DUBAI and JOHANNESBURG, April 24, 2012/PRNewswire - MySolutionInfo/ -- During this 2-day gathering, Aastra's channel partners and distributors were able to get updated on the latest communication trends and technological achievements as well as Aastra's specific partner program for the region and a new sales incentive program. This incentive program called "Top Gun" is open to all certified partners and their resellers and rewards sales and pre-sales individuals based on a point gathering system similar to frequent flyer programs.

Participants were able to experience live high definition (HD) video conferencing with
the Aastra BluStar(TM) 8000i media phone. Aastra also presented the new BluStar(TM) Client
that takes video collaboration to a new level with a consistent customer experience across
a choice of devices such as PCs, iPads and iPhones. It helps users work together more
effectively - for example, on-the fly video conferencing with remote workers,
road-warriors and teams working on the same project to exchange ideas more easily and
collaboratively.

Present at the event were also Aastra's technology partners HP (with whom Aastra
enjoys an alliance in the networking area), Ingate (a Swedish vendor of secure remote
access solutions for SIP based communications) and LinkCom (a French manufacturer of
SIP-based GSM gateways and door phones)

Peter Hofman, President of Aastra Middle East & Africa comments: "We are proud to have
added several new system integrator partners during 2011, namely: ART Telekom in Turkey,
AVS in South Africa, BTC in Iraq, E-Cube in Ghana, ITECO in Nigeria, Security &
Communications Equipment in Sudan and SUICOM in Pakistan as well as five new distributors
namely: Jatan in South Africa, MAACore in UAE, MC3 in Algeria, Redington Gulf and SMART
Tunisie in Tunisia."

The Best Performing Partner of the Year 2011 prize was awarded to Saudi-based
Saudi-Ericsson Communications Company.

Source: Aastra Middle East and Africa
Roger Hage, +971-4-438-0111