Comments on: Nortel Keeps Market Guessing, Will It Sell or Slim Down?

By: Nortel Falls To Telecom’s Titanic Shift | Design Website

Nortel Falls To Telecom’s Titanic Shift | Design Website — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:14:31 +0000

[...] (NSN) for about $650 million. It was a tactical admission by the once-mighty Nortel that it had little or no room in tomorrow’s telecom world.I have followed Nortel for a long time. The company rose and fell with the telecom bubble. It got [...]

By: Nortel Falls To Telecom’s Titanic Shift

Nortel Falls To Telecom’s Titanic Shift — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:54:12 +0000

By: Nortel Won’t Be Coming Back from Bankruptcy

Nortel Won’t Be Coming Back from Bankruptcy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:06:52 +0000

[...] in January, had said the company planned to emerge from bankruptcy, but as the process continues that scenario looks less likely. Instead, the Canadian company is being dismantled and sold for parts, pending approval from the [...]

By: GigaOM Spring Cleaning: Motorola and Others Hit the Dustbin

GigaOM Spring Cleaning: Motorola and Others Hit the Dustbin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:18:42 +0000

[...] — It’s bankrupt and may never emerge. ‘Nuff [...]

By: vat69

vat69 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:07:34 +0000

Another one bites the dust!
50+ yrs of rich technology legacy..gone in 4 yrs. Senior leadership caliber matters so much for these turnarounds to work You need somebody who can move the needle on staying operationally nimble and yet move fast to identify adjacent technology markets or alternative business models; Mike Z9CEO) could do neither…he ended up hiring more people like him and results are obvious.

Mike Z introduced all sorts of Six Sigma operational and process overhead instead of committing to product innovation. No point trying to make your gills more efficient if your pond is drying up fast…..

By: adsforall

adsforall — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:07:49 +0000

No need for Nortel! it does not have any advantage in the market place except for the optical side. All remaining solutions are outdated and will be obsolete soon!

By: RamblingFish

RamblingFish — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:31:20 +0000

Nortel ceasing to exist is a forgone conclusion. What remains to be seen is how much the executives and Board of Directors torment the shareholders, employees, pensioners, debtholders, and watchers. I’ll take wagers that their Wirless business is sold, the Enterprise business is sold, and that the MEN and Carrier Voice businesses are what emerge as the new Nortel. within 24 months thereafter, the new Nortel will be acquired or will re-enter chapter 11. They should save the stress, and sell it all now.

By: mobileinsider

mobileinsider — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:19:39 +0000

Nortel’s value, at this point, is with its Carling R&D lab in Ottawa. Any chance of reclaiming wireless business is long gone (sell it to NSN, a good deal for all). Huawei needs entry into the US markets and the Ethernet/Optical business could be a good target. Cisco could also benefit from the Meridian installed base to excel its IP/pbx/ip phone business and some good engineers next to Cisco’s own campus in RTP. So what’s left? It’s R&D lab. Lucent should buy them and marry the Bell Lab people on Murray Hill. After that, no more Nortel.

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By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:57:33 +0000

Put a fork in the company, it’s done. Even if it survives, they’ll have sold off most of their assets anyway, so there won’t be much left to save.

By: Nortel in Asset Sale Talks | All About Nortel

Nortel in Asset Sale Talks | All About Nortel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:00:54 +0000

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