Nortel Networks is to acquire Architel, a provider of Support Systems to the telecommunications industry, in a deal worth $395m in Nortel Networks common shares. With the acquisition Nortel will be able to expand its next-generation Internet services.
Spanish wireless carrier Airtel is spending $100m on equipment from Nortel Networks in a bid to be the first European telco to roll out a UMTS network. Nortel will build Airtel's network using internet base stations for wide-area radio coverage and...
Telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks is to supply the Cormorant advanced communications system for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF). A Nortel spokesman said: "Core technology for Nortel is its Passport multi-service system, the 11 standard...
Nortel Networks, for example, has launched a new centralised security architecture for Wi-Fi that will enable companies to detect and disconnect unauthorised access points attached to a network. The bar for security is always rising and the...
This situation may change as vendors such as Nortel Networks begin tempting service providers with equipment that couples the benefits of IPSec and MPLS in a single platform. Margaret Hopkins, associate telecoms analyst at Analysys, says: "A lot of...
Netgear was incorporated in 1996 as a subsidiary of Bay Networks, which was itself acquired by Nortel Networks in 1998. Netgear remained a subsidiary of Nortel until 2002 when Nortel sold its remaining interest in the company.