STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 30, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- The German Armed Forces have placed the first series order for Sectra's eavesdrop-secure GSM telephone from Kongsberg Defence Communications AS. The order is for the NATO version of the Sectra Tiger(r) designated NSK 200, with the accompanying operational supports system. This transaction follows the decision by the Military Committee - NATO's highest military authority - to approve the NSK 200 for NATO Secret communication.
NSK 200 is the only eavesdrop-secure GSM telephone on the market that has received NATO approval for the advanced NATO Secret security level.
"There is considerable need for eavesdrop-secure mobile communication within NATO and the German Armed Forces constitute a strategically extremely important customer," says Torunn Ovreas, Senior Vice President of Kongsberg Defence Communications AS. "We have passed a milestone when NATO's Military Committee now has approved NSK 200 for exchange of NATO Secret information. This approval naturally carries substantial weight in the sale of defence products and gives us an unique advantage in our positioning in the market ".
Sales and marketing of the NSK200 are conducted by Kongsberg Defence Communications AS.
"It is highly favourable that our excellent co-operation with Kongsberg has now resulted in that we will deliver eavesdrop-secure mobile phones to the German Armed Forces," says Per Unell, President of Sectra Communications AB. "The NATO approval, combined with the series orders from the German and Norwegian Armed Forces confirms that Sectra's products for eavesdrop-secure mobile telephony are world leading."
NSK 200 and all other versions of the Sectra Tiger(r) system guarantees secure communications in public GSM networks all the way from transmitter to receiver, for voice as well as data transmissions. The telephone features integrated encryption and GSM technology, making it the most secure mobile encryption telephone on the market.
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Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linkoping 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.
Sectra's secure communications business is conducted in Sectra Communications AB, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 218 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 Stockholm Exchange.
Kongsberg Defence Communications operations Kongsberg Defence Communications AS has been working for decades with high-technology development and sales of tactical communications systems and encryption systems for both the defence and public authorities markets. The company's products and systems are used in more than 30 countries around the world.
Kongsberg Defence Communications, which is located 20 kilometres outside Oslo, has some 200 employees and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Norway's largest defence group, Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS.
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