Nortel wind down UMTS (3G)

crawler

Nortel's UMTS (3G) wireless business will operate as a separate business unit from its GSM business, and that the future of that 3G business is under scrutiny.

In reporting its second quarter results, Nortel noted that it has "recently determined that our UMTS solutions and GSM solutions businesses will start operating as separate business units... as the second generation GSM and third generation UMTS technologies are at two very different market stages." The company added: "We also intend to decide whether to expand, partner, or divest our UMTS solutions business."


Full story here :-

http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=100519&WT.svl=news1_1


Makes sense HSDPA/HSUPA/LTE (Long Term Evoloution, if they ever agree what it will look like!) all gaining ground and I think nortel see the money in them there hills!

Sponge Bob

it may be they are simply not getting the contracts for Big Iron from 3G operators so they are spinning out to get visibility.

my abiding memory of Nortel is that they swallowed the worlds second biggest router supplier (after Cisco) , after which nobody in Nortel could tell you where to buy one

In 1998

Bay Networks was one of the Big Four data communications companies that include Cisco Systems, Cabletron, and 3com. Bay Networks is a leader in the global Internet-working market, and provides a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offered frame, and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet access solutions, IP services and networking management applications. Bay Networks also designs highly scalable and flexible Internet-working solutions that provide a smooth migration for customers to move to the advanced IP-optimized networks of the future without a wholesale replacement of existing network equipment.

But back then there was no Huawei was there ????

crawler

Companies eat Companies!

Ah our friends from China - ZTE fall in there too....not all sunshine and roses in that camp either

http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=99265

One day soon someone is just going to buy everyone else and form "ubercom inc"

Shortly after that, their spin off Company will form Cyberdyn Technologies and the first termminator will be released (The actual model was the T-800 I believe!)...after that - well, we know what happens then!!!