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About mecom Medien-Communications-Gesellschaft mbH

We are Germany’s pioneer in the fail-safe transmission of news and alerts as well as one of Europe’s leading providers in the development of highly secure application and communication systems. It’s our vision to create a world in which secure communication is possible at all times. We provide our customers with everything from a single source: As an IT services company, we advise on, design, develop and operate complex and customised high security solutions for enterprises, organisations and authorities. We develop and operate the Modular Warning System (MoWaS) – a unique technical infrastructure for population alerts – for Germany’s Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK). In addition, news agencies and media outlets transmit their news, images and sound bites through our channels. This makes us the technical service provider for media supply throughout Germany. Day in, day out, we ensure the fail-safe transmission of information in daily editorial business as well as secure reporting on TV, radio, online media and in newspapers. mecom was founded in Hamburg in 1989 and is a joint venture of the news agencies dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH, KNA Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur GmbH, GEP Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik gGmbH with epd and AFP Agence France-Presse GmbH. dpa is the major shareholder and holds a 50 per cent stake in mecom.