Ascom (company)

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Ascom Holding AG
TypePublic (SIXASCN)
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded1987
HeadquartersFlag of Switzerland.svg Baar
Key people
Jeannine Pilloud (CEO & Chairwoman)
RevenueCHF 281.0 million (2020)[1]
Number of employees
1282 (31 December 2020)[1]
DivisionsWireless Solutions
Websitewww.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 1300 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 (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.[3]

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