Nortel Delivers New Communications Power to China Electricity and Water Utilities; Nortel IP Telephony, Multimedia Portfolio Deployed for Network Upgrades

Business Wire, March 29, 2005

BEIJING -- Regional power utilities in Fujian and Shandong provinces and the Haihe River Water Resources Commission will drive increased employee productivity through 'anywhere, anytime' communication services with the deployment of industry-leading Internet Protocol (IP)-based converged network solutions from Nortel (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT).

"Many utility employees work at different locations throughout each day," said Stephen Tsui, chief operating officer, Greater China, Nortel. "Nortel solutions that converge multiple networks into one make it possible for them to communicate cost-effectively from virtually anywhere at anytime over a wired or wireless connection."

"These Nortel enterprise converged solutions are igniting and powering local commerce in many markets, as well as enhancing the human experience by providing unrestricted communications mobility and multimedia collaboration," Tsui said. "We have a long relationship with China's power industry and water resources companies, and we continue to support them with leading communication solutions."

Fujian Power is upgrading remote sites across its countryside communication network with Nortel traditional telephony and IP telephony to increase employee productivity with collaborative multimedia applications and mobile workforce communications solutions. Based on Nortel Communication Server 1000 (CS 1000), the full-featured IP telephony solution for the enterprise environment will deliver the full range of Nortel's proven telephony applications. The new network is expected to be the first of its kind in Fujian province.

In Shandong province, the Qingdao Power Company is deploying a Nortel Multimedia Communications Server 5100 (MCS 5100) and a CS 1000 to upgrade its communications to a fully converged, next generation network (NGN). MCS 5100 is a network-based application delivery solution that seamlessly integrates voice, data, and video services to allow personnel to conduct business virtually anywhere, anytime. By providing employee mobility, workgroup collaboration, instant messaging and IP telephony, the new Qingdao Power Company network infrastructure will reduce operating costs and enhance efficiency. As Shandong's second largest city and its economic center, Qingdao will be the first city in the province to upgrade its power communication network.

The Haihe River Water Resources Commission, the largest water system in North China, is deploying both Nortel MCS 5100 and CS 1000 to create a new, flexible, reliable and responsive multiservice communication network. The new network will connect various water resource management functions across the Haihe River area and allow its employees to communicate securely and reliably in real-time regardless of location. Once completed, the network is expected to be the first multiservice network in China's water resources system.

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; the findings of Nortel's independent review and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the 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 controls over financial reporting; the impact of Nortel's and NNL's failure to timely file their financial statements and related periodic reports, including breach of its support facility and public debt obligations and Nortel's inability to access its shelf registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); ongoing SEC reviews, which may result in changes to our public filings; the potential delisting or suspension of Nortel's and NNL's publicly traded securities; 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, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions;