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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 [...]

More Thoughts on Nortel-BT Deal

Duncan Stewart, one of Canada’s leading technology analysts, is writing his column again for the National Post. This week, he takes a look at Nortel’s recent contract agreement with BT and the prospects for provider backbone technology (PBT).

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So Why Did Sprint Overlook Nortel?

In the wake of Sprint selecting Nokia rather than Nortel as the third supplier for its $2.5-billion to $3-billion WiMax contract, it’s interesting read a research report issued last week by TD Securities analyst Chris Umiastowski (before Sprint officially unveiled Nokia as its choice). Umiastowski said Nokia’s selection would be a “disappointment” for Nortel because [...]

Nortel Misses Out on Sprint Deal

As the Wall St. Journal reported last week, Nortel has not been selected to be part of Sprint Nextel’s suppliers for its $1.5-billion to $2-billion WiMax project. Instead, Sprint selected Nokia. In a report, Genuity Capital analyst David Hodgson said “We believe this is a significant blow to Nortel, which had high hopes (both internally [...]

Nortel Loses Out on Sprint’s WiMax Plans

According to the Wall St. Journal (hat tip to Seeking Alpha), Sprint has rounded out its WiMax suppliers by selecting Nokia ahead of Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel. Nokia will join Motorola and Samsung Electronics to supply technology for Sprint’s $3-billion WiMax network over the next two years. This can’t be good news for Nortel, which has [...]

Analysts Pragmatic About Verizon Contract

It’s interesting to see the pragmatic - if somewhat unenthusiastic reaction - among analyst to Nortel’s $2-billion deal with Verizon Wireless, which was announced yesterday. It’s almost like no one is willing to jump back on the bandwagon even though Nortel appears to have gained some momentum with a key customer. A good example is [...]

Nortel Wins $2B Contract

Not sure quite to make of the news that Nortel has won a five-year, $2-billion contract to provide equipment and services to Verizon Wireless. From previous experiences dealing with Nortel and large contracts, I’m reluctant to trumpet the fact Nortel has won a $2-billion contract because who really knows if $2-billion of business will actually [...]

Nortel Renews VoIP Deal with Kodak

Eastman Kodak has extended its U.S. voice network management deal for another three years with Nortel. This involves Kodak’s U.S. network of PBXs and telephone services through 2008, as well as an upgrade of the existing Meridian switch to an IP-enabled Communication Server 2100.

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