Stefan Mileschin

Blackphone gives wide-ranging privacy protection to users.

· New handset to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 24th.

Washington D.C. and Madrid, 15th January 2014 – Silent Circle and Geeksphone today announced a new Switzerland-based joint venture and its inaugural product, Blackphone, the world’s first smartphone placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users.

Blackphone, powered by a security-oriented Android™ build named PrivatOS, is a carrier- and vendor-independent smartphone giving individuals and organizations the ability to make and receive secure phone calls, exchange secure texts, transfer and store files, and video chat without compromising user privacy on the device.

It is the culmination of several careers' worth of effort from leading figures in the industry, including Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP; Javier Agüera and Rodrigo Silva-Ramos co-founders of Geeksphone; Jon Callas, co-founder of PGP Inc. and CTO of Silent Circle; Geeksphone; and Mike Janke, CEO of Silent Circle and former US Navy SEAL.

“I have spent my whole career working towards the launch of secure telephony products,” said Zimmermann. “Blackphone provides users with everything they need to ensure privacy and control of their communications, along with all the other high-end smartphone features they have come to expect.”

Blackphone may be seen at https://www.blackphone.ch and visitors may join a mailing list to be kept informed of updates as the launch date approaches. Blackphone will be available for pre-order beginning February 24, 2014, at Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.

For more information or to contact Blackphone visit: https://www.blackphone.ch



About Geeksphone

Geeksphone is a young and dynamic Spanish Company headquartered in Madrid and specializing in the development, promotion and commercialization of “open source” mobile telephony solutions. Geeksphone pioneered the industry by becoming the first European brand to launch an Android™ smartphone in 2009, and launched the world’s first Firefox OS™-powered smartphone in 2013.