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MEN: Some Numbers

For those of you looking for more information about the profitable Metro Ethernet Network business, here are some facts from Nortel’s Q2 results
Optical networking Sales
Q2: $300M vs. $285M in Q2 2007
Six-months: $547M vs. $548M
Data networking and Security
Q2: $78M vs. $78M
Six-months: $158M vs. $188M
MEN revenues decreased to $705M in the first half of 2008 from $736M [...]

Nortel to Build Virtual NOC in India

Nortel is building a virtual network operations centre (NOC) in Bangalore India to serve the needs of 140 customers currently being serviced from NOCs in Raleigh, N.C. and London.
Why Bangalore?
Nortel expects to reduce its costs by 30% to 35% compared with running a NOC in the U.S. or Europe. “There will be transition costs as [...]

Nortel Ramps Up Enterprise Marketing

As Nortel looks for markets where it can drive growth, it’s been paying more attention to the enterprise. This has been highlighted by its aggressive energy efficiency campaign that has seen Nortel take direct aim at Cisco.
While it’s left to be seen whether Nortel’s strategic embrace of green will produce dividends, there is little doubt [...]

Why Nortel is Doing Video

The discussion about why Nortel is encouraging its employees to make videos about the company’s “green” strategy has been live, interesting and a study in contrasts.
In the interest of fairness, you should check out Nortel Buzzboard today where Bo Gowan explains why Nortel has embraced video.

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Optical Sales Soaring

According a new report by Dell’Oro Group,the worldwide optical transport equipment market grew in Q2 to record high of $3.5 billion. The top suppliers - Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, and Nortel - captured nearly 50% of the market.
“The optical equipment market had another strong quarter with revenues growing 13 percent, far exceeding expectations,” said Jimmy Yu, Director [...]

Nortel Climbs on Twitter Bandwagon

If you’re into Twitter - you know, the 140-character communications phenomena - then perhaps you’ll be interested in following Nortel.
Yup, Nortel’s social media menu now includes Twitter. You can it at twitter.com/nortel. As well, here’s Nortel’s Bo Gowan on why he/Nortel broke down after rejecting the lure of Twitter.
Twitter is virgin territory for corporate PR [...]

More on PingTel

Matthew Nickasch has some more thoughts on the Nortel-PingTel deal after after some blistering thoughts earlier. He even has some nice things to say about Nortel’s R&D efforts in the SIP area.
As well, CNet’s Matt Asay has some thoughts on the deal.

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Nortel’s Star: PR

While Nortel’s financial performance and strategic focus might be good fodder for critical thought, one part of Nortel that’s humming along is public/media relations.
Along with a progressive approach to social media, Nortel’s PR people have got some pretty good traction with several news campaigns. This include the company’s efforts to be seen as more “green” [...]

IP-TV on the Rise

It’s far from clear these days where IP-TV fits into Nortel’s strategic priorities but, according to eMarketer, the IP-TV market is poised to boom with the proliferation of high-speed Internet access. eMarketer expects the number of IP-TV subscribers to grow to 12.7 million in the U.S. by 2012 from 3.3 million in 2008.
Nortel has [...]

Nortel Pounds the Green Drum

You have to admire Nortel’s enthusiasm and persistence in hammering home the message that it’s the supplier of choice for anyone concerned about reducing their energy consumption.
Nortel’s embrace of being green moved forward with the launch of an “energy efficiency calculator” that apparently shows how much energy customers and potential customers could save if they [...]