QuesCom signed partnership for Fixed Mobile Convergence with Aastra Matra

Paris, September 25th, 2007 – QuesCom, the leading technology vendor of innovative Fixed Mobile Convergence appliances, announces the signature of its technological partnership with AASTRA MATRA, the second largest player on the French enterprise telephony market and number 3 in Europe.

Thanks to this partnership, AASTRA MATRA guarantees to its customers, a complete Fixed Mobile Convergence solution compatible with NeXspan product range.

« We have chosen QuesCom in order to offer our customers an innovative and modular solution for mobility services. This new partnership underlines AASTRA’s strategy to build an eco-system around its solutions and its focus to assure its compatibility with current market applications.
This partnership is effective in France and could soon be extended to other countries.” stated Pierre-Alexandre FUHRMANN, Executive Director at AASTRA MATRA.

*** QuesCom, a technological partner ***

After having passed interoperability tests, QuesCom gateways have totally met AASTRA MATRA certification requests regarding mobility appliances. Moreover, QuesCom solutions benefit from a set of innovative services, which have strongly convinced AASTRA MATRA such as:
• Fixed mobile convergence: the smartphone becomes a mobile extension of the IPBX with features such as call transfer, music on hold, short plan dialing,…
• Value-added MobiQ solution, independant from operators and mobile devices
• Unique IP, ISDN and GSM connectivity
• Quick return on investment thanks to GSM & SMS gateways integration

This partnership also allows for both actors to benefit from joined marketing & communication tools (QuesCom attendance to AASTRA MATRA roadshow, co-branded datasheets, web visibility…)

“This partnership with AASTRA MATRA confirms our unique technological advance on the Fixed Mobile Convergence market. This partnership reinforces QuesCom’s strategy to guarantee its customers a seamless interconnection between our solutions and their telecom systems” stated Philippe Oros, President at QuesCom.

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About QuesCom

European company founded in 1999, QuesCom designs enhanced telephony solutions focusing on the fixed mobile convergence for enterprises and service providers. Natively ready for Voice over IP, QuesCom solutions leverage the current telecommunication system.

QuesCom gateways allow companies to realize up to 50% savings on their telephone bill and benefit from a range of value-added services like mobility and fax designed to increase efficiency in corporate communications (one number, mobile extension, e-fax, unified messaging system).

QuesCom is a leading player on the markets of VoIP-mobile convergence and Telecom application solutions. The company has more than 200 European resellers and is a certified member of major PBX vendor programs as 3COM, Aastra, Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Innovaphone, Mitel & Swyx. QuesCom is also a member of the Nokia PRO Forum.

For further information, please visit QuesCom website : www.quescom.com

Press contacts QuesCom
Christine GONDY
Tél.: +33 4 97 23 48 48
gondy@quescom.com

About AASTRA MATRA

AASTRA MATRA, a subsidiary of the Aastra Group, is the number 2 player in France’s Enterprise Telephony market. It develops and markets communication systems and networks which are based on key technologies such as IP and SIP for voice-data convergence, WiFi and DECT over IP for mobility solutions, LDAP for directories, and Web services or XML interfaces for unified applications.
AASTRA MATRA is the Group’s global expertise center for the development of Telephony over IP, both for average and large systems. It has developed a telephony over IP solution, completed and enhanced with contact center, unified applications and Web services solutions, which offer a wider telephony coverage to the world of applications.
For more information: www.aastra.fr

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. Aastra ranks 3rd in the European enterprise telephony market.
For more information: www.aastra.com.


Press contacts
AASTRA MATRA Telecom
Sandrine Quinton
sandrine.quinton@aastra.com
Tel. +33 1 30 96 43 01

Agence Wellcom
Aelya Noiret
an@wellcom.fr
Tel. +33 1 46 34 60 60