Category Archives: Contract Wins

Huawei Wins Cricket Contract Too

By Mark Evans | Published: July 10, 2007

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 to [...]

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What’s Better? Wi-Max or HSDPA?

By Mark Evans | Published: June 25, 2007

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 [...]

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Hey, Someone’s Still Buying CDMA Gear

By Mark Evans | Published: June 14, 2007

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 [...]

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Nortel Gets Olympic Spirit

By Mark Evans | Published: May 1, 2007

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.

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Did Nortel Win over Cisco

By Mark Evans | Published: April 26, 2007

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.

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Israel Approves Wireless Trial

By Mark Evans | Published: April 18, 2007

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 and [...]

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