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Gold/Mining/Energy : Aastra Technologies - telephony, e-cash, mini-ATM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sPD who wrote (52)	2/10/1999 5:42:00 PM
From: sPD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 233

$9.5M in additional orders from U.S. telephone companies TORONTO, Feb. 10 /CNW/ - Aastra Technologies Limited (ASE: AAH) is pleased to announce that it has received additional orders for Caller ID devices from two major telephone companies in the United States. These orders, which are valued at US$6.3 million or Cdn$9.5 million, are to be shipped by Aastra in the next six months. ''These re-orders are a result of the success that the telephone companies are experiencing in their current network service promotional programs and the growing consumer demand for Caller ID,'' said Tony Shen, Aastra's President and COO. Aastra Technologies Limited develops, manufactures and distributes telecommunications equipment. Aastra offers a full line of products ranging from Caller ID adjuncts to full-featured communications systems. Aastra sells to the majority of the telecommunications companies in North America. In the retail market, Aastra has the exclusive license to use the ''BELL(R) Equipment -- SONECOR'' trademark for telephone sets and its products are distributed to the majority of mass retailers in North America. The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein. For further information: please contact: Mr. Allan Brett, V-P, Finance & CFO, Aastra Technologies Limited, (416) 736-7070, ext. 360, abrett@aastra.com