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Archive for December, 2007

What to Do in ‘08?

Hey, we’re nearly the end of 2007 so the news seems to be getting a little light as people hunker down for the holidays.
In the absence of news you can use, it seems like a good time for a poll on what Nortel should do in 2008. From the list below, select what you think [...]

Hamilton Seeks Dismissal

Douglas Hamilton, who is among the dozen ex-Nortel employees, who allegedly manipulated the company’s finances to trigger a lucrative bonus scheme, has filed a motion in a U.S. court to dismiss all charges levied against him by the SEC.
The filing follows similar moves by ex-CEO Frank Dunn and ex-CFO Doug Beatty.
Hamiltion, who was a vice-president [...]

Nortel Sues Vonage

You’ve got to love everyone’s favorite VOIP whipping boy: Vonage.
On the heels of settling a lawsuit involving Sprint for $80-million, Vonage is now being sued by Nortel, which filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging Vonage is infringing on 12 Nortel patents related to telephone management solutions.
“Defending our intellectual property rights is a top [...]

The Internet’s Next Billion Users

Michael Geist had an interesting column in the Toronto Star earlier this week looking at how the Internet is going to change when the next billion users in places such as India, China and Africa join the online party.
Here’s an excerpt:
The next billion may also use different technology to access the Internet. The recent introduction [...]

Dion Joannou is Alive, Well and….

joining the board of Dialogic Corp., which makes media and signal processing technology.
Good to know there is life after Nortel.

Cisco and the Seven Dwarfs

Sramana Mitra has an extensive post on Seeking Alpha looking at how Cisco’s competitors are doing.
Her “seven dwarf” list includes Nortel, Juniper, F5, Alcatel, Foundry, 3Com and Extreme.

Wi-Max’s Encouraging Prospects

For all the excitement about Wi-Max, 2007 has been a good, but not great, year.
Sprint got everyone excited with plans to build a $5-billion, nation-wide network in the U.S. but that strategy is now in question after its CEO stepped down. In the third-quarter, Infonetics Research said worldwide Wi-Max sales climbed a mere 6% to [...]

Who Are You Results

I’m not why I was surprised but it turns out many of your reading this blog work for Nortel. I guess there’s an appetite for an outside perspective.
In any event, thanks to everyone for visiting All About Nortel. Here’s the results:
Nortel Employees 330
Nortel Shareholders [...]

Who are You? (Part II)

You asked for it, you got it. (Note: you can see the first part of the poll here.)
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What Would You Do With Wireless?

If you really want to be honest about the wireless market, there hasn’t been much activity beyond voice, e-mail and text-messaging.
Sure, you can do lots of other things such as surf the Web but wireless has come no where near to matching its potential. For example, a recent Yankee Group study showed that only 13% [...]