All About Nortel

Does it strike anyone as ironic or simply puzzling that Deloitte has selected Nortel to provide managed service for its telepresence, video conferencing and multimedia services in as many as 130 locations around the world?
For people who followed Nortel’s financial troubles/accounting scandal, Deloitte was right in the middle of the action as Nortel’s long-time auditor. [...]

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According to Unstrung.com, Germany’s 02 is poised to say “Auf Wiedersehen” to Nortel.
The wireless carrier is going to replace all of its Nortel GSM and UMTS base stations with new equipment from Huawei and Nokia Siemens.
Unstrung reports this is Nortel’s second loss in Germany to Huawei following T-Mobile’s decision to use Huawei’s Packet Switched [...]

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The last time Nortel did business with India’s BSNL, Nortel lost its shirt….along with more than $260-million.
Nevertheless, Nortel is taking another shot at getting a bigger foothold in the oh-so-large but oh-so-competitive Indian telecom equipment market by taking on a $100-million deal to supply BSNL with GSM lines.
“India represents an enormous opportunity for Nortel in [...]

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Don’t get too excited about the headline.
It’s not an acquisition but a contract that Intercontinental Hotels Group announced earlier this week with Cisco and Nortel to provide telecom and networking technology in its hotels in the MIddle East and Africa.
Cisco will provide its Hospitality Solutions technology to offer hotel guests connectivity through IHG’s hotels, [...]

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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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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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One week, Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski is nominated by U.S. president George Bush to an IT advisory committee, the next week Nortel wins a 10-year contract worth as much as $300-million from the U.S. Social Security Administration. You be the judge: coincidence or is there a pork belly-ish connection?
In any event, Nortel is going to [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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