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Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company.
1964: Bell Canada acquires 100 percent of Northern Electric. 1966: the Northern Electric research lab, Northern Electric Laboratories (the predecessor to Bell-Northern Research ), starts looking into the possibilities of fiber optic cable. 1969: work begins on digitizing telephone communications.
Jun 30, 2023 · Learn how Nortel, once a leader in fibre optics and telephony, collapsed in 2009 after facing financial mismanagement, market saturation and internet competition. Discover the history, products and legacy of Nortel and its ongoing support for customers.
Jan 5, 2018 · Nortel was a Canadian telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer that rose and fell in the IT market. Learn about its origins, innovations, acquisitions, bankruptcy and legacy.
Jan 14, 2009 · Learn about the rise and fall of Nortel Networks, Canada's former telecommunications giant, from its origins in 1882 to its bankruptcy in 2009. See the milestones, scandals, and trials that shaped the company and its executives.
Jan 14, 2019 · Ten years ago today – Jan. 14, 2009 – the company that was once the darling of Ottawa’s technology sector filed for bankruptcy protection in both Ontario and the United States, one day before it was slated to make a $107-million interest payment on its debt.
Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, wireless, and wireline solutions for the Internet. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before.
