Articles tagged with: T Mobile Germany and Nortel Networks

Nortel's bankruptcy filing enables radical change, and not just at Nortel

Opinion piece by Dana Cooperson and Matt Walker, analysts at Ovum

On 14 January 2009, Nortel Networks moved beyond talk of divestiture and speculation of bankruptcy, and filed for creditor protection in Canada and the US, with Nortel UK entering administration separately under a filing managed by Ernst & Young. The company reached this point after multiple management regimes failed in their attempts to remake the company after the bursting of the telecoms bubble. Nortel's move may result in a more balanced industry structure for communications equipment.  more

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T-Mobile upgrades its GPRS service

T-Mobile Germany has selected Nortel Networks to supply a new Frame Relay core network consisting of the Passport 7480 switch, to support T-Mobile's data communications needs as they evolve their network to deliver Internet Protocol (IP) based GPRS data services and later on 3G services across Germany. The Passport 7480 multiservice switch will enable T-Mobile to maximize bandwidth efficiency and support evolution to a UMTS wireless voice and data network with a common infrastructure. Nortel Networks Passport 7480 multiservice switch is designed for the service provider environment, the flexible, scalable Passport portfolio is ideal for networks spanning from access adaptation to core backbone switching. It supports ATM, frame relay, IP VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), MPLS, circuit emulation (CES) and other voice and data services." more

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