Ascom Holding AG is a global solutions provider focused on Healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions for various industries, retail and security markets worldwide. Ascom provides mission-critical, near-real time communication and collaboration solutions and services for mobile, ad hoc, and time-sensitive environments.
The company has subsidiaries in 18 countries and a workforce of some 1300 employees worldwide.
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.
Ascom
solutions and services are based on VoWiFi, IP-DECT, Nurse Call, paging technologies, smartphones, apps and software suites for healthcare and enterprise segments. Founded in the 1950s as TATECO (an abbreviation of Tore Andersson, Tele Control) 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 to Infovista.
[Giorgio V. Mülle]
''Ascoms "letzter" Fehlschlag - Résumé einer fehlgeschlagenen Diversifizierung.''
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 February 2017, p. 28.
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Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange
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