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← Crypto Switzerland
Formerly Autophon, Zellweger
Ascom AG, also known as Ascom Radiocom AG, is a Swiss
manufacturer
of electronics equipment, established in 1987
by merging the Swiss companies Autophon, Hasler Holding and Zellweger
Telecommunications. Together with Siemens and Alcatel, Ascom (and its
predecessors) were the preferred suppliers for telecom equipment
to the Swiss state-owned PTT 1 for many years. This ended when the PTT
lost its telecom monopoly and privatised as Swisscom, after which
Ascom faced several reorganisations. Ascom was once also a preferred supplier
to the Swiss Army [1].
In 1996, the VHF/UHF radio division of Ascom was first taken
over by the German company Bosch
and a year later by the American
multinational Motorola, who
consolidated the trunking radio market and eventually
shut down the former Ascom radio business altogether in the mid 2000s.
As present (2016), Ascom still has a presence in 17 countries and has
become a major player in several niche markets, including on-site
communications systems in hospitals, nursing homes, prisons,
shops, hotels, etc.
The company has its headquarters in Baar (Zug, Switzerland) [1].
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PTT = Postal Telegraph and Telephone. Established in 1970 as the
Swiss state-owned Postal, Telegraph and Telephone company. Split into two
public service companies on 1 January 1998: Swiss Post and Swisscom.
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