OTTAWA-The second time may be the charm for Peter Currie as he returns as chief financial officer next month to Nortel Networks Ltd.He will replace William R. Kerr, who ascended the position after a number of Nortel executives lost their jobs over the company's...
CHATEAUFORT, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. announced they conducted end-to-end test calls of a W-CDMA/HSDPA system using commercial network and handset equipment. The companies said the calls demonstrate their capabilities to commercially deliver HSDPA products."Qualcomm is committed to helping the W-CDMA community extend...
ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network. Nortel did not disclose the value of the contract, but said it will provide circuit and packet core...
BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has entered into a joint venture framework agreement with China Putian Corp. for research and development, manufacture and sale of third-generation equipment and products to customers in China.Both companies plan to reach a definitive agreement by June 30, 2005.The...
ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network.Nortel did not disclose the value of the contract, but said it will provide circuit and packet core second-...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x technology. The upgrade is expected to increase subscriber capacity and expand service coverage to...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x technology. The upgrade is expected to increase subscriber capacity and expand service coverage to...
As expected, Nortel Networks Corp. restated its earnings for 2003, 2002 and 2001. The company also announced it will install a chief ethics officer, and 12 of its executives will pay back a combined $8.6 million in bonuses."With the completion of our restatements we...
Wireless has been mobilized in a variety of critical and innovative ways in reaction to the December tsunami disaster. The wall of water that struck parts of Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and elsewhere served to severely disrupt some telecommunications networks. According to company statements...
LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top of the 20 metropolitan areas already launched. Rival Sprint PCS reported that it plans...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless will offer video, audio and three-dimensional games over its EV-DO third-generation network beginning next month. The carrier also announced plans to expand the cities in which it offers EV-DO service.Subscribers in 32 U.S. markets with 3G phones will be able to...
VIENNA, Austria-Nortel Networks Ltd. won a contract to replace T-Mobile Austria's existing packet core network with a GPRS network. Nortel did not disclose the value of the contract but said it now provides GPRS platforms to five of T-Mobile International's European subsidiaries. Nortel said...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. said it will file its 2003 results Jan. 10. The company also said it expects revenues for its fourth quarter to clock in around $2.8 billion, slightly below the $2.83 billion in revenues expected by analysts polled by Thomson First Call.Nortel...
TEL AVIV, Israel-RAD Data Communications said its FOM-E1/T1 fiber-optic modem and ASMi-52 SHDSL modem have achieved interoperability approval from Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide backhaul connectivity with Nortel GSM/GPRS radio access equipment. The FOM-E1/T1 fiber-optic modem converts E1/T1 electrical signals into optical signals. The...
OTTAWA-Nortel Networks Ltd. has won an order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to extend the convening of its 2004 annual general meeting to no later than May 31, 2005.The meeting was scheduled to be held March 31. However, the company said the...
After several months of either denying or keeping mum over a pending realignment, Motorola Inc. finally let its new structure out of the bag. In the fashion of other big players like Nokia Corp., L.M. Ericsson and Nortel Networks Ltd., Motorola has organized its...
The anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. offers an olive branch in one area and a turf battle in another. The turf battle arises from what the combined company will do with its massive MMDS 2.5 GHz spectrum. Peace dividends redound...
LONDON-U.K.-based wireless carrier MmO2 successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with wireless supplier Nortel Networks Ltd. MmO2 said it plans to deploy Nortel's HSDPA solution across portions of its pan-European wireless network. Nortel said MmO2...
TORONTO-After a cycle of postponements, Nortel Networks Ltd. finally released its third-quarter results statement, although it is still unaudited. For the third quarter, Nortel said it suffered an estimated loss of 6 cents per share on a revenue of about $2.3 billion. The net...
Fundamental changes in wireless sometimes take place with a bang (the disappearance of AT&T Wireless, the combination of Sprint and Nextel) and sometimes creep in (location-based services, telemetry, etc.).While the U.S. carrier space is doing some dramatic flips as of late, the worldwide vendor...
LONDON-U.K.-based wireless carrier MmO2 has successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with wireless supplier Nortel Networks Ltd. MmO2 said it plans to deploy Nortel's HSDPA solution across portions of its pan-European wireless network.Nortel said MmO2...
TORONTO-After a cycle of postponements, Nortel Networks Ltd. finally released its third-quarter results statement, although it is still unaudited.For the third quarter, Nortel said it suffered an estimated loss of 6 cents per share on a revenue of about $2.3 billion. The net loss...
Nortel Networks Ltd. has set Jan. 10, 2005, as the date it will file the unaudited statements for 2003 as well as the first and second quarters of 2004. The wireless vendor also said it plans to update the world on results for 2001,...
Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure out what armor to deploy. Qualcomm Inc.-which gave CDMA to the industry and the...
