Category Archives: Contract Wins

Cisco, Nortel Team Up

By Mark Evans | Published: October 23, 2007

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 [...]

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Nortel’s U.S. Government Momentum

By Mark Evans | Published: August 27, 2007

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 [...]

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Is Optical Back?

By Mark Evans | Published: August 22, 2007

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 [...]

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Nortel Snags U.S. Government Contract

By Mark Evans | Published: July 31, 2007

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 [...]

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Nortel Wins $150M T-Mobile Deal

By Mark Evans | Published: July 13, 2007

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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Alcatel-Lucent Gets Cricket Love Too

By Mark Evans | Published: July 11, 2007

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 [...]

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