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01/30/09 - 11:46 AM EST
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Troubled telecom-equipment manufacturer Nortel Networks (NT Quote - Cramer on NT - Stock Picks) has overhauled its carrier business, discontinuing its mobile WiMAX operations and ending its short-lived joint venture with Israeli wireless specialist Alvarion(ALVR Quote - Cramer on ALVR - Stock Picks).
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The Ontario-based firm, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is desperately attempting to put its house in order, and hopes that its latest move will help it better manage its costs.
"We are taking rapid action to narrow our strategic focus to areas where we can drive maximum return on investment," said Richard Lowe, president of Nortel's carrier business, in a statement released Thursday. The executive explained that Nortel's existing WiMAX customers will move over to Alvarion, and he promised that existing support commitments will be met.
Nortel signed an agreement last year to integrate Alvarion's radio access network technology into its own network, backhaul and global services offerings and also resell the Israeli firm's WiMAX access products.
"Our priority is to minimize the effect on customers," said Tzivka Friedman, Alvarion's CEO, in a statement. "We will work closely with Nortel to ensure that the transition will be as smooth as possible."
Alvarion's shares nonetheless slipped 13 cents, or 3.8%, to $3.26 in Friday trading, outpacing the broader decline in tech stocks. The Nasdaq dropped 0.8% recently.
WiMAX technology, which was developed as a wireless alternative to broadband and DSL, has been gaining momentum, driven largely by sales of smartphones. Nortel's decision to exit a potentially lucrative 4G market, however, reflects the extent of the firm's recent problems.
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Nortel zieht sich aus dem Wimax-Geschäft zurück
Wie der israelische Hersteller Alvarion bekanntgibt, hat Nortel Networks das Mitte 2008 geschlossene Vertriebsabkommen für Wimax-Produkte schon jetzt wieder aufgekündigt. Im Zuge dieser Vereinbarung hatte der kanadische Netzwerkausrüster die Wimax-Komponenten von Alvarion als Teil seines eigenen Produktportfolios weiterverkauft und sich zudem an den Entwicklungs- und Servicekosten beteiligt. Darüber hinaus war geplant, die Wimax-Komponenten in Nortels Carrier-Systeme zu integrieren, um Komplettlösungen anbieten zu können.
Nachdem Nortel jedoch am 14. Januar 2009 wegen drohender Insolvenz Gläubigerschutz beantragen musste, durchläuft der Konzern derzeit eine grundlegende Umstrukturierung. In diesem Zusammenhang werden sämtliche Geschäftssparten einer detaillierten Analyse unterworfen. Die Entscheidung zum Rückzug aus dem Wimax-Markt sei eine schwierige, aber dennoch absolut notwendige Maßnahme zur Refokussierung von Nortel gewesen, erklärte Richard Lowe, President Carrier Networks bei Nortel. (map/c't)
Nortel Government Solutions Meets Aggressive Social Security VoIP Network Target | |
| Date : | 02/02/2009 @ 6:00AM |
| Source : | MarketWire |
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| Nortel Government Solutions Meets Aggressive Social Security VoIP Network Target |
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/02/09 -- Nortel Government Solutions, a U.S. company wholly owned by Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(OTCBB: NRTLQ), completed the core network for the massive new U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) VoIP system within 180 days of initial purchase orders, an aggressive requirement of the 10-year, US $300 million Telephone Systems Replacement Project (TSRP) award.
This implementation included: redundant, geographically-dispersed service delivery points for high survivability; a state-of-the-art demonstration facility in Columbia, Maryland; and a Network Operations Center, Help Desk, and Agency Test Facility in Woodlawn, Maryland. Nortel Government Solutions has also implemented a very intensive VoIP applications suite that includes a data mart and management information system for custom reporting and hundreds of advanced telephony features to improve overall call-handling efficiency. All components were tested and accepted before rollout to SSA field offices began.
The new system, expected to become one of the largest enterprise VoIP deployments in the world, is already supporting more than 125 offices and more than 33,500 calls daily. To date, the new system has handled over 1.6 million calls. With 12-16 offices added each week, approximately 500 offices will be added per year until all 1,526 offices are online. Nortel Government Solutions has engineered the system to support over 100,000 phones. Installation and maintenance teams are positioned across the country for rapid deployment, training, and support.
"This implementation schedule is extremely aggressive, yet Nortel Government Solutions delivered the core solution and subsequent field offices on time and within budget," said Chuck Saffell, CEO, Nortel Government Solutions. "Working in concert with the TSRP team, we have made a significant improvement in the Social Security Administration's ability to provide service to the citizen by providing a feature rich, cost-effective, and highly reliable solution."
TSRP is expected to expand and improve services for an anticipated influx of new users, including retiring 'baby boomers'. It includes Nortel's carrier class unified messaging, an interactive voice response (IVR) solution and a centrally managed Contact Center Management Server (CCMS) capable of supporting 55,000 field office agents. These offerings provide a common, more friendly 'look and feel' for users and faster, more efficient call handling through skills-based routing that matches each caller's inquiry to the most appropriate agent.
The SSA also expects its new VoIP network to help consolidate monthly public network service charges, decrease operating and maintenance costs, and establish a platform for future services.
The new SSA VoIP network features Nortel's Communication Server 1000 switching, Contact Center Management Server, Media Processing Server 500 IVR, unified messaging solution with Unified Messaging 2000 core platform and CallPilot(1), and IP Phone 1100 Series handsets.
The Nortel Government Solutions team includes General Dynamics, Black Box Network Services, Shared Technologies, York Telecom, High Wire Networks, NetIQ, NETCOM Technologies, Attivasoft, and Pal-Tech.
Nortel Government Solutions is also involved in a number of major VoIP transitions for U.S. Government customers worldwide, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Air Force and other elements of the Department of Defense.
About Nortel Government Solutions
Nortel Government Solutions is a network-centric integrator, converging IT services and communications to help government ensure the security, livelihood, and well being of its citizens. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Nortel Government Solutions offers a one-stop shop for solutions designed to improve workforce productivity, reduce operating costs and streamline inter-agency communications. Please visit www.nortelgov.com for more information.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.
Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as "could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similar language and are considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities legislation. These statements are based on Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which Nortel operates. These statements are subject to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and the actual outcome may be materially different from those contemplated in forward-looking statements. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see Nortel's Annual Report on Form10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other securities filings with the SEC. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo, the Globemark and CallPilot are trademarks of Nortel Networks. Nortel Government Solutions and the Nortel Government Solutions logo are trademarks of Nortel Government Solutions Incorporated.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/04/09 -- Launched October 8, the Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(OTCBB: NRTLQ) Business Communications Manager (BCM) 450, has already shipped 1000 units - demonstrating strong global demand for a solution that connects people faster, improves collaboration and speeds time to decision for firms with up to 300 employees.
The solution helps medium-sized business more easily and cost-effectively transition to unified communications and enables them to leverage up to 70 percent of their original investment by making the most of their existing equipment.
"This is the fastest-selling IP telephony solution we've ever launched and it's already the recipient of a key industry award," said Joel Hackney, president, Enterprise Solutions, Nortel. "The tremendous response to the BCM450 points to the mid-market's desire to realize the benefits of unified communications. Not only does BCM450 bring speed and simplicity to how medium sized businesses communicate, it allows them to fully leverage their prior investments with Nortel."
Nortel's BCM450 expands the Company's addressable market while offering greater capacity for businesses like Ronald Blue & Co. LLC(2). Ronald Blue & Co. is a financial and investment consulting firm serving 5,000 clients from 16 offices across the United States. For them, BCM450 represents a move towards unified communications and a way to extend up to 70 percent of their original network investment because BCM450 can work with their legacy digital voice communications equipment.
"We manage approximately $5 billion in investment assets and were recently ranked among Forbes.com's 'Top 50 Fee-Only Advisers'(2) so the stakes are high for us," said John Albers, chief information officer and principal, Ronald Blue & Co. "We chose the BCM450 solution to help increase our productivity and client response time. We like the features such as consolidated voice and email messages on a single device. Plus, the product can scale as we grow."
BCM450 is available from Nortel, or through its strategic channel partners like BT.
"Unified communications helps a business to be more productive and profitable by keeping it connected to customers, suppliers and partners whenever and wherever staff is based. Through the integration of multiple communications channels onto a single platform, BCM450 allows small businesses to control costs in the current climate," said John Dovey, director, IT services, BT Business.
In addition to Nortel's market leading unified messaging capability, which combines voicemail, fax and e-mail into a single location that can be accessed from anywhere, whether over the Internet or by telephone, the BCM450 also provides:
- Message forwarding, which sends voicemails and faxes to the desktop or mobile device deemed most convenient by the user or organization. For workers on the move, this can save long distance and roaming charges when retrieving messages.
- Meet-Me Conferencing that can establish teleconferences for up to 120 participants. This can eliminate the need for external services and reduce teleconferencing expenses.
- Computer Telephony Integration, which allows the use of third-party applications to control telephone services, such as click-to-call or automatic screen "pop" with customer information when they call.
- Intelligent Contact Center functionality, which quickly directs clients to the right contact.
- Energy cost savings up to 40 percent over similar offerings from the competition.(3)
BCM450 is a member of the flagship BCM portfolio, which includes the BCM50. Both offer equivalent capabilities differing only in customer target size. These solutions can enhance the profitability of Nortel partners. They also offer reduced training requirements and a simpler sales proposition.
Nortel BCM solutions round out the Company's overall SMB portfolio which has been evaluated 'five-out-of-five' by industry analyst firm Gartner in its Critical Capabilities for Unified Communications report.(4) Market research firm Dell'Oro ranks Nortel number one for the first three quarters of 2008 based on number of Hybrid-IP lines shipped globally.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.
Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as "could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similar language and are considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities legislation. These statements are based on Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which Nortel operates. These statements are subject to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and the actual outcome may be materially different from those contemplated in forward-looking statements. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see Nortel's Annual Report on Form10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other securities filings with the SEC. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
(1) Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
(2) This is a 3rd party link as described in our Web linking practices.
Use of the terms "partner" and "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership between Nortel and any other party.
(3) Based on Nortel's internal test results conducted in August 2008 comparing the energy consumption in the laboratory of a BCM450 with 150 phones and seven 4526T-PWR (NA PC) with the published energy consumption figures provided in data sheets of comparably equipped and configured competitive products.
(4) Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Unified Communications, Bern Elliot, September 16, 2008. The Critical Capabilities report is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Critical Capabilities report is a comparative analysis which scores competing products against a set of critical differentiators identified by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Critical Capabilities report, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest rating. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Contacts:
Nortel
Camille Beasley
(972) 684-2577
Email: camillbe@nortel.com
Website: www.nortel.com
http://www.crn.de/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214502651
Gruß
Am Ende hat Nortel noch fette Gewinne eingefahren ;-)
"Nortel Government Solutions (NGS), a U.S. company wholly owned by Nortel* [TSX: NT | OTC: NRTLQ] and operating independently as the United States federal government vertical supplier, has been awarded the General Services Administration's (GSA) Alliant contract. The announcement was made by GSA on March 27, 2009."
http://www2.nortel.com/go/...-8055&locale=en-US&oid=100254573
Noch jemand im Raum, der Nortel pleite gehen sieht?
"Nortel* [TSX: NT | OTC: NRTLQ] is delivering new solutions to integrate 'Identity-Aware' network security with unified communications technology, enabling enterprises to increase productivity, lower operating expenses and give them new competitive advantages by providing secure access to the right resources from anywhere and at any time."
http://www2.nortel.com/go/...-8055&locale=en-US&oid=100254553
... die wirklich gestärkt aus einer Insolvenz wieder rauskommen.
Ich hab mir ingesamt 35.000 Scheine zugelegt und bin mir so gut wie sicher, dass das irgendwann eine der besten Investitionen war, die ich gemacht hab :) Da ich aber keine cohones aus Stahl hab, investier ich trotzdem nur Klickergeld.
Falls ich mich irren sollte, ist das Taschengeld halt weg. Ich glaubs aber nicht.
LOL. Kein Geld um sich ein paar Scheine zuzulegen aber dumm quaken geht ja auch so.
;-))
System Provides Crucial Information to Sea Captains
April 29, 2009
FAIRFAX, VA. - Nortel Government Solutions (NGS), a U.S. company wholly owned by Nortel* [TSX: NT | OTC: NRTLQ], announced it has won a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) contract to maintain and support the Mandatory Ship Reporting System (MSR) - a system which is helping the U.S. Coast Guard to protect a critically endangered species of whale. The contract is a re-compete of the original 1999 contract, also won by NGS, for the initial building, implementation and maintenance of the MSR system.
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http://www2.nortel.com/go/...-8055&oid=100255574&locale=en-US