Author Archives: Mark Evans

Now on the Auction Block, 4K Patents

By Mark Evans | Published: May 17, 2010
One of the last assets within the Nortel portfolio finally appears to be on the block as the company is exploring the sale of its patent portfolio. According to reports, Nortel is looking at whether to sell the portfolio or transform into into a licensing entity. The decision will be based on whether Nortel can [...]
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RIP, Nortel Norstar

By Mark Evans | Published: May 9, 2010
This post originally appeared on Jeff Wiener’s The Telecom Blog. Thanks to Jeff, who heads up Digitcom, for his permission to re-pint it on AAN. Over my 19 years in the Telecom business almost everything has changed, as telecom technology continues to advance at a rapid rate. One of the things that had never changed, however, [...]
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Nortel’s Cupboards Almost Bare of Assets Now

By Mark Evans | Published: April 21, 2010
I had intended not to spend too much time on AAN with my consulting business rocking and rolling but I’ll take a hall pass with Ericsson’s plans to spend US$242-million to buy Nortel’s 50% + 1 stake in LG-Nortel Co., Nortel’s joint venture with LG Electronics – one of ex-Nortel CEO Bill Owens’ few successes. “Today’s [...]
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Nortel Goes Down, Bonuses Go Up

By Mark Evans | Published: April 20, 2010
Do you think the crew upon the Titantic would have received big bonuses if any of them had survived? After all, they did prove that it was possible to sink the unsinkable, and some people did manage to live. Well, Nortel seems to be intent on rewarding its senior executives for taking the S.S. Nortel down [...]
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Bankruptcy Protection Ad Nauseum

By Mark Evans | Published: April 17, 2010
Who knew it could take so long to completely dismantle a company. Even though Nortel has been in bankruptcy protection since January, 2009, it has requested and received approval to extend its protection until July 22. Even though Nortel has raised more than $3-billion from selling assets, it still has $4.5-billion of long-term debt, as [...]
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All About Nortel Starts to Wind Down

By Mark Evans | Published: April 5, 2010
As many of you have probably noticed, AAN hasn’t been that active recently. Part of it has to do with the fact the amount of news coming out of Nortel has dropped considerably, which is understandable given there aren’t many assets left in the portfolio. As well, my digital marketing and social media consulting business, [...]
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