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TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans to re-enter the broadband access market, unveiling a teaming with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop access offerings for service providers around the world. The …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans to re-enter the broadband access market, unveiling a teaming with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop access offerings for service providers around the world. The …

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec named former Nortel executive Frank Plastina president, chief executive officer and board member. Plastina replaces Fred Lax, who announced his resignation in October, saying for personal reasons he …

The Chinese government has given its homegrown TD-SCDMA technology a thumbs up, calling it an officially backed standard, the Xinhua news agency reported. China’s Ministry of Information Industry said the …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. named Dennis Carey as its new executive vice president of corporate operations, even though Carey is a former Motorola Inc. executive. Carey served most recently as Motorola’s …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Kristin Rinne, chief technology officer for Cingular Wireless L.L.C., will serve a second term as chairwoman of 3G Americas after being re-elected by the GSM technology organization’s board of …

SAN DIEGO-Sky MobileMedia Inc., which provides wireless software platforms, named Naser Partovi as its new president and chief executive officer. Previously, Partovi was managing director at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Kristin Rinne, chief technology officer for Cingular Wireless L.L.C., will serve a second term as chairperson of 3G Americas after being re-elected by the GSM technology organization’s board of …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. named former General Electric Co. executive Don McKenna as its new vice president of Global Manufacturing Services. Nortel said McKenna will play a “pivotal” role in transforming …

Motorola Inc. purchased Texas-based Wireless Valley Communications, a privately held company that creates software for designing and managing wireless networks including cellular, RFID, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and mesh. Motorola purchased the …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. purchased Texas-based Wireless Valley Communications, a privately held company that creates software for designing and managing wireless networks including cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and mesh. According to reports, …

After receiving clearance from Marconi Corp.’s shareholders and from the European Commission, L.M. Ericsson says it’s ready to complete its $2.24 billion acquisition of Marconi’s key telecom assets, setting up …

After just 18 months on the job, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that its chief marketing officer, Clent Richardson, plans to leave the company March 1. Nortel has not named a …

TORONTO-After just 18 months on the job, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that its chief marketing officer, Clent Richardson, plans to leave the company March 1. Nortel has not named a …

TORONTO-Verizon Communications Inc. said it is testing Nortel Networks Ltd.’s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems solution. Nortel said the carrier is looking for IMS-compliant solutions in order to converge voice, video …

After 12 official drafts, the IEEE finally approved the 684-page proposal from the 802.16 Task Group, designating the mobile WiMAX standard as 802.16e-2005. The WiMAX Forum is set to begin …

DALLAS-The Alberta Special Areas Board picked Nortel Networks Ltd. to build a fixed WiMAX network in Canada, bringing high-speed wireless broadband access to rural areas of Alberta, Nortel said. Nortel …

Just two weeks after Mike Zafirovski took the reins as Nortel Networks Ltd.’s new chief executive, two longtime employees have been shown the door. Nortel confirmed that Brian McFadden, chief …

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Just two weeks after Mike Zafirovski took the reins as Nortel Networks Ltd.’s new chief executive, two longtime employees have been shown the door. Nortel confirmed that Brian McFadden, …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless provider Telus Mobility said it launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based network in a handful of urban centers. The initial markets include Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The carrier …

The mesh market is garnering increased attention lately-and following a typical path in wireless evolution-complete with competition between startups and industry leaders, and competing proposals for a standard-all underscored by …

TORONTO-Two vendors made HSDPA trial announcements this week. Nortel Networks Corp. and operator Edge Wireless L.L.C. plan to begin field trials of UMTS and HSDPA technology, including demonstrations of video …

Nortel Networks Ltd. posted a third-quarter net loss of $105 million, or 2 cents per share, less than what was expected after the mayhem of firing senior executives, correcting numbers, …

OTTOWA-In its quarterly filing with U.S. regulators, Nortel Networks Corp. revealed it received a subpoena on Aug. 23 from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas requiring …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nortel Networks Ltd. said they completed a transaction that forms a joint venture between the two companies. The LG-Nortel Co. Ltd. joint venture …