Five Ascalade VoIP products win awards at CES 2007

Ascalade Communications Inc. ("Ascalade" or "the Company") (TSX: ACG) announced today that five of its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products have won the coveted CES Innovations 2007 Awards Honorees at this year's Consumer Electronic Show (CES) which takes place in Las Vegas from January 8 - 11, 2007. The five honored VoIP products are branded and distributed by three of Ascalade's strategic customers and recognized by CES Innovations 2007 under the Telephone product category.

The award-winning products include corded VoIP phones that work with Internet communications software when connected to a personal computer's USB port, as well as the recently launched Skype certified(TM) "PC-free" VoIP phones that can be used without a computer. With Skype's Internet communication technology embedded directly into the base station of the cordless phone, even users who do not own a computer can take advantage of the cost efficiency and convenience of Internet calling using Skype. (It is important to note that Skype itself is not a replacement of an ordinary phone and it cannot be used for emergency calling.)

"We are very happy for our customers and our company about this year's CES Innovation Awards Honorees," said Bruce Bernard, Ascalade's Chief Technology Officer, "To be recognized by the industry at one of North America's largest consumer electronic shows is a sign that our collaborations to bring user friendly and innovative VoIP products to the consumer market is materializing. We congratulate our customers and our technology partners on our joint successes."

The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards program continues to grow in size and prestige year after year. Recognizing the most innovative consumer electronics products in 31 categories, Innovations has become a hallmark for the best designed products in consumer technology. Featured during 2007 CES's Innovations Plus at the Sands, honorees receive recognition throughout the entire show and in a variety of events and press articles before and after the international event.

Ascalade's executives will be onsite at CES 2007 for private customer and partner meetings. For more information about CES and its Innovation 2007 Awards Honorees program, please visit: http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovations/rd_2007honorees.asp. For more information about Ascalade, please visit: www.ascalade.com

About Ascalade:

Ascalade Communications Inc. designs and manufactures wireless communication products for branded distributors and telecommunications companies. The Company's current products include digital cordless phones, VoIP phones, digital wireless conference phones and digital wireless baby monitors. The Company is vertically integrated with design, manufacturing and distribution locations in Richmond, British Columbia (Canada, head office), Dongguan (China), Hong Kong (China) and London (United Kingdom). For more information, please visit www.ascalade.com.

Forward Looking Statements:

The discussion and analysis in this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. When used in this discussion and analysis the words such as "will", "plan", "expect", "anticipate", "believe", and similar words and expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts, but reflect our current expectations. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectation, including matters discussed more fully under "Risk Factors" in the MD&A portion of our 2005 Annual Report, which is available at www.sedar.com. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to: loss of customers, dependence on key customers, downturns in consumer and enterprise markets, economic downturn in key geographic markets, uncertainty of revenues from VoIP technology, failure to develop new products or to enhance existing products, short product life cycles and rapid technological change, long sales and implementation cycles, strategic relationships, management of growth, availability of funding to pursue and grow business, suppliers and availability of supplies and insufficient production capacity to satisfy customer demand. There can be no assurance that our expectations will prove to be correct. Consequently, all forward-looking statements made are qualified by these cautionary statements and other cautionary statements and factors contained herein.

Ascalade disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For further information: please contact: Cindy Cheung, Marketing Communications Specialist, Ascalade Communications Inc., Phone: (604) 204-2899, Email: cindy.cheung@ascalade.com

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