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Surprise, Nortel’s Still Innovating

By Mark Evans | Published: August 28, 2009
Lost in the shuffle of Nortel’s struggles to survive and its sad stumble into bankruptcy protection is the fact there’s still a lot of smart people creating innovative technology – something that has been overshadowed for a long time. A good example is an announcement earlier this week that Nortel has come up with technology [...]
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Ericsson Goes on the Offensive

By Mark Evans | Published: August 24, 2009
Since Ericsson purchased Nortel’s CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit, it has been taking the Muhammad Ali-like rope-a-dope approach while Research in Motion has been flailing away trying to convince everyone that the deal should be reviewed because it’s not of “national interest”. Lost in the hyperbole, emotion and political lobbying is a few [...]
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Get Ready for a LTE Patent Shootout

By Mark Evans | Published: August 22, 2009
After buying Nortel’s CDMA business and LTE R&D unit, Ericsson appears to have its sites set on Nortel’s LTE patents – an asset that Research in Motion has been aggressively positioning itself as the logical buyer. Mark Henderson, president of Ericsson Canada, told Bloomberg that: “Any asset that came up for sale that was complementary [...]
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No Review for You, Nortel

By Mark Evans | Published: August 19, 2009
The Globe & Mail has an interesting story on how Canada isn’t likely to stop the sale of Nortel’s CDMA business to Ericsson because the book value of the assets involved falls below a threshold that would trigger a review. Although the deal is worth $1.13-billion, Nortel values the assets at $149-million, which is less [...]
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Ottawa Won’t Block CDMA Sale

By Mark Evans | Published: August 13, 2009
As I’m expounded on several occasions since Ericsson’s $1.13 billion bid to buy Nortel’s CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit received court approval, the deal will not be blocked by the Canadian government. Sure, there’s a lot of politicians talking about protecting national assets, and the government talks about reviewing the deal but the [...]
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Much Ado About Nothing

By Mark Evans | Published: August 8, 2009
So, the politicians got to hold an emergency meeting yesterday on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to review Nortel’s sale of its CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit to Ericsson for $1.13-billion. Here’s mini-synopsis: - After extensive negotiations, RIM thought it had a deal to buy the LTE patents a few months ago before Nortel [...]
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