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Matlin Patterson Working on Buy-Out Proposal

By Mark Evans | Published: July 6, 2009
With Nortel on the cusp of completing the first phase of its asset (fire)sale (the $650-million sale of its CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit to Nokia Siemens), it looks like things are about to get a lot more interesting. MatlinPatterson, a private equity firm that acquires distressed companies, issued a statement today that [...]
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The Nokia-Nortel Deal That Should Have Happened

By Mark Evans | Published: July 6, 2009
With the spotlight on Nokia Siemens’ proposed $650-million bid for Nortel’s CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit, it’s interesting to note it was four years ago that Nokia and Nortel nearly entered into a wireless joint venture. If the deal was had consummated, Nortel would have not only made a lot more money but [...]
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Talking about Nortel on BNN

By Mark Evans | Published: July 3, 2009
It must be a pretty slow news day if the media is asking me to talk about Nortel. I was on Business New Network earlier today (aka BNN), talking about Nortel’s LTE business, and reports some LTE patents could generate as much as $2.9-million in revenue.
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A Bid to Save Nortel?

By Mark Evans | Published: July 1, 2009
Is there hope for Nortel to continue as a standalone company without going through a firesale of all its best assets? The Ottawa Citizen reports that MatlinPatterson Global Advisors, a $9-billion private equity investor, may be interested in bidding for Nortel. MatlinPatterson’s biggest obstacle could be a lack of time it has to put together a [...]
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Confidential: Nortel’s Key Messages and Q&A for Customers

By Mark Evans | Published: June 23, 2009
Here’s a confidential document that Nortel created to address its key messages as well as Q&A for customers in the wake of the proposed sale of its CDMA business and LTE R&D unit to Nokia Siemens. One of the more interesting tidbits is the name “Nortel” could be sold as part of a transaction. Key [...]
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