Cable West Builds Converged IP Network with Nortel Solution; To Enable IP Telephony, Real-Time Video Distribution and Data Sharing

Business Wire, Dec 22, 2005

TOKYO -- Cable West Inc., a leading cable services provider in Japan, has deployed a converged IP network solution from Nortel (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT) to provide IP telephony services to subscribers, and to enable real-time video distribution and high-speed data sharing among its six subsidiary cable companies.

Cable West Inc. and its six subsidiaries serve approximately 1.5 million households in each of 12 cities and one town in Japan's Osaka prefecture, the second most populous prefecture after Tokyo.

Based on the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, the high-performance IP network has been optimized for real-time, bandwidth-intensive IP video and data transmission to increase employee productivity and reduce costs. It also provides a single, converged network for the efficient and cost-effective delivery of IP telephony services to cable subscribers. Network design and integration has been implemented by Nortel channel partner UNIADEX, Ltd.

"Nortel's Gigabit Ethernet solution will meet Cable West's stringent network performance requirements for video and data transport, while providing a fully integrated, high-speed data transmission platform that is easily scalable to accommodate growth," said Nick Vreugdenhil, country manager, Japan, Nortel. "Cable West's shift to a converged IP network will also ensure the highest levels of quality and service for its recently introduced IP telephony service."

A more reliable, secure and intelligent solution designed to provide increased bandwidth and additional revenue-generating potential for today's service providers, Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 delivers high-density, high-performance Layer 2-7 switching, routing and traffic classification. The additional bandwidth allows for extensive use of shared resources and helps to ensure network performance regardless of the number of users connected at any given time.

Continuous transmission of broadcast programs is ensured by Nortel's interoperable Resilient Terabit Cluster network design, ensuring sub-second failover in case of any failure in the network. Resiliency is ensured by removing complexity from the network, making management simple, and saving on operational expenses.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical information. Serving both service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to help people solve the world's greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.> 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 outcome of regulatory and criminal investigations and civil litigation actions related to Nortel's restatements and the impact any resulting legal judgments, settlements, penalties and expenses could have on Nortel's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and any related potential dilution of Nortel's common shares; the findings of Nortel's independent review and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the ongoing independent review with respect to revenues for specific identified transactions, which review will have a particular emphasis on the underlying conduct that led to the initial recognition of these revenues; the restatement or revisions of Nortel's previously announced or filed financial results and resulting negative publicity; the existence of material weaknesses in Nortel's internal control over financial reporting and the conclusion of Nortel's management and independent auditor that Nortel's internal control over financial reporting is ineffective, which could continue to impact Nortel's ability to report its results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner; the impact of Nortel's and NNL's failure to timely file their financial statements and related periodic reports, including Nortel's inability to access its shelf registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); the impact of management changes, including the termination for cause of Nortel's former CEO, CFO and Controller in April 2004; the sufficiency of Nortel's restructuring activities, including the work plan announced on August 19, 2004 as updated on September 30, 2004 and December 14, 2004, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions;