Ascom (company)

Ascom Holding AG is a telecommunications company focusing on wireless on-site communications.

Ascom Holding AG
TypePublic (SIX: ASCN)
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded1987
Headquarters Baar
Key people
Nicolas Vanden Abeele (CEO)[1]
RevenueCHF 291.5 million (2021)[2]
Number of employees
1306 (31 December 2021)[2]
DivisionsWireless Solutions
Websitewww.ascom.com

The company has subsidiaries in 18 countries and a workforce of some 1300 employees worldwide.[2]

Ascom registered shares (symbol ASCN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich. Subsidiary is Ascom (Schweiz) AG with former company names Hasler AG, Hasler Ascom AG and Ascom AG.[3]

Ascom Wireless Solutions is a provider of on-site wireless communications for hospitals, manufacturing industries, prisons, retail and hotels. The company offers voice and messaging systems. The solutions are based on VoWiFi, IP-DECT, Nurse Call and paging technologies. Founded in the 1950s as TATECO (an abbreviation of Tore Andersson, Tele Control) based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Ascom Wireless Solutions is part of Ascom Holding, listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange.

The former division Ascom Network Testing was sold on 30 September 2016 to Infovista.[4]

References
  1. Nicolas Vanden Abeele appointed new ascom CEO. ascom.com, January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. Ascom Annual Report 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022
  3. Information provided by Moneyhouse
  4. Giorgio V. Müller:Ascoms "letzter" Fehlschlag - Résumé einer fehlgeschlagenen Diversifizierung. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 February 2017, p. 28.


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