Ascom (company)

Ascom Holding AG
Type	Public (SIX: ASCN)
ISIN	CH0011339204
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Baar
Key people	Jeannine Pilloud (CEO & Chairwoman)
Revenue	CHF 318.5.7 million (2018)[1]
Number of employees	1246 (31 December 2018)[1]
Divisions	Wireless Solutions
Website	www.ascom.com

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

The company has subsidiaries in 18 countries and a workforce of some 1200 employees worldwide.[1]

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.[2]

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 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.[3]

References

"Annual Report 2018" (PDF). ascom. 2018.
Information provided by Moneyhouse
Giorgio V. Müller:Ascoms "letzter" Fehlschlag - Résumé einer fehlgeschlagenen Diversifizierung. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 February 2017, p. 28.

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[AR2018-1] "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). ascom. 2018.

[2] Information provided by Moneyhouse

[3] Giorgio V. Müller:Ascoms "letzter" Fehlschlag - Résumé einer fehlgeschlagenen Diversifizierung. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 February 2017, p. 28.