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Nortel’s #1 in 40G and 100G
Lost amid Nortel’s march toward oblivion is the fact there’s some great, leading edge technology within the company, which will end up on the hands of several happy purchasers. Infonetics Research, for example, issued a new report on the optical equipment market that they consider Nortel to be the leader in 40G and 100G technology. [...]
Ciena Hunting for MEN
According to an industry analyst, Ciena Corp. is among two finalists in the running to buy Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Network business under the same “stalking horse” process used to sell the CDMA and enterprises businesses. LightReading reports that Jefferies & Co. analyst George Notter believes Ciena and a private equity investor have made an offer. [...]
Who’s Looking for a Good MEN?
Amid Mike Z.’s decision to abandon ship, the sale of the CDMA business to Ericsson, and calls for the federal government to block the Ericsson deal, it’s been interesting to see how little attention has been paid to Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networking business. This is, after all, a business that was seen as Nortel’s crown [...]
Optical Market Expected to Decline
According to a new report by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide optical transport equipment market grew 12% in 2008 but expected to decline 9 percent in 2009. “In the fourth quarter, we saw flat sequential growth in North America and EMEA and strong sequential growth in sales to Asia Pacific,” said Jimmy Yu, director of Optical [...]
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Another 40G Customer
As much as the economic landscape is volatile, Nortel’s metro Ethernet network business, which is on the sales block, seems to be chugging along with a flurry of 40G press releases. The latest customer for its 40G optical technology is Telus, which announced yesterday plans to deploy it as a way to expand the capacity [...]
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Nortel (Ciena) Rolls Out 100G