Sectra partnering with the leading supplier of financial information
Sectra partnering with the leading supplier of financial information in the Nordic region: SIX is launching a new mobile financial service based on Sectra's CitySurfer The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra is cooperating with SIX, the leading supplier of financial information in the Nordic region, in the launch of a new mobile financial service based on Sectra's CitySurfer. The new service named SIX Pocket offers financial and stock market participants instant updates of share prices and financial news in real time. SIX Pocket is the market's easiest and quickest mobile financial information service. The service includes share prices, interest rates, foreign exchange information and financial news. The platform used is Sectra's CitySurfer mobile information terminal. CitySurfer is a pocket sized receiver that provides real-time information transmitted via the radio network, with nationwide coverage in Sweden. "We consider that SIX Pocket will prove invaluable for participants in the financial markets since it is the quickest and most reliable way of keeping in touch with the market wherever you are" says Ulrika Forsström, Marketing Coordinator and Product Manager Mobile Services at SIX. "The combination of instant updates of share prices and financial news and an easy-to-use pocket sized terminal is a new thing on the market". "We are introducing a new channel for real-time information, in cooperation with the leading supplier of financial information in the Nordic region," says Dick Ollas, President of Sectra Wireless Technologies AB. "Our partnership with SIX will provide a crucial reference point for similar cooperation in mobile financial services in other countries." For further information, please contact: Sectra AB, Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO, +46 13 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Sectra Wireless Technologies, Dick Ollas, President, +46 13 23 52 24, do@sectra.se SIX AB, Johan Lundgren, President, +46 8 736 51 27, johan.lundgren@six.se SIX AB, Ulrika Forsström, Marketing Coordinator and Product Manager Mobile Services, +46 8 736 55 39, ulrika.forsstrom@six.se Visit Sectras website http://www.sectra.com About Sectra Sectra has its roots in Linköping 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. The wireless information business of Sectra is conducted in Sectra Wireless Technologies AB, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 195 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 OM Stockholm Exchange. About SIX SIX is Sweden's largest supplier of share-related information in real time, and has considerable know-how and experience of the capital market. SIX also supplies news from sources such as the news agency Direkt, Dow Jones and AFX News, in addition to interest and foreign exchange rates, commodity data and a unique historical background for financial information in the Nordic markets. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/11/22/20011122BIT00470/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/11/22/20011122BIT00470/bit0001.pdf