Jan 27 2011
FMV, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, has ordered more products for encrypted telephony from Sectra. The products will be used by the Swedish Defense Forces and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, where work to increase security and protect sensitive information against new threats will continue. The order value totals SEK 36 million (€ 4 million).
The order comprises Tiger XS and Tiger XS Office, which are products for secure mobile telephony, fixed telephony and secure data communication. The new products will modernize existing equipment and more users will gain access to secure communication systems. Delivery of the products will commence during the second quarter of the 2011 calendar year. The order also comprises service and support agreements for the equipment.
"We continue our successful cooperation with the Defense Material Administration to ensure that authorities and defense in Sweden have access to modern products for secure communication in the long term. In order to reduce an organization's risks of information leakage it requires concentrated and long term investments in future-proof equipment for encrypted telephony," says Michael Bertilsson, President of Sectra Communications.
Today, the possibilities to eavesdrop on communication and mobile communication, in particular, are major. However, awareness of the risk of sensitive information leaking is still low and many organizations need to review and protect their operations using secure communication systems. Sweden and the Netherlands are among the leading nations in the world in encryption. Successful cooperation between Sectra and both Swedish and Dutch customers was the basis for Sectra's secure telephony products currently being used by authorities and defense customers in 17 European countries.
Sectra Tiger for encrypted telephony Tiger XS is a personal voice encryptor that protects telephone calls from eavesdropping over telecom, GSM, 3G, ISDN and IP networks and via satellite systems. Tiger is certified by Swedish safety authorities, EU, NATO and several other national safety authorities, which makes it the safest product in the market for encrypted telephony. During the autumn, Sectra Tiger XS was chosen by the Council of the European Union as the product to be used for secure telephony in the EU.
The information in this press release is such that Sectra AB (publ) is obligated to disclose in compliance with the Swedish Securities and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on January 27, 2011, at 8:30 am (CET).
About Sectra's secure communication systems Sectra develops and sells products for secure voice and data communications. The customers are primarily government authorities and defense departments in Europe with strict demands on communications security. Sectra has strong core expertise in encryption and is one of the world's leading companies in the design and development of secure communications systems.