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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.
Jan 5, 2018 · Nortel Networks Corporation, or simply Nortel, was a public telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company, it was one of Canada’s oldest technology companies.
Jan 14, 2009 · 1882: Nortel's predecessor company, Bell Telephone Co. of Canada, starts out in the business of manufacturing telephone handsets. 1895: Bell spins off Northern Electric and Manufacturing Co. but...
Jan 15, 2009 · Nortel Networks Corp, North America's biggest maker of telephone equipment, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Wednesday, a day before it was due to make a $107 million...
Jul 24, 2009 · Nortel, which filed for bankruptcy protection on January 14, will later auction its corporate communications equipment unit. Here are some key dates in the company's history:
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Jan 16, 2012 · Global News takes a look back at the rise and fall of the telecom giant. May 1, 2000: Nortel, which was born in 1882 as Bell’s in-house mechanical department, becomes a completely independent...
