Andreas Umbach proposed as a member of the Ascom Board of Directors

Andreas Umbach has been President & COO of Landis & Gyr AG in Zug for many years. He significantly contributed to developing this traditional company as an internationally successful group with subsidiaries in thirty countries, some 5,000 employees and revenue of around CHF 1.4 billion (2008).

It will also be proposed to the Annual General Meeting that the four existing members of the Board, Juhani Anttila, Paul E. Otth, Dr J.T. Bergqvist and Kenth-Ake Jönsson be re-elected for a further one-year term of office. Dr Wolfgang Kalsbach will not be standing for re-election. The Board would like to thank him for his valuable contribution and wishes him all the best for the future.

About Ascom

Ascom is an international solution provider with comprehensive technological know-how in Mission-Critical Communication. The company concentrates on core areas as Wireless Solutions (high-value, customer-specific on-site communications solutions), Network Testing (a global market leader in optimization solutions for mobile networks) and Security Communication (applications for security, communication and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security institutions and the army). The company has subsidiaries in 20 countries and a workforce of some 2,300 employees worldwide. Ascom registered shares (symbol ASCN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich.