman of PLANET.

The Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500 Program is administered by the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry practice of DTT, one of the world's leading professional services organizations that covers more than150 countries. The results will be a key guide to the companies to watch in the development and application of technology throughout Asia. They provide an objective industry-ranking standard that focuses exclusively on the Asian TMT companies.