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MITEL NETWORKS $9.22 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel. ca; Shares outstanding: 122.0 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; No dividends paid) makes technology that integrates landlines and mobile phones. The company also offers callcentre and videoconferencing products. In the three months ended December 31, 2016, Mitel’s revenue fell 6.2%, to $259.8 million from $277.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). The decline in sales was mostly due to the timing of new contracts. Excluding one-time items, earn ings per share fell 12.0%, to $0.22 from $0.25. Mitel has moved from just selling programs that are installed at its customers’ offices; it now uses a cloud model, where it keeps its software on its own servers and sells it by subscription. That provides steadier, recurring revenue. The company added 435,383 cloud subscriptions in the latest quarter. It now has 3.09 million cloud users, up 60.1% from 1.93 million a year earlier. On February…