I received an interesting spreadsheet from one of my Nortel sources looking at the assets that Nortel has sold, the assets still on the block, as well as the company’s total assets and liabiliti...

“Nobody is safe, unless you are working in, I guess,” “We worked all our lives for this and it’s just been pulled out from underneath us.” - Bob Dowson, 68, who retired...

Yesterday, Nortel announced that Hitachi has purchased its next-generation packet core network components unit for $10-million. According to the Monitor’s 26th report, it turns out that Nortel c...

With 3,500 patents still in its possession, Nortel has hired an intellectual property consulting company, Global IP, to do an analysis and valuation of its portfolio. In a court filing, Nortel said i...

Here’s a guest post from Jeff Wiener, who runs Digitcom, a telecom equipment reseller. Jeff also writes The Telecom Blog, one of Canada’s leading telecom-focused. Oddly enough, there st...

In case you’ve missed it, the Ottawa Citizen has been running a series of stories about what went wrong with Nortel. It’s has been a compelling read that, in many respects, highlights some...

In case you’ve missed it, the Ottawa Citizen has been running a series of stories about what went wrong with Nortel. It’s has been a compelling read that, in many respects, highlights some...

November looks like it could be an interesting month for Nortel. Here’s what’s on tap: - Nov. 13: The auction for the metro Ethernet networking business is scheduled to take place, altho...

Not that it matters much but Nortel posted a third-quarter loss of $508-million on revenue of $1.04-billion. This compared with a $3.4-billion loss in Q3 2008 on sales of $2.3-billion. This year’...

Ciena has apparently bumped up its offer for Nortel’s optical networking and carrier Ethernet business by about 40% to $714 million. Reuters reports that Ciena’s new bid is $500 million i...