Ascom

Ascom is a global solutions provider focused on healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions. The vision of Ascom is to close digital information gaps allowing for the best possible decisions – anytime and anywhere. Ascom’s mission is to provide mission-critical, real-time solutions for highly mobile, ad hoc, and time-sensitive environments. Ascom uses its unique product and solutions portfolio and software architecture capabilities to devise integration and mobilization solutions that provide truly smooth, complete and efficient workflows for healthcare as well as for industry, security and retail sectors.

Ascom is headquartered in Baar (Switzerland), has operating businesses in 18 countries and employs around 1,300 people worldwide. Ascom registered shares (ASCN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich.

The 1990s saw Ascom shift its focus to wireless mission-critical communication. A major milestone was the 1996 acquisition of Ericsson Paging Systems. This added a major Dutch Healthcare communications company, NIRA, to Ascom. The company could now move decisively to become a truly global partner, able to offer DECT-based communications solutions to customers worldwide.

In 2011 Ascom acquired Miratel, the market leader in Finland for nurse call systems. The move strengthened the position of Ascom Wireless Solutions within the Healthcare communication market. One year later, Ascom acquired GE’s North American nurse call business. The emphasis on Healthcare was again underlined by the 2015 launch of the Ascom Myco, a smartphone purpose-built for use by nurses and other Healthcare professionals.

A major strategic development came with the January 2015 announcement that the Ascom Group was committed to becoming a major ICT company with a strong focus on Healthcare. In December 2015, Ascom announced the acquisition of United Medical Software (UMS), a specialist in medical device software and integrations solutions for digital medical records and life-critical care. In 2016, the Board took the portfolio decision to convert Ascom from a divisional set-up to an integrated organization with a strategic business focus on Healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions.