Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Ascom Expands Global Sales Organization – Strengthening Indirect Sales Channels


Expansion in Eastern Europe, Middle East & Southern Europe

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Tuesday, June 7th 2011 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ascom Wireless Solutions, the leading supplier of on-site wireless communications today announced that it has once again expanded its global sales organization to locally support customers in new geographic areas. This expansion is part of their strategic plan to increase the indirect sales channel by partnering with new value added resellers/distributors in selected regions.

Dennis Anderson, Vice President Global Sales for Ascom Wireless Solutions says, “We are accelerating our geographic expansion by leveraging our mission critical interactive wireless solutions in markets where we see strong growth and business opportunities. We are now increasing the number of our value added resellers, partners and alliances in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe. We will mainly focus on the Healthcare sector including acute care hospitals, institutional care elderly homes and independent living/home care, but also on the industry segment and have expanded our sales organization to make these expansion plans happen. He further adds, “Our on-site wireless platforms, IP-DECT and WiFi systems are purpose built for our customers and are superior technologies in mission critical communications.“

The expansion plan includes the addition of new Ascom personnel in Russia, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. These additional staff bring extensive experience in wireless communications and will fill positions in Channel Management and Technical support. All of these positions have been filled by local people who live in the region and have vast contacts with value added resellers/distributors in their territory.

Ascom Wireless Solutions is committed to strengthening the company‘s leadership in healthcare communications. Their solutions are designed for enterprises and institutions with a high degree of workforce mobility, a need for critical situations to be detected immediately and corrective actions taken, while at the same time, interoperate and connect a highly complex infrastructure of disparate systems. Ascom Wireless Solutions works with a wide range of industries, but its mission critical communications solutions are particularly well suited to the healthcare market.

ABOUT ASCOM WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

Ascom Wireless Solutions(www.ascom.com/ws)is a leading provider of on-site wireless communications for key segments such as hospitals, manufacturing industries, retail and hotels. More than 75,000 systems are installed at major companies all over the world. The company offers a broad range of voice and professional messaging solutions, creating value for customers by supporting and optimizing their Mission-Critical processes. The solutions are based on VoWiFi, IP-DECT, Nurse Calland paging technologies, smartly integrated into existing enterprise systems. The company has subsidiaries in 10 countries and 1,200 employees worldwide. Founded in the 1950s and based in Göteborg, Sweden, Ascom Wireless Solutions is part of the Ascom Group, listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange.

Contacts

Ascom Wireless Solutions

Rebecca Ehlinger-Janzon

Phone: +46 31 55 91 72

Email: Rebecca.janzon@ascom.se

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