Nokia successor HMD spawns secure device biz with Euro-made smartphone www.theregister.com/2025/09/0…

The HMD Secure division is being set up to focus on sovereign mobile security products for European customers, including governments, emergency services, and defense customers, no doubt eyeing a market opportunity now that many Europeans have started to question the wisdom of relying on American brands.

Its first product is an Android-based smartphone, the HMD Ivalo XE, which it claims is one of the few 5G devices designed, developed, and manufactured in Europe. But there’s only so far you can go with European-sourced tech, and the device is based on Qualcomm’s recently announced Dragonwing Q-6690 system-on-chip (SoC). The last time we looked, Qualcomm was very much a US-based chipmaker.

Besides Qualcomm, HMD lists its tech suppliers on the Ivalo XE phone as Nokia, defense connectivity firm Bittium, security developer Tutus, and Juggernaut, a maker of military-grade cases and mounts that is also a US-based firm.