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Nortel (Ciena) Rolls Out 100G

It seems like a strange announcement but Nortel announced that it’s taking orders and shipping the first commercially-available 100G optical solution. The strange part is while Nortel is unveiling the product, the 100G business is part of the optical and Ethernet assets purchased by Ciena. “Nortel’s 100G optical solution uses groundbreaking technology that allows service [...]
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Nortel Enterprise Auction is a Marathon

I’d love to be a fly on the wall in New York City as the auction for Nortel’s enterprise business continues deep into a second day. Nortel social media guru Bo Gowan suggests we could be looking at a multi-day auction before a winner emerges. So, what’s taking so long? Are Avaya and Siemens continuing [...]
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A Delay in the Auction Process?

For everyone waiting for the winner of the Nortel’s enterprise business to be announced, there may be a chance that you’ll have to wait until next week. According to documents within Epiq Systems, Verizon Communications will participate in an oral examination on Sept. 14 in New York City at the offices of Nortel’s lawyers Cleary [...]
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Surprise, Nortel’s Still Innovating

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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Will RIM Get to Bid?

With the auction happening today for Nortel’s CDMA and LTE assets, the biggest question is whether Research in Motion will get to participate. Despite being told it didn’t qualified bidder after failing to comply with the bidding process, RIM said in a statement that: “RIM remains seriously interested in bidding on Nortel assets and continues [...]
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