Senior Director of Marketing at Aastra USA Inc. to Discuss the Value of Unified Communications for Higher Education Institutions

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Dallas, TX, July 10, 2008 — Unified communications can provide true value to higher education institutions by removing physical boundaries and redefining the meaning of “campus”. Charlie Henderson, Senior Director of Marketing for Aastra USA Inc., will discuss how Aastra is delivering on this promise on Wednesday, July 16^th at the ACUTA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. “Imagine robust communications systems that are device-independent, based on open standards, possessing the highest levels of scalability, reliability and performance,” said Henderson. “I’m pleased to discuss how Aastra is delivering innovative IP solutions that provide immediate productivity advancements without immediate replacement of existing hardware.”

As Director of Marketing for Aastra Intecom, Charlie Henderson guides the team responsible for bringing Aastra’s award-winning voice infrastructure and call center solutions to market. Henderson has over 20 years experience in design, sales and marketing of IT, network, telecom and contact center systems and applications.  Henderson's career includes various positions at Southwestern Bell, Digital Equipment and McDonnell Douglas, where he acquired a unique combination of management, technical, sales, marketing and business skills.

About Aastra^™
Aastra is a leader in IP communications products including IP-PBX systems, standards based telephones, unified communications and contact center applications.  With over 29 years of experience delivering PBX and contact center systems to some of the largest and most demanding companies in the world Aastra is now bringing that expertise to companies of all sizes.

Parent company, Aastra Technologies Limited (TSX: “AAH”), is headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada.  Aastra globally develops and markets Internet Protocol (IP)-based as well as traditional communications networking products and systems.  Aastra’s products include a full range of VoIP solutions including communications servers, gateways, telephone terminals and advanced software applications for business and residential markets.

For more information visit http://www.aastrausa.com/, and http://www.aastra.com/