DBA
inks deal

_ DBA Telecom (dba), a
North Vancouver-based
developer and manufac-
turer of telecommunica-
tions hardware and
software, announced a

- two-year distribution -
agreement with a
British firm, Ericsson
Ltd., Public Systems
Division.

The agreement should be .

worth at least US$3 million, It
will see dba’s SmarTalk tele-
phone product family. sold
under the Ericsson brand and
marks ‘the. second European
collaboration with the giant
Ericsson Liniited, said dba.
“Signing this agreement
demonstrates thar choosing, to

. develop a product family for .

“the competitive telephone

, Operator market was a winning
strategy,” said dba CEO David

Bensted.

~ “The enormous changes

that are taking place in the

‘ "s business communication mar:

“ket stem from deregulation,
the resulting competition, and
the convergence of tclephones
and computers.

“We designed the SmarTalk
family.in anticipation that tele-

; phone ‘companies would need

“vintelligent terminals co help

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packages including such fea-
tures as call forwarding, caller
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Ericsson. Ltd ©, Public
Systems Division, is a sub-
sidiary of Ericsson Telecom AB
of Sweden,

Earlier, dba announced
Singapore Telecom's wholly

owned subsidiary Telecom
Equipment Pte Ltd., has com-
menced sales of the new
SmarTalk NRG phone, the
first product in its class to sup-
port desktop computer-tele-
phony integration, said dba.

Established in 1975, dba

employs 35 people and trades
on the VSEa.

‘Tt has been trading at
around 30 cents.

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