Comments on: What if Nortel Can’t Sell MEN?

By: Health Insurance Plans

Health Insurance Plans — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:12:21 +0000

Maybe this will help the board to realize that their choices was really bad. Their are lack of both industry insight and industry relationships. I think they will not succeed if they always do this..

By: Steam Cleaners

Steam Cleaners — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:12:21 +0000

Maybe this will help the board to realize that their choices was really bad. Their are lack of both industry insight and industry relationships. I think they will not succeed if they always do this..

By: yes4aapl

yes4aapl — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:47:11 +0000

Public expectations
Start cleaning the mess! Start criminal trials! Stop fooling everyone at once_right now /new investors, customers, employees/
Bring back confidence to North American stock market!
Now is the perfect time!
Monetize all you can
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re
when did I write that?
Oct 2008!
Monetize assets!
Monetize assets!
Monetize assets!
That's what it is.
No restructuring Plan after 6 months!
Did some one post that Nortel wants more time to write the Restructuring Plan?
Did I hear July 30?
It's a joke, isn't it?
There is $2 Bill in cash to grab!
It's not a joke!
Nortel has about $2 bill in cash left, right?

By: yes4aapl

yes4aapl — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:36:29 +0000

Let's talk about ZTE
in 2008 ZTE reported $6.5 Bill in rev
I don't know why but I was thinking about $8.5 bill
Huawei reported $18.3 Bill for 2008

Huawei will be $23 Bill in 2009!
It's 4x bigger number than current ZTE rev
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id...
Huawei was bigger than Nortel in 2007 with $12.8 Bill in revenue!
ihttp://www.huawei.com/corporate_information/annual_report/annual_report_2008/fve_year_summary.do

By: yes4aapl

yes4aapl — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:47:22 +0000

By Mark Evans | October 10, 2008
There is no slow down for Huawei
Huawei revenue in 2007 was bigger than NT!
Huawei rev in 2008 will be $18 bill
ZTE grows 45% yoy too. ZTE will be bigger than NT this year.
CSCO, the giant, grows double digit YoY.
on top of that You have just posted another blow to Nortel; Telus and BCE abandoned NT!
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when was it posted?
| October 10, 2008?

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:50:19 +0000

Talk about Mr. Unreal.
The NT culture..and the culture anywhere else where people works is completely contrary to your way of thinking. Best Friends Don't fire Best Friends. They promote them, move them around, give them a heads up or whatever else they can do..if they are true friends. That is the way of the world, especially in the executive ranks. Wake up man. The guys who think business is business and knife their best friends are the ebeneezer scrooges of the world and thankfully there isn't alot of them around.

By: notafan

notafan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:44:05 +0000

Bravo Mr Real

This blog will get more integrity when people actually know what they're talking about, not when people stop using the word "monkey".

I'm sure others will also appreciate this effort as well.

By: Mr Real

Mr Real — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:06:46 +0000

Sometimes you have to just say business is business and you may have to fire your best friend even if you believe he has done nothing wrong if this is good for the company and its shareholders.
Business is business.
Family and friends are family and friends. If I have to fire my best friend in a situation like this, I'm sure he or she would understand, eventually. Those folks didn't get up there where they are without developing an understanding for “business is business” concept, or DID THEY???

By: yes4aapl

yes4aapl — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:32:32 +0000

If there was ever a time for Nortel’s senior executives to find a moment of strategic brilliance, now it. is.
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re
Mark
Q2 reveled that customers stopped buying, NT reported 25% drop in new orders.
We did not see any significant contract wins in Q3 else. We saw many signs customers replaced NT with Ericson, Huawei and others.
There is no slow down for Huawei
Huawei revenue in 2007 was bigger than NT!
Huawei rev in 2008 will be $18 bill
ZTE grows 45% yoy too. ZTE will be bigger than NT this year.
CSCO, the giant, grows double digit YoY.
on top of that You have just posted another blow to Nortel; Telus and BCE abandoned NT!
Customers exodus must be compared to the Domino effect started by
Sprint, Verizon.
Customers lost confidence in Nortel under current management with Mike Z as the leader! I can see that with a naked eye! Mike should resigned long time before that, to answer customers' demand.
CEO, Mike Z, in summary: lack of vision and execution suitable for telecom company. Green CEO risking his carrier and failing on many occasions!
The perfect storm with full strength has started and broken ship /never fixed/ at the open sea!
I say, keep the music going until the last moment!
Use ch11 and save some jobs.
in conclusion
from customer point of view
Nortel is pulling the carpet from under customer in all divisions, one after another /UMTS, WiMax, MEN, LTE../
from investor perspective
There was never, never!, worse stock than NT
from $1200 adjusted to current $1.60 with loss of $400 bill in the market cap!
from employee perspective
66 k jobs lost in last years and the restructuring is going into turbulence now.
Public expectations
Start cleaning the mess! Start criminal trials! Stop fooling everyone at once_right now /new investors, customers, employees/
Bring back confidence to North American stock market!
Now is the perfect time!
Monetize all you can and protect brains of Nortel /R&D/
Transplant the brains into a healthy body! /Brain donation anyone?/
If you cannot satisfy everyone /investors, employees customers/ do just one thing Right. Public will accept BK with ease_easily.

By: Another Nortel Watcher

Another Nortel Watcher — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:50:29 +0000

I have to agree. I think it's a disgrace that MZ didn't fire Hackney for cause when he assaulted a young woman. It sends a message about MZ's values and it it has been a continuing PR liability, as evidenced by this post and the others that reference this issue.