LINKOPING, Sweden, May 3, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Saab AB has signed a framework agreement with Sectra for the eavesdrop-secure GSM Sectra Tiger(R) telephone. The agreement involves a volume of 100 Tiger phones with accessories.
"Based on our kind of business, we need to communicate in a secure manner within Saab. It is important that Saab's staff, who often travel, can communicate with one another without the risk of eavesdropping. This is why we have opted for the Sectra Tiger, which we consider to be the best solution on the market," said Benny Kronfeldt, security manager at Saab AB. "We already have positive experiences from the use of Tiger in various parts of the world."
The Sectra Tiger was designed for military use in cooperation with experts from the Swedish and Norwegian defense. Tiger guarantees secure communication between the sender and receiver in the transmission of voice and data. The NATO version of the system, the NSK 200, has been approved for communication up to the high "NATO Secret" security level. Kongsberg Defence Communications AS is Sectra's business partner for marketing and sales of the NSK 200.
"We concentrate on the defense market and, naturally, it is important for us that such a renowned and internationally connected defense industry as Saab has decided to further expand its use of the Tiger system," said Tommy Waszkiewicz, President of Sectra Communications AB.
Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defense, aviation and space. Saab covers a broad spectrum of competence and capability in systems integration.
For further information, please contact:
Sectra AB, Dr. Jan-Olof Bruer, President and CEO, +46 13 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Sectra Communications AB, Tommy Waszkiewicz, President, + 46 13 23 52 47, tw@sectra.se
Visit Sectras website http://www.sectra.com
About Sectra
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.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 224 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.
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