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What’s Better? Wi-Max or HSDPA?

So what’s the better/more viable technology - Wi-Max of HSDPA. Ericsson recently dissed Wi-Max as the Betamax of the telecom world - an assertion that Nortel, of course, vigorously objected to. In any event, Smart Office asks the question about whether Wi-Max is superior to HSDPA in the wake of Austar deciding to use Nortel’s [...]

Hey, Someone’s Still Buying CDMA Gear

Mexico’s Grupo Iusacell, the country’s second-largest wireless operator, is buying some CDMA equipment from Nortel to extend mobile broadband service to 10 new cities. Grupo Iusacell is buying Nortel’s EV-DO Rev A solution that can offer peak data rates of up to 3.1 Mbps from the cellular base station to the subscriber and up to [...]

Nortel Gets Olympic Spirit

With the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it makes complete sense for a Canadian company - Nortel Networks - to be awarded the rights to provide telecom equipment and services. Nortel will provide an IP-based communications network that will support 4,000 TV connections, 500 wireless access ports, 15,000 VoIP lines and 40,000 ethernet ports.

Did Nortel Win over Cisco

According to someone who reads Gokul Blog, Nortel’s recent contract to provide with Mexico’s Telmex with IP telephony and multimedia services came at the expense of Cisco, which was battling to win the deal. For more details on why Nortel prevailed, check out the post.

Israel Approves Wireless Trial

The Israeli government has approved a year-long extension for a wireless mesh network trial in the Jewish West Bank town of Ariel, which is providing high-speed wireless access to all residents and municipal employees. The network will help Ariel with municipal law enforcement, provide video surveillance, read water meters remotely, allow for wireless data [...]

Nortel Wins Mexican Contract

Time to have a few Coronas within Nortel headquarters amid news that TELMEX, the largest telecom carrier in Mexico, will offer Nortel’s hosted IP telephony and multimedia services to medium large businesses. Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Flaherty told Business News Americas published that Nortel wants to improve its market share in Mexico City to 15 [...]

Hey, Another Railway Contract

It’s been awhile since Nortel’s Railway division announced a contract win but a new deal has been signed with Reseau Ferre de France. The French railway owner has selected Nortel to be its exclusive supplier of telecom equipment as part of a public-private partnership to build a GSM-R network. For all you railway aficionados, [...]

Huawei Closing in on $1B Contract

According to Economic Times, India’s Reliance Communications is close to awarding a $1-billion GSM/CDMA wireless contract to Huawei Technologies - beating out competitive bids from Ericsson and Nortel. In January, Reliance said it would spend $2.5-billion to expand its network to cover to all Indian towns with a population of over 1,000 by the fiscal [...]

Alcatel-Lucent Gets $6B Deal from Verizon

Alcatel-Lucent has snagged a three-year, $6-billion contract to supply hardware, software and services to Verizon Wireless, which wants to expand its network to offer high-speed access and video. The deal comes three months after Nortel unveiled a $2-billion, five-year contract with Verizon. “While not wholly unexpected … it is encouraging that Verizon is extending its [...]

Was Nortel Microsoft’s Second Choice?

Nortel’s been talking up its unified communications partnership with Microsoft in recent months - part of CEO Mike Zafirovski’s strategic partnership plan. Avaya, however, claims it was Microsoft’s first choice but turned down the opportunity because it didn’t want to license its content control technology to Microsoft. “They came to us to offer that deal [...]