Communications encryption company gears up for Hong Kong launch
Geneva-based Silent Circle aims to replace BlackBerry as the top provider of secure systems for mobile enterprise workers

Silent Circle, a Geneva-based communications encryption company, aims to move closer to replacing BlackBerry as the top provider of secure systems for mobile enterprise workers with the launch of its new device in Hong Kong through partner HKT.
Leading the way for Silent Circle in the market is its Blackphone 2, the new model of the world’s first smartphone specifically designed to deliver privacy and security, which has been available from this month via HKT’s premium 1010 mobile service.
Blackphone 2 runs Silent OS, a version of Google’s Android operating system that is able to provide full encryption by default.
“We think we’ll pick up share from BlackBerry. We think there are some frustrated [Apple] iOS users out there, too,” Bill Conner, Silent Circle’s president and chief executive, said.
Privacy today is increasingly threatened by governments, businesses and individuals
He described the Blackphone 2 as “a game changer for the mobile sector” because it combines an operating system and a suite of applications “designed to keep your enterprise and personal information separate and private”.