Swisscom Buys Sporting Event Organiser Datasport
March 08 2012 - 7:41AM
Dow Jones News
Telecoms company Swisscom AG (SCMN.VX) Thursday said it has
acquired sporting event organiser Datasport AG for an undisclosed
sum.
MAIN FACTS:
- The acquisition will expand Swisscom's service offering for
large-scale events, the company said.
- Datasport is an international service provider for popular and
mass sporting events. The company services over 300 events per year
in the fields of running, mountain biking, triathlon/duathlon,
cycling, walking, cross-country skiing and Alpine skiing.
- It provides data management, competitor management,
collection, time recording, results services, speaker and
information systems and information dissemination
- Swisscom offers temporary mobile radio infrastructure services
for events, GPS tracking and geo-localisation. Swisscom Event &
Media Solutions AG (a subsidiary of Swisscom Broadcast) also
provides temporary ICT services along with streaming and web media
solutions for event organisers and media companies.
- With the purchase of Datasport, Swisscom now offers a full
range of services for events.
- Dieter Bernauer, CEO Swisscom Participations, said::
"Datasport is a solid, well-run company with an excellent
reputation in the field of mass sporting events. Swisscom is
gaining new competencies that will perfectly complement its
existing offering."
- Datasport, headquartered in Gerlafingen, Switzerland, was
founded in 1983 and today employs 21 full-time and 67 part-time
employees.
- The company will continue to operate as an independent company
and brand.
-Zurich Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires, +41 43 443 80 47;
zurichdjnews@dowjones.com
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