Category Archives: R&D

Nortel Quote of the Week

By Mark Evans | Published: April 3, 2008

A week after CTO John Roese unveiled that Nortel’s R&D activities would be re-focused, Nortel provides some more details about what’s happening. The highlight – and this should come as no surprise – is that more R&D will be happening in China involving all four of the company’s business units. For Canadians worried about Nortel’s [...]

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Nortel to Rejig R&D

By Mark Evans | Published: March 27, 2008

There have been suggestions on a number of fronts that Nortel is spending way too much on R&D – 17% of total sales – so it does not come as much of a surprise to see CTO John Roese talk about the company’s plans to overhaul its R&D operations. In a speech in Ottawa, Roese [...]

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Nortel Still Leading R&D Player

By Mark Evans | Published: October 24, 2007

Canada’s leading research and development companies spent 3.8% less in 2006, according to Research Infosource Inc. – which really begs the question why it took nearly 10 months to compile this information given we live in a digital age where information is more readily available than ever before. Nortel continues to be the leading R&D [...]

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Nortel to Boost Chinese R&D Operations

By Mark Evans | Published: July 18, 2007

In a cost-cutting move that also takes advantage of China’s growing pool of engineering talent, Nortel plans to boost the number of engineers in China. Jackson Wu, who heads up Nortel’s Chinese operations, told Bloomberg News that “a significant portion” R&D jobs will move to China because “the difference in costs is just too big”. [...]

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Nortel Ramps Up R&D

By Mark Evans | Published: July 3, 2007

With Wi-Max one of its strategic priorities, Nortel is spending $100-million on R&D to develop the technology as opposed to $10-million a year ago. The dramatic increase is one component of Nortel’s new approach to R&D, which is focused on emerging technology rather than “late life cycle products”. John Roese, Nortel’s CTO, said a year [...]

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So, Will Nortel Cut R&D Costs or Not?

By Mark Evans | Published: February 20, 2007

The Globe and Mail has an article today looking at Nortel’s R&D operations/campus in Ottawa, which consist of 4,000 people and two Tim Horton’s coffee shops. The story is based on an interview with CTO John Roese (check out his blog), who talks about how Nortel’s need to better focused and more efficient when it [...]

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