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The Latest on Nortel: A Verizon Challenge

Posted by Susan Hall Sep 11, 2009 11:15:04 AM

In a legal filing, Verizon is challenging Avaya's bid for Nortel's enterprise assets, saying it would put U.S. security at risk, reports The Toronto Star. Verizon claims that Avaya would not be committed to maintain Nortel equipment used for public safety and defense in the United States. Verizon said it has been supplying that equipment to Nortel.

 

Avaya submitted a US$475 million bid for the division in July, though it's considered a "stalking horse," meaning it was designed to elicit higher bids. Verizon in its filing also said it believes there is another bidder, though its identity was not disclosed, according to InformationWeek.


Research in Motion has protested an earlier stalking-horse auction in which Ericsson outbid Nokia Siemens for Nortel's LTE/CDMA unit. Its protest apparently is going nowhere, according to Seeking Alpha. In fact, 680 former Nortel employees in Ottawa have been offered jobs with Ericsson, according to CBCNews.ca.

 

And amid all that, according to research by Dell’Oro Group, Nortel regained its position as the top vendor in the VoIP market during the second quarter, reports eWEEK.

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I thought competition drove innovation, not lawsuits.

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