Turris Omnia became the most successful Czech project on Indiegogo.com having callected 10M CZK

The project of the non-profit association CZ.NIC confirms that safety is a big issue everywhere in the world, and not only from the perspective of companies, organizations and governments, but also households. Those are being increasingly equipped with smart electronics and appliances, for which the Turris Omnia router may become one of the most effective ways of protection.

Prague, December 24, 2015 – Turris Omnia, the Czech open source router with advanced safety features developed in the CZ.NIC Association, the Czech national domain administrator, became the most successful Czech project in history on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.com. By today, over 10 million Czech crowns (more than $404 thousand) has been collected for its production and further development. The original target amount was “just” 100 thousand dollars. What makes the success even more valuable is that the proportion of supporters from the Czech Republic is more than one-fifth (21 %). Close behind them are residents of the United States of America (19 %) and Germany (14 %).

The project of the non-profit association CZ.NIC confirms that safety is a big issue everywhere in the world, and not only from the perspective of companies, organizations and governments, but also households. Those are being increasingly equipped with smart electronics and appliances, for which the Turris Omnia router may become one of the most effective ways of protection.

“Internet security is becoming of more and more vital importance and we are pleased to contribute to its improvement with this project. The success of the Turris Omnia router demonstrates that users are aware of the importance of being protected while surfing the Internet, even from the perspective of the hardware. The support of the project, icluding that on Indiegogo.com, obliges us to keep working on Turris Omnia also in the future,” says Ondřej Filip, CEO of CZ.NIC. "Turris Omnia has no comparable competition in its category. This device of ours fills the gap in the market of powerful secure routers not only for the households, but also for medium-sized companies.”

What makes open source router Turris Omnia special?

Router Turris Omnia is a new and unusual product in the market that literally provides its own security. The moment a security threat is detected, the unique updating system takes care to prevent it from threatening the users. In addition to the high level of security the Turris Omnia also offers much more possibilities of use thanks to its high performance and equipment, such as:

• SFP connector for direct connection of an optical module
• Network storage function enables rapid sharing of media or backup of precious data
• A SIM card slot allows to connect a LTE modem and backup of the Internet connection by using the networks of mobile operators

Turris Omnia is so versatile that when used with the USB DVB-T tuner it can serve, for example, to distribute television broadcast to mobile phones or computers.

For more information about Turris Omnia router, visit https://omnia.turris.cz. You can read about the Turris project, from which the Turris Omnia originates, at https://www.turris.cz.