Aastra Technologies

Aastra Technologies Limited
Company typePublic company
TSX: AAH
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1983
Defunct2014 (2014)
FateAcquired by Mitel Networks Corporation
HeadquartersConcord, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Francis Shen, Chairman & Co-CEO
Anthony Shen, Co-CEO, President, & COO
RevenueIncrease$834 million CAD (2009) [1]
Increase$45 million CAD (2009) [1]
Number of employees
1,690 (2008)[2]
Websitewww.aastra.com
A VoIP handset manufactured by Aastra

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.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference aastra2009q4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Company Profile for Aastra Technologies Limited (CA;AAH)". Zenobank. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
  3. ^ "Mitel buys Aastra in $400M telecom merger". CBC News. November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.