The company's purpose is to develop, manufacture, market and distribute products in the fields of telecommunications and information technology, as well as to provide services in these areas. In particular, it aims to develop, maintain, operate and make available to third parties software and tools, collect, archive and evaluate data, and develop forecasting models of all kinds. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or useful for the achievement of its purpose or the development of the company or its group companies. Furthermore, the company may participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.