Sectra partnering with the leading supplier of financial information
11/22/2001 5:22 AM EST
in the Nordic region:
SIX is launching a new mobile financial service based on Sectra's
CitySurfer
The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra is cooperating with
SIX, the leading supplier of financial information in the Nordic region,
in the launch of a new mobile financial service based on Sectra's
CitySurfer. The new service named SIX Pocket offers financial and stock
market participants instant updates of share prices and financial news
in real time.
SIX Pocket is the market's easiest and quickest mobile financial
information service. The service includes share prices, interest rates,
foreign exchange information and financial news. The platform used is
Sectra's CitySurfer mobile information terminal. CitySurfer is a pocket
sized receiver that provides real-time information transmitted via the
radio network, with nationwide coverage in Sweden.
"We consider that SIX Pocket will prove invaluable for participants in
the financial markets since it is the quickest and most reliable way of
keeping in touch with the market wherever you are" says Ulrika
Forsström, Marketing Coordinator and Product Manager Mobile Services at
SIX. "The combination of instant updates of share prices and financial
news and an easy-to-use pocket sized terminal is a new thing on the
market".
"We are introducing a new channel for real-time information, in
cooperation with the leading supplier of financial information in the
Nordic region," says Dick Ollas, President of Sectra Wireless
Technologies AB. "Our partnership with SIX will provide a crucial
reference point for similar cooperation in mobile financial services in
other countries."
For further information, please contact:
Sectra AB, Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO, +46 13 23 52 09,
Sectra Wireless Technologies, Dick Ollas, President, +46 13 23 52 24,
SIX AB, Johan Lundgren, President, +46 8 736 51 27,
SIX AB, Ulrika Forsström, Marketing Coordinator and Product Manager
Mobile Services,
+46 8 736 55 39,
Visit Sectras website http://www.sectra.com
About Sectra
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 wireless information business of Sectra is conducted in Sectra
Wireless Technologies AB, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra
AB.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 195 employees.
Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK 292 million.
Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the
OM Stockholm Exchange.
About SIX
SIX is Sweden's largest supplier of share-related information in real
time, and has considerable know-how and experience of the capital
market. SIX also supplies news from sources such as the news agency
Direkt, Dow Jones and AFX News, in addition to interest and foreign
exchange rates, commodity data and a unique historical background for
financial information in the Nordic markets.