BlackPhone, In Wake of Gemalto Fallout, Receives $50 Million In Funding

Posted by timothy on Friday February 27, 2015 @07:48PM from the small-steps dept.

An anonymous reader writes The BlackPhone, a $600-plus encrypted Android handset designed to keep the prying eyes of criminals and the government out of mobile communications, is now fully owned by Silent Circle thanks to the company raking in investment cash. Terms of the buyout deal with Spanish smartphone maker Geeksphone, the phone's hardware manufacturer, were not disclosed. Silent Circle said Thursday that it has raised $50 million and plans on showing off an encrypted 'enterprise privacy ecosystem' at World Mobile Congress next week. A BlackPhone tablet is on the way, too.

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BlackPhone, In Wake of Gemalto Fallout, Receives $50 Million In Funding

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