-
Mark’s Blogs
Find ME Online
-
Category Archives: Technology
It Ain’t Over, Til It’s Over
Here’s a guest post from Jeff Wiener, who runs Digitcom, a telecom equipment reseller. Jeff also writes The Telecom Blog, one of Canada’s leading telecom-focused. Oddly enough, there still seems to be a steady stream of press releases, product update notices, and new wins for Nortel which can be found on their web site (click [...]
Nortel’s Patent Analysis Deal with Global IP
With 3,500 patents still in its possession, Nortel has hired an intellectual property consulting company, Global IP, to do an analysis and valuation of its portfolio. In a court filing, Nortel said it hired Global IP after submitting requests for proposals to nine consulting firm based on the belief it requires “the services of a [...]
As the Empire Crumbles, Nortel Carries On
In many respects, it must be very strange for Nortel employees to keep doing their jobs while the company’s different assets are being sold. I mean, how motivated or excited can you be when your employer is crumbling and the CEO has gone running off into the hills? This take on the world struck me [...]
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. [...]
The Battle for Nortel’s Patents Heating Up
To date, Nortel’s asset sales (aka “The Nortel Garage Sale”) have been interesting but not terribly exciting unless you take into account the public temper tantrums that Research in Motion had after it wasn’t allowed to participate in the auction for Nortel’s CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit. But it looks like things could [...]
Nortel Promo Expires in December!