All About Nortel

As Nortel turns away from Wi-Max to focus on LTE, it’s no surprise that Alvarion is stoked about its re-selling agreement with Nortel announced last week.
Tzvika Friedman, Alvarion’s CEO, told WiMAX-Vision that it is a “landmark” deal for the Israeli base station supplier. “We are a stronger player now and can be the number one [...]

[Read more →]

Nortel continues to bask in the glow of its annual investor day. Not only are analysts climbing back on the bandwagon but the media is wasting little time to highlight Nortel’s rebound.
The Globe & Mail, for example, has a story looking at Nortel’s decision to focus on LTE while partnering with Alvarion Ltd. to do [...]

[Read more →]

With Nortel deciding not to pour wireless R&D dollars into LTE rather than Wi-Max, there’s no lack of questions about Nortle’s Wi-Max strategy. TechWorld talked with Scott Wickware, who just took over as Nortel’s global head of WiMax, about what Nortel’s doing and why.

Technorati Tags: Wi-Max

[Read more →]

Not sure what to make of Nortel’s decision to pick LTE over Wi-Max but pragmatism seems to have played a key role.
Gerry Collins, Nortel’s director of wireless for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said LTE has better prospects while Wi-Max has done as well as expected.
“We looked at our portfolio and felt we hadn’t [...]

[Read more →]

It was impossible this week to miss the media and blogging frenzy over Apple’s introduction of the new 3G iPhone, which - if you believe the hype - will revolutionize the wireless market by giving consumers the power to really use mobile business, personal and entertainment services.
For telecom equipment suppliers, the focus on the new [...]

[Read more →]

With Nortel in a quiet period before its first-quarter results are unveiled on Friday, there’s a dearth of news.
So for all you Nortel addicts looking for a fix, check out this podcast on “LTE (or Long Term Evolution), what it is, why it is needed, some typical uses for LTE and how it will benefit [...]

[Read more →]

According to Unstrung.com, Germany’s 02 is poised to say “Auf Wiedersehen” to Nortel.
The wireless carrier is going to replace all of its Nortel GSM and UMTS base stations with new equipment from Huawei and Nokia Siemens.
Unstrung reports this is Nortel’s second loss in Germany to Huawei following T-Mobile’s decision to use Huawei’s Packet Switched [...]

[Read more →]

So, what’s going to save Nortel’s bacon?
According to chief technology officer John Roese, Nortel is going to reap the benefits of wireless upgrades as carriers look to boost the speed and size of their networks.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Roese said the company’s focus on LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology will produce dividend as [...]

[Read more →]

Someone sent along this postcard that Nortel published in 2000 about its UMTS ambitions. It’s funny in an ironic sort of way to look back given the unit was sold in 2006.

[Read more →]

Earl Lum doesn’t think much of the speculated Nortel-Motorola wireless joint venture.
Lum, the president of research firm EJL Wireless Research, believes a NT-MOT marriage would have more disadvantages than advantages. According to a story on TMCNet, EJL’s analysis showed “lagging market share for both Motorola and Nortel in the 2G market and virtually no market [...]

[Read more →]