Doro AB, known as Doro, is a
Swedish consumer electronics
Consumer electronics or home electronics are Electronics, electronic (Analogue electronics, analog or digital electronics, digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes. Consumer electronics include devices used for ...
and
assistive technology company focused on the elderly and improving the lives of seniors. Founded in 1974 in Sweden as a challenger to the state run telecoms monopoly, the company develops communications products and services designed primarily for the
elderly
Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle. Terms and euphemisms for people at this age include old people, the elderly (worldwide usage), OAPs (British usage ...
, such as mobile phones and
telecare
Telecare is technology-based healthcare such as the monitoring of patient vital organs so that they may remain safe and independent in their own homes. Devices may include health and fitness apps, such as exercise tracking tools and digital medic ...
systems. Doro operates a number of Alarm Receiving Centres in Sweden, Norway and UK.
Phones
Doro produce both clam and bar type
feature phone
A feature phone (also spelled featurephone) is a type or class of mobile phone that retains the form factor of earlier generations of mobile telephones, typically with press-button based inputs and a small non-touch display. They tend to use an ...
s which run Doro's own operating system, such as the Doro 6820 and the Doro 7060, and smartphones such as Doro 8080 and Doro 8100, which run on
Android. Its devices are designed with loud and clear sound, large separated keys and an assistance button that alerts emergency contacts if the user needs help.
Telecare
In August 2020 it acquired Eldercare UK, a domiciliary care service provider in the North of England, for about £2.2 million. It had 109 full-time equivalent staff and monitored around 50,000 telecare connections.
In Dec 2021, Doro listed its Care assets in a separate company calle
Careium ABby distributing all shares in the wholly-owned subsidiary Careium AB to the shareholders of
Doro.
After the spin-off of the care assets into Careium AB, Doro AB is once again a consumer technology company focused on developing services and products for seniors to live independent and fulfilling lives.
[RedEye interview with new Doro CEO https://www.redeye.se/research/828853/doro-interview-with-ceo-gorgen-nilsson-video]
References
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Doro at OMX Nasdaq Nordic{{coord missing, Sweden
Telecommunications companies of Sweden
Mobile phone manufacturers
Old age
Swedish brands
Companies based in Malmö