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$300M Deal is Old News
There’s a bunch of news reports about Nortel and a $300-million, 10-yeal with the U.S. Social Security Administration for a VoIP system.
Just so you know, it was announced in July 2007.
More: TMCNet’s blog has a rather indignant post on how the U.S. government “$300 million on Nortel VoIP”.
Technorati Tags: Nortel, VoIP
Posted in Industry Sales 13 Comments
Telecom’s Bleak Future
Om Malik, whose book, Broadbandits, captured the tales of the telecom boom, has a short, but succinct, post about the telecom industry’s tough times – citing troubles at Lucent, Nortel and Ciena.
Technorati Tags: lucent, Nortel, ciena
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High Hopes for Asia
With the Nortel empire, one of the brights spots – at least from a revenue perspective – this year has been Asia where sales have jumped nearly 50% over the first three quarter to $1.87-billion. This accounted for 25% of total sales.
But according to Nortel Asia-Pacific president Francois Lancon, the market is getting more challenging [...]
Also posted in Financials 10 Comments
Will the Economy Stall Technology Adoption?
Nortel’s Phil Edholm has a blog post featuring an intriguing question: whether a slowdown in economic growth – or negative growth – will lead to a delay in the adoption of new technologies.
Naturally, Edholm doesn’t think so given he’s in the business of selling products and services. Personally, I think overall investment will decline as [...]
Also posted in Technology 6 Comments
What’s the Outlook For Equipment Suppliers?
NetworkWorld has an intriguing story focused on what’s in store for telecom equipment suppliers.
Are there going to be winners and losers over the next few months as carriers and corporate customers deal with more pressure on IT budgets?
Will an economic slowdown allow Cisco to take advantage of rivals’ struggles to gain an even bigger competitive [...]
Also posted in Rivals 5 Comments
Carrier VoIP Sales Stalled