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Avaya Replaces Nortel for Vancouver Olympics

By Mark Evans | Published: January 7, 2010
With the Olympics coming to Canada for the first time since the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Nortel scored a huge coup by being the “Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier”. It made sense to have a Canadian company be the “Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier for the 2010 Winter Games” With the sale, however, of [...]
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Nortel Bows Out of 2012 London Olympics

By Mark Evans | Published: July 10, 2009
Not that this is a surprise but Nortel has bowed out of its involvement in the 2012 London Olympics. Nortel has been replaced by Cisco. Herd’s an internal Q&A with Nortel’s Jayne Rees, who was responsible for Nortel’s relationship with the LOCOG. Jayne, what has been announced today?JR: Nortel and LOCOG have agreed to end [...]
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