Nortel Showcase of Latest Mobile Broadband, Convergence and Mobile TV Solutions at 3GSM World Congress

Nortel Showcase of Latest Mobile Broadband, Convergence and Mobile TV Solutions at 3GSM World Congress

BARCELONA, Spain, February 8/PRNewswire/ -- Nortel(x) (NYSE: NT ; SX: NT) plans to showcase the delivery of an
outstanding mobile broadband experience at the 3GSM World Congress 2006,
February 13-16 in Barcelona.

The company intends to demonstrate current and future wireless
capabilities across three main areas: mobile broadband evolution, the power
of convergence and interactive mobile TV at its public and private booth
space A06, Hall 8, Fira Convention Center.

"Nortel's goal is to make the current path and long term evolution to
true wireless broadband as simple as possible for wireless service
providers," said Peter MacKinnon, president of GSM and UMTS networks, Nortel.
"Today, Nortel is delivering commercial HSDPA networks designed to enable
their operators to efficiently drive down costs and simplify the delivery of
converged services."

"We're preparing for the future by integrating new technologies,
including MIMO and OFDM, into all our wireless solutions to enable the
evolution to ultra broadband wireless," MacKinnon said.

Leading Mobile Broadband Evolution

As wireless service providers compete to meet subscriber demand for
faster, higher bandwidth mobile services, next generation technologies are
essential to boosting network capabilities. At 3GSM, Nortel intends to
demonstrate:

- Live, commercial HSDPA services at speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps per second.

- UMTS and HSDPA services in the 900 MHz band, for the improved delivery
of broadband services to rural areas and in-building penetration as showcased
with Orange and Qualcomm.

- A repeat of the industry's first simultaneous HSUPA and HSDPA calls,
announced February 7, 2006.

- A vision for the long term evolution of broadband mobility solutions
with MIMO and OFDM as the underlying technology across UMTS, CDMA and WiMAX.

Driving Network Convergence

Consistent, secure, optimized communications with no interruption in the
subscriber experience across multiple access types - GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
Wifi, WiMAX - is the end goal of IMS Converged Mobility service and global
convergence in the network core.

Nortel will debut its innovative wireless services edge platform the
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provides wireless network integration to IPv6 and MPLS evolved packet cores.
The platform will lay the foundation for services 'beyond 3G' and
capabilities including all releases of UMTS, HSDPA and IMS, equipping
operators with common session management, policy control and real-time
integrated billing.

Other planned demonstrations include next-generation voice core, packet
core and advanced IMS applications and platforms,
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solutions including content filtering, virus blocking and peer to peer
traffic control, as well as a converged wireless network manager for easy
integration and efficient operation.

Enhancing Mobile Experience with Mobile TV

Nortel will also unveil a broad range of Digital Mobile TV solutions that
allow 3G operators to capitalize on the pent-up user demand for video
services.

SK Telecom, a UMTS and HSDPA customer of LG-Nortel, will be present on
Nortel's booth demonstrating the world's first digital mobile multimedia
broadcasting service available today in South Korea.

In all of its activities at 3GSM World Congress 2006, Nortel aims to
highlight not only the strength of its solutions, but also its close
cooperation and extensive interoperability testing activities with key mobile
device vendors and application developers. For 3GSM World Congress 2006 the
vendors and developers working with Nortel include IBM, LG, Motorola, Nokia,
Aeroflex, Fingermind, HP, Option, Qualcomm, Redknee, Sagem, Samsung, Sierra
Wireless, Sonim and Websense. Through working with a variety of companies,
Nortel aims to help operators speed the delivery of commercial services.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities
that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and
secure and protect the world's most critical information. Our next-generation
technologies, for both service providers and enterprises, span access and
core networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications, and
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by
simplifying networks and connecting people with information. Nortel does
business in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on
the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.

Certain information included in this press release is forward-looking and
is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The results or events
predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or
events. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current
expectations include, among other things: the outcome of regulatory and
criminal investigations and civil litigation actions related to Nortel's
restatements and the impact any resulting legal judgments, settlements,
penalties and expenses could have on Nortel's results of operations,
financial condition and liquidity, and any related potential dilution of
Nortel's common shares; the findings of Nortel's independent review and
implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the ongoing
independent review with respect to revenues for specific identified
transactions, which review will have a particular emphasis on the underlying
conduct that led to the initial recognition of these revenues; the
restatement or revisions of Nortel's previously announced or filed financial
results and resulting negative publicity; the existence of material
weaknesses in Nortel's internal control over financial reporting and the
conclusion of Nortel's management and independent auditor that Nortel's
internal control over financial reporting is ineffective, which could
continue to impact Nortel's ability to report its results of operations and
financial condition accurately and in a timely manner; the impact of Nortel's
and NNL's failure to timely file their financial statements and related
periodic reports, including Nortel's inability to access its shelf
registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC); the impact of management changes, including the termination
for cause of Nortel's former CEO, CFO and Controller in April 2004; the
sufficiency of Nortel's restructuring activities, including the work plan
announced on August 19, 2004 as updated on September 30, 2004 and December
14, 2004, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in
connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such
actions; cautious or reduced spending by Nortel's customers; increased
consolidation among Nortel's customers and the loss of customers in certain
markets; fluctuations in Nortel's operating results and general industry,
economic and market conditions and growth rates; fluctuations in Nortel's
cash flow, level of outstanding debt and current debt ratings; Nortel's
monitoring of the capital markets for opportunities to improve its capital
structure and financial flexibility; Nortel's ability to recruit and retain
qualified employees; the use of cash collateral to support Nortel's normal
course business activities; the dependence on Nortel's subsidiaries for
funding; the impact of Nortel's defined benefit plans and deferred tax assets
on results of operations and Nortel's cash flow; the adverse resolution of
class actions, litigation in the ordinary course of business, intellectual
property disputes and similar matters; Nortel's dependence on new product
development and its ability to predict market demand for particular products;
Nortel's ability to integrate the operations and technologies of acquired
businesses in an effective manner; the impact of rapid technological and
market change; the impact of price and product competition; barriers to
international growth and global economic conditions, particularly in emerging
markets and including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations;
the impact of rationalization and consolidation in the telecommunications
industry; changes in regulation of the Internet; the impact of the credit
risks of Nortel's customers and the impact of customer financing and
commitments; general stock market volatility; negative developments
associated with Nortel's supply contracts and contract manufacturing
agreements, including as a result of using a sole supplier for a key
component of certain optical networks solutions; the impact of Nortel's
supply and outsourcing contracts that contain delivery and installation
provisions, which, if not met, could result in the payment of substantial
penalties or liquidated damages; any undetected product defects, errors or
failures; the future success of Nortel's strategic alliances; and certain
restrictions on how Nortel and its president and chief executive officer
conduct business. For additional information with respect to certain of these
and other factors, see the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Nortel with the SEC. Unless otherwise
required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.

(x) Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel
Networks. Use of the terms "partner" and "partnership" does not imply a legal
partnership between Nortel and any other party.

www.nortel.com

Source: Nortel

Isabelle Tadmoury, Tel: +33-1-695-51291, Tadmoury@nortel.com, Ben Roome, Tel: +44-1628-43-3113, benroome@nortel.com

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