Nortel Networks Solution to Enable T-Mobile Germany to Offer New IP Services; Wireless Operator to Capitalize on Intelligent Multiservice Switch

Business Wire, Oct 9, 2001

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FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2001

T-Mobile Germany, the leading German wireless services operator, has selected Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)(TSE:NT.) to supply a new, high-performance Frame Relay core network consisting of Passport 7480. This network will support T-Mobile's data communications needs as they evolve their network to deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) data services and later on UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) services across Germany.

The versatile, highly scalable Passport 7480 multiservice switch will enable T-Mobile to maximize bandwidth efficiency and support evolution to a UMTS wireless voice and data network with a common infrastructure. A streamlined intelligent network and service management system will position T-Mobile to minimize operating costs and maximize customer service. The network will also support new, next generation wireless service offerings that can create new revenues.

"For service providers, there is nothing hotter than converging voice and data networks," said Stephan Thielmann, account vice president, Nortel Networks. "Today, service providers need to reduce capital and operational expenditures and leverage new opportunities to remain competitive. By linking intelligent IP services and existing infrastructure, the Passport portfolio enables service providers to grow-as-they-go, evolving their networks to next generation MPLS solutions, extending the value of existing investment."

Nortel Networks Passport 7480 multiservice switch offers high-performance cost savings, investment protection and management simplicity. Designed for the service provider environment, the flexible, scalable Passport portfolio is ideal for networks spanning from access adaptation to core backbone switching. It supports ATM, frame relay, IP VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), MPLS, circuit emulation (CES) and other voice and data services.

T-Mobile Germany is the leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in Germany and European wide at number 2. The subsidiary of T-Mobile International AG (100 percent) supplies about 22.5 million customers in its German T-D1 network. T-Mobile Germany has about 10,000 employees and generated sales of 6 billion Euro in year 2000.

Nortel Networks is a global leader in networking and communications solutions and infrastructure for service providers and corporations. The Company is at the forefront of transforming how the world communicates, exchanges information and profits from the high-performance Internet through capabilities spanning Optical Long Haul Networks, Wireless Networks and Metro Networks. Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries and can be found on the Web at www.nortelnetworks.com.

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