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(NT.TO) Nortel Networks Enhances Optical Enterprise Portfolio to Drive Lower Network Costs, Complexity

Posted on: Monday, 9 June 2003, 06:00 CDT

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003--

Deploying Optical Enterprise Solutions for University of Texas,

School District of Philadelphia

Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT) has enhanced its Optical Enterprise portfolio to help drive measurable cost and performance improvements across enterprise IT networks. Nortel Networks is also deploying Optical Enterprise solutions for the University of Texas and the School District of Philadelphia.

Nortel Networks Optical Enterprise portfolio consists of Optical Ethernet, Optical Storage Connectivity and Optical Network convergence solutions. Part of Nortel Networks 'One network. A world of choice.' global enterprise vision, these solutions are designed to help enterprises drive as much as a 25-percent improvement in total cost of network ownership. They are also designed to reduce network downtime by improving network resiliency and security.

The latest enhancements to Nortel Networks Optical Enterprise portfolio include standards-compliant coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) on Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 5000 Multiservice Platform, and Fiber Availability Service.

With CWDM on OPTera Metro 5000, enterprises will be positioned to run their private networks -- or networks from service providers -- more cost-effectively by leveraging attributes similar to dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM).

Fiber Availability Service is designed to help match enterprises with the right type and amount of fiber to meet budgetary and other business requirements. Available through Nortel Networks 'channel partners,' Fiber Availability Service will provide enterprises with a complete market assessment of fiber providers in their area to make finding dark fiber and optical services quick and simple. This assessment will include: a list of dark fiber and existing optical services; distance to the enterprise location (in feet); fiber contacts; and pricing.

The School District of Philadelphia and University of Texas Optical Enterprise deployments will ultimately link multiple locations across geographically-dispersed environments to improve communications and collaboration by sharing resources and enhancing network capacity and performance.

The School District of Philadelphia is deploying a secure Optical Ethernet solution -- including Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform with Resilient Packet Ring (RPR), Nortel Networks Passport 8600, and Nortel Networks Contivity VPN (virtual private network) -- to improve performance of education applications across more than 300 locations.

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) will leverage the security and resiliency of Nortel Networks Fiber Channel storage connectivity and Ethernet connectivity solutions to help create a supercomputing 'grid' that will ultimately link all computing resources across the UT Austin campus. UT Austin is deploying Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 5200 Multiservice Platform, which supports Fiber Channel, Ethernet and SONET over a simple, resilient and scalable optical network.

With its vast experience in both the Optical and Enterprise markets, Nortel Networks continues to bring cost-effective Optical Enterprise solutions to the market, creating new revenue-generating opportunities for service providers and cost-effective networks for enterprises. Nortel Networks was the global market share leader in total optical transport in 2002, according to the Dell'Oro Group. Nortel Networks also led key enterprise markets -- including Layer 4-7 Fixed Ethernet Switching.

Nortel Networks uses this experience and strategic relationships with leading technology companies to provide simple, secure, scalable, end-to-end Optical Enterprise solutions.

'One network. A world of choice.' is about raising the bar with a new level of customer and employee engagement where and how the network is accessed while offering enterprises the power of choice in deployment options through industry-leading solutions in IP (Internet Protocol) Telephony, applications, data and optical networking.

Nortel Networks is an industry leader and innovator focused on transforming how the world communicates and exchanges information. The Company is supplying its service provider and enterprise customers with communications technology and infrastructure to enable value-added IP data, voice and multimedia services spanning Wireless Networks, Wireline Networks, Enterprise Networks, and Optical Networks. As a global company, Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries. More information about Nortel Networks can be found on the Web at www.nortelnetworks.com.

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 severity and duration of the industry adjustment; the sufficiency of our restructuring activities, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions; fluctuations in operating results and general industry, economic and market conditions and growth rates; the ability to recruit and retain qualified employees; fluctuations in cash flow, the level of outstanding debt and debt ratings; the ability to meet financial covenants contained in our credit agreements; the ability to make acquisitions and/or 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; international growth and global economic conditions, particularly in emerging markets and including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of rationalization in the telecommunications industry; the dependence on new product development; the uncertainties of the Internet; the impact of the credit risks of our customers and the impact of customer financing and commitments; stock market volatility; the entrance into an increased number of supply and outsourcing contracts which contain delivery and installation provisions, which, if not met, could result in the payment of substantial penalties or liquidated damages; the ability to obtain timely, adequate and reasonably priced component parts from suppliers and internal manufacturing capacity; the future success of our strategic alliances; and the adverse resolution of litigation. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see the reports filed by Nortel Networks with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel Networks disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks logo, the Globemark, OPTera, Passport and Contivity are trademarks of Nortel Networks.

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