Category Archives: Wireless

Nortel Explains MEN Move

By Mark Evans | Published: March 3, 2009

After Phillippe Morin’s e-mail to MEN employees appeared on AAN yesterday, Nortel is scrambling to clarity it strategic decision. “We are not abandoning our Carrier Ethernet (CE) technology innovation, but simply focusing our Carrier Ethernet investment away from the switch/router segment,” a spokesperson said in an e-mail to xchange. “This decision supports the goal to [...]

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Thesis: Nokia to Buy Nortel’s Wireless Business

By Mark Evans | Published: February 27, 2009

As Nortel restructures and figures out what the New Nortel will be, there are all kinds of theories being thrown around. Here’s one for discussion – you know, one with constructive and insightful thoughts. It involves the theory that Verizon wants Nokia Siemens Networks to acquire Nortel’s wireless business. There are two interesting things at [...]

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Nortel Loses Out on Verizon Deal

By Mark Evans | Published: February 18, 2009

Not that it came as a surprise but Nortel was left out of a much-anticipated contract for LTE network equipment announced by Verizon. At the Mobile World Congress, Verizon CTO Dick Lynch said the company had selected Ericsson and Alcatel Lucent as the key vendors for the radio access network, while Alcatel and Nokia Siemens [...]

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Wi-Max’s Uncertain Future

By Mark Evans | Published: February 9, 2009

With Nortel bailing out of the Wi-Max business, and Nokia deciding to stop selling the WiMax-friendly N810, the once bright prospects of WiMax are now becoming increasingly uncertain. According to Infonetics, sales of fixed and mobile WiMax equipment dropped 21% to $245-million in the third quarter of 2008 from the second-quarter, while sales this year [...]

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Nortel Bails Out of Wi-Max

By Mark Evans | Published: January 29, 2009

It wasn’t that long ago when Wi-Max was seen as a key part of Nortel’s strategic direction. Today, however, Nortel said it’s bailing out of the business and ending joint venture agreement with Alvarion, which was unveiled to much fanfare just seven months ago. “We are taking rapid action to narrow our strategic focus to [...]

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Boost for Nortel’s LTE Strategy

By Mark Evans | Published: December 4, 2008

Back in June when Nortel abandoned WiMax to focus on LTE (Long Term Evolution), it was painted a puzzling move given Nortel had been so bullish on WiMax. Part of Nortel’s strategic thinking was that LTE is a bigger opportunity than WiMax. Nortel’s faith in LTE was rewarded earlier this week when KDDI, Japan’s second [...]

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