All About Nortel

Light Reading is reporting that Nortel may be taking a serious run at Tellabs - a deal that would cost it $4.5-billion based on Tellabs’ current market capitalization.
One source told Light Reading that a Nortel-Tellabs combination makes sense because there is very little product overlap, and Tellabs had technology that could give Nortel’s optical portfolio [...]

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If want to know the answer, check out an article written by Nortel CTO John Roese in Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine.
Roese about the challenges facing service providers in providing real wireless broadband, and how 4G will be able to offer high-speed, high-connectivity networks.
“Because wireless will play such a prominent role in a hyperconnected world, it’s [...]

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In a nice, speculative post, 24/7’s Doug McIntyre raises the idea of Motorola buying Nortel.
He figures it makes sense because Nortel’s stock has tumbled to about $18 from a 52-week high of $31.79, which gives it a market cap of $8-billion. As well, McIntyre said Nortel’s carrier networks business is profitable so Motorola could [...]

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It looks like Wi-Max is starting to gain some momentum - at least in the eyes of the mainstream media judging by a feature story in BusinessWeek featuring Intel executive VP Sean Maloney.
The story looks at the Wi-Max industry and the role that Intel is playing to promote the wireless technology as an alternative to [...]

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Is the U.S. government starting to look at Nortel in a new, favourable way?
It could be in light of the fact Nortel has won a $39-million contract to provide more program management services to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over the next four years.
This is expected to help make USCIS more flexible and cost-effective in [...]

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Tech Confidential Blog wonders whether it’s too late for Nortel to get involved the M&A sweepstakes despite Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski’s contention the company is extremely interested in making a deal.
TCB cites a comment in a recent research report by UBS analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos, who suggests: “The need and/or desire on Nortel’s part for M&A [...]

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Times change, people get restless and people move on to other opportunities to pursue career and personal goals.
So goes it at Nortel, which has seen a flurry of executive changes recently - a good number of people who worked for Nortel before CEO Mike Zafirovski took the reins in late-2005. John Haydon is the latest [...]

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WOW!’s decision to purchase optical equipment from Nortel isn’t huge news given WOW! is a small cable/phone/high-speed Internet service provider in Denver but it is another sign that the optical market is coming back to life after some terrible days after the telecom boom ended.
For all the fiber installed during the dot-com boom and the [...]

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It looks like the lure of being the top dog has promoted the departure of Nortel’s chief procurement officer. vice president and general manager, Network Partner Solutions, Global Services
John Haydon, a 25-year Nortel veteran who was promoted to the position early last year., is leaving next month to become president and COO with Breconbridge Manufacturing [...]

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Look, Vonage is suing someone again. This time, it’s Nortel.
Vonage is seeking to invalidate three patents to manage telephone data. This comes Nortel is trying to sue Vonage for infringing the patents. It must be fun to be a lawyer!
More: Red Herring has more coverage.

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