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Archive for July, 2007

Charges Dismissed Against Hackney

After complying with the terms of a plea agreement, Nortel VP Joel Hackney had assault charges dismissed earlier this week.
Hackney was charged after he allegedly grabbed the face of a woman, Alicia Ogden, after she cut off his Audi SUV in a parking lot while leaving a college basketball game last October.
According to the News [...]

Nortel Wins $150M T-Mobile Deal

It’s a good week for Nortel’s wireless salesforce. Hot on the heels of a $135-million contract with Cricket Communications, Nortel has won a $150-million multi-year extension with T-Mobile USA for mobile voice and data services.

Bush Nominates Mike Z. to Advisory Committee

If Nortel is serious about getting more U.S. government contracts, a good sign is President Bush’s to nominate Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which provides industry-based analysis and recommendations on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information systems, information assurance, infrastructure protection, and other [...]

Unified Messaging Grows 21% YOY

According to a new study by Infonetics, the worldwide unified communications and IP contact center business climbed 21% last year to $363-million, and expected to see double-digit growth over the next four years.
Of the total unified communications market, unifed messaging makes up the bulk of it. Avaya is the leading player but rivals such as [...]

Alcatel-Lucent Gets Cricket Love Too

Cricket Communications is clearly spreading the wireless love around.
In addition to awarding contracts to Nortel ($135-million) and Huawei (undisclosed), the company also gave Alcatel-Lucent a $126-million contract to supply it with CDMA200 and EV-DO Rev A equipment.
Looks like we could have a CDMA showdown between Nortel, Huawei and Alcatel. Let’s see who chirps the loudest [...]

Huawei Wins Cricket Contract Too

Now this is curious: A day after Nortel announced it had won a three-year, $135-million contract with Cricket Communications, Huawei said it has reached a deal with sell CDMA2000 1X, EV-DO Rev A equipment to Cricket as well.
It looks like Nortel and Huawei are selling the same kind equipment to Cricket, which appeared [...]

Nortel Wins $135-million Wireless Contract

Cricket Communications, a unit of Leap Wireless International Inc., has awarded Nortel a three-year contract to supply it with CDMA2000 1X and EV-DO Rev A equipment to expand it mobile voice and data services across the U.S. (And who says GSM is ruling the roost these days!)
The deal is valued by Nortel at $135-million, and [...]

Let’s Be Clear Here

There have been a few comments recently about whether I own stock in Nortel or other telecom equipment suppliers; why I insist on writing negative stories about Nortel; and my personal view on Nortel’s prospects. In the name of transparency, here’s the deal:
1. I don’t own Nortel shares or, for that matter, shares of Cisco, [...]

The Unwired Session

TMCnet has an interview with Kyle Klassen, director of enterprise wireless marketing at Nortel, about Nortels ‘unwired enterprise’ offering and the technology behind it.

Four Reasons Nortel Needs to Make a Big Deal

So, let’s give Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski the benefit of the doubt. Since coming on board in late-2005, he has spent an awful lot of time dealing with a vexing accounting scandal and restructuring operations to reduce expenses. But clearly the honeymoon over. Now’s the time for Zafirovski to demonstrate his strategic savviness - and [...]