Sectra has started collaboration with Kongsberg Defence Communications
12/22/2000 2:51 AM EST
The Swedish IT and telecom company Sectra has started strategic
collaboration with the Norwegian Company Kongsberg Defence Communications
for worldwide sales and marketing of the eavesdrop-secure GSM-phone Tiger.
"We see a major potential for eavesdrop-secure mobile telephony. Our new
partner, Kongsberg, is an extremely well-renowned company, with a large
existing customer base among international defence customers," says Per
Unell, President of Sectra Communications AB.
Kongsberg Defence Communications provides secure mobile communications
systems for military use and is part of Norway's largest defense group,
Kongsberg Group. The company's communications and crypto products are
supplied to army and air defense programs throughout the world. Kongsberg
Gruppen is an international technology group, which is represented in more
than 20 countries.
The Tiger system guarantees secure communications all the way from the
transmitter to the receiver, for voice and data transmissions and SMS
services. The telephone features integrated encryption and GSM technology,
making it user-friendly. The Tiger system operates with a standard
subscription in the public GSM network. Through connection of the fixed
telenet, the telephone can be used in locations not reached by a GSM net.
The Tiger is currently available in three versions. More than 900 of the
first version, which was developed for military applications in
cooperation with experts within the Swedish Armed Forces, have been
ordered by the Swedish Armed Forces. The second is a national Norwegian
version, developed specially for the Norwegian Armed Forces and the rules
applied within NATO. The third is an international commercial version
aimed at companies and organizations as well as the police, customs and
other government authorities. The commercial version is used today by many
international companies and has also been ordered by the United State
European Command, a US Defense Department unified command.
For further information, contact:
Jan-Olof Brüer President and CEO, Sectra AB, + 46
13-23 52 09,
Per Unell President, Sectra Communications AB, +
46 13-23 52 49,
Visit our website at http://www.sectra.se
Sectra's operations
Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of
Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the
mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of
high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the
business includes products in medical systems, secure communication
systems and wireless information systems. The secure communications
business of Sectra is conducted in Sectra Communications AB, which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 170 employees.
Sales for the fiscal year May 1999-April 2000 reached SEK 192 million.
Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the OM
Stockholm Exchange.