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The Kudelski Group is a Swiss company producing digital security and convergent media solutions to deliver digital and interactive content. The company's technologies are used in a range of services and applications. The company has four main activity areas:
- Digital television
- Cybersecurity
- IoT
- Public access
The Kudelski Group was founded in 1951 by Polish engineer Stefan Kudelski. The company's first product was the NAGRA portable recording equipment. In 2014, the Kudelski Group was acquired by US broadcasting company Harris Broadcast (Now GatesAir).
The company has operations in thirty-three countries, employs 3,600 people, has developed an IP portfolio with thousands of patents, and invests approximately $200 million in R&D each year. The company has headquarters in Chesaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, and Phoenix, Arizona. The public access division, represented by SKIDATA, is headquartered in Salzburg, Austria.
The Kudelski Group’s integrated digital TV division provides secure digital TV access and management systems. The company's digital television division, branded as NAGRA, provides products to more than 500 service and content providers around the world, securing more than $90 billion in revenue and delivering video content to more than 300 devices.
Kudelski Security, a division of the Kudelski Group, provides tailored cybersecurity solutions to enterprises and public sector institutions. Services include advisory, technology optimization, managed security, applied security, and incident response. Kudelski Security operates offices and labs in Switzerland, London, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, France and the United States.
The group's Internet of Things (IoT) division provides end-to-end IoT solutions, IoT product design, and full-lifecycle services to IoT device manufacturers, ecosystem creators, and end-user companies.
Represented by SKIDATA for public access solutions, the Kudelski Group designs solutions for people and vehicles to access sites and installations like car parks, ski-lifts, stadiums, and amusement parks. More than 10,000 SKIDATA solutions are deployed worldwide.