Communications
Communications offers products, systems, service and support in three areas: network access products, digital image transmission/technical security and software.
Division Communication’s companies offer solutions to the market in their role of value-creating distributor, with their own products or systems integrator. The division is active in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
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Communications |
2011/12 |
2010/11 |
2009/10 |
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Net revenue, MSEK |
738 |
703 |
657 |
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Operating result, MSEK |
43 |
53 |
34 |
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Operating margin, % |
5.8 |
7.5 |
5.2 |
ACCESS PRODUCTS
The access field includes trade in IT, telecommunication and AV equipment directly to end customers and via resellers. The customers use the products to develop networks for IT, telecommunications, data transmission and AV systems. A high level of customer value is created by presenting simple and cost-efficient solutions that suit the predefined connections in the customer’s equipment.
Companies within the Access field represent world-leading manufacturers which have developed their products around the latest technology and through refined methods. In some cases, supplementary equipment and software have been developed in-house.
The driving forces are demand for faster data transmission, greater bandwidth, simpler and more effective networks, higher security, reliable data storage, smaller units and lower energy consumption.
DIGITAL IMAGE/TECHNICAL SECURITY
The business area is affected by the need for greater security in society. This applies both in the case of public places, such as shops, streets and squares, as well as for pure high security objects. In the video conferencing area demand is driven by cost and environmental benefits and by customers’ ambition to streamline their communication, thereby, among other things, utilising their expertise better.
All companies have a prominent position in their respective fields. The primary competitive advantage is a high level of competence, based on extensive experience and demanding customers. Combined with an improved after-market offer and customer support, this has contributed to a positive development.
A number of deals and agreements were entered into in the retail sector in recent years. In video conferencing, successes have been achieved in telemedicine and remote education. The division’s product company, COBS, has developed and launched a new generation of DECT telephones for health care, correctional facilities and other vulnerable environments, where the need for personal protection is vital.
SOFTWARE
One of the division’s companies offers advanced knowledge and services in the area of technical construction and design. Based on well chosen software and a forward-thinking consultancy organisation, customers are offered tailored IT solutions and specialist knowledge. The added value lies in enhancing the customers’ competitiveness by identifying and implementing improvements in their design processes. World-leading software from supplier Autodesk is the basis of the operations. This is sold via resellers to the manufacturing industry and product developers in Denmark and Norway.
