Mobile Tornado and HMD Secure (HMD) announce strategic partnership to deliver business critical communication solutions

The partnership, in brief

Mobile Tornado, a global leader in mission-critical communication solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with HMD Secure, the Finnish phone innovator behind HMD‘s secure device range. Through this collaboration, Mobile Tornado’s world-leading push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) application will come pre-installed on selected HMD Secure devices, delivering instant, secure, and reliable communication capabilities straight out of the box to businesses and organisations worldwide.

What the partnership means for businesses

The partnership comes at a time when global demand for push-to-talk solutions accelerates and as the market experiences significant growth. It marks a significant step forward in both companies’ shared commitment to delivering robust and ready-to-deploy solutions for enterprises that offer instant voice, messaging and multi-media communication, location tracking, workforce management and emergency SOS services.

This will provide organisations with faster deployment times and enhanced operational efficiency, all within a secure, resilient environment. Rather than sourcing devices and communication software separately and configuring them after purchase, customers will be able to deploy HMD Secure hardware with Mobile Tornado’s PoC platform already built in, ready to use from the moment a device is switched on.

Why the timing matters

Push-to-talk over cellular adoption has grown quickly as organisations move away from traditional two-way radio towards platforms that run on standard cellular and broadband networks. Pairing that shift with hardware that already meets the security and durability requirements of defence, public safety and industrial customers removes one of the more time-consuming steps in any deployment: sourcing and configuring devices separately from the communication software that runs on them.

For organisations already evaluating HMD Secure’s rugged device range for other reasons, having Mobile Tornado’s PoC platform available pre-installed means a single procurement decision can now cover both hardware and mission-critical communication software at once.

About HMD Secure

HMD Secure is a Finnish company offering sovereign mobile security solutions engineered in Europe, built around a 360-degree ecosystem of devices, modular extensions and partner services for mission-ready communications. Its device range includes the HMD Terra M, an ultra-rugged smart feature phone designed for instant communication, and the HMD Ivalo XE, engineered and manufactured in Europe for defence forces and government agencies operating in demanding conditions.

HMD Secure works across defence and government, public safety and first responders, critical infrastructure, enterprise and industrial, and healthcare, giving Mobile Tornado’s PoC platform a route onto rugged, security-focused devices already trusted by organisations in those sectors. Both companies already share customers in industries such as public safety and critical infrastructure, where reliable, secure, out-of-the-box communication is a requirement rather than a nice-to-have.

What HMD Secure said

“Deep, trusted partnerships are at the heart of how HMD Secure delivers for enterprise and frontline teams. We’re delighted to announce our collaboration with Mobile Tornado, bringing their proven Push-to-Talk platform pre-installed on selected HMD devices. Together, we’re giving organisations instant, secure communications out of the box – cutting time-to-deploy, enhancing resilience, and lowering total cost of ownership.”

— Anssi Rönnemaa, Chief Financial Officer, HMD

What Mobile Tornado said

“We are excited to be partnering with HMD Secure,” added Luke Wilkinson, CEO at Mobile Tornado. “Combining our world-class push-to-talk technology with HMD’s trusted hardware creates a compelling solution for industries that rely on instant and reliable communications. This partnership marks a significant milestone in our growth strategy and will enable thousands of users across the world to access our technology through robust, enterprise-ready smartphones.”

Both companies expect the partnership to expand over time as more HMD Secure devices become available with Mobile Tornado’s PoC platform pre-installed, giving customers in defence, public safety, critical infrastructure and enterprise sectors a growing range of ready-to-deploy options to choose from.