F-Secure aims for solid growth in Indian market

Apr 04, 2006: Expansion on all fronts from service providers to consumers, mobile and corporate markets

Building on a firm foothold established a decade ago, F-Secure has announced its intention to expand its presence and operations in the Indian subcontinent. Already in February, F-Secure opened its India subsidiary in Mumbai followed shortly thereafter by a sales office in Delhi.

While F-Secure’s business focus in India has been principally with enterprise customers working through a network of local distributors and resellers, the establishment of a subsidiary will support the company’s strategy to now also target consumers and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, mainly by working together with the Internet Service Providers in the region. Mobile Anti Virus will also be an important part of F-Secure’s offering as the 3G market picks up speed.

Speaking about the burgeoning Indian market, Risto Siilasmaa, President and CEO of F-Secure Corporation said: “F-Secure’s global strategy is to offer security as a service to our customers and we wish to now bring this successful model to the Indian market as well. The way to do this, I believe is to offer high quality, reliable and affordable data security services to ordinary Indian consumers. Figures from analysts suggest explosive growth in the DSL market alone and we want to be there to offer those millions of consumers a safe and secure online experience.” For more information, please contact:

Risto Siilasmaa
CEO, President
Mobile: +358 (0)40 050 2510
Fax: +358 (0)9 2520 5001
Email: firstname.lastname@f-secure.com