Aastra Technologies
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Aastra Technologies Limited, formerly headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, made products and systems for accessing communication networks, including the Internet. Its products included residential and business telephone terminals, screen telephones, Enterprise private branch exchanges (PBX), network access terminals and high-quality digital video encoders, decoders and gateways. Residential telephone equipment was sold in the United States as Bell equipment by Sonecor brand, which represented Southern New England Telecommunications.
Mitel Networks Corporation announced on November 11, 2013, that it would acquire Aastra Technologies Ltd. in a stock and cash deal valued at about $400 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
History
In 1983, Francis Shen and Hugh Scholaert bought an engineering consulting company, founding Aastra in Toronto in 1983. The company provided services to the defense industry. In 1993, the company started to specialise in telecommunications.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Aastra went public in Canada in 1996.
In 2000, Aastra acquired the assets of Nortel Networks Access Solutions Division including the rights to manufacture phones under the Nortel name.Template:Citation needed Then, in 2001, Aastra acquired Lucent Technologies' Digital Video business<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Ericsson Cable Modem. Aastra acquired Nortel CVX & CSG Division in 2002 and the ASCOM PBX System Division in 2003.
In 2005, 75% of Aastra Technologies' sales were made in Europe, following the purchase that year of the Germany-based the EADS Enterprise Telephony Business and the DeTeWe Telecommunication Systems business. Its other sales shares that year included 17% in the United States, and only 5% in Canada.<ref name=aastra2009q4>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2008, Aastra acquired the enterprise PBX division of Ericsson,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> best known for MD110/MX-ONE Telephony Switch.
In January 2014, Mitel completed its acquisition of Aastra, which has been announced in November 2013.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Mitel lists the fate of former Aastra products on its website.<ref name="wheresaastra">Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards
In 2008, Aastra received Internet Telephony's Best of Show Award for 2007 for Best Large Enterprise Solution.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- Companies formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- Canadian companies established in 1983
- Telecommunications companies established in 1983
- 1983 establishments in Ontario
- Telecommunications companies of Canada
- Electronics companies of Canada
- Companies based in Vaughan
- VoIP companies of Canada
- Teleconferencing
- 1996 initial public offerings
- 2014 mergers and acquisitions
- Telecommunications companies disestablished in 2014
- 2014 disestablishments in Ontario