Research and Markets: 65% of North American Internet Traffic Travels Across Nortel Optical Networking Equipment

Business Wire, August 24, 2006

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c41146) has announced the addition of Nortel Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012 to their offering.

Next generation networks (NGNs) are implementations of softswitch and media gateway technology. The softswitch in the network offers an IP-based open network, which integrates PSTN with the IP network, a fixed network with a mobile network, voice services with data and multimedia services.

Nortel has a leading position in Ethernet, wireless, and optical next generation networks (NGNs). DWDM market participants offer a comprehensive portfolio of optical networking products. Nortel led DWDM markets with 22% market share in 2005. The Nortel DWDM optical dominant marketing achievement continues. Nortel Networks is the recognized global DWDM optical Internet leader. 65 percent of North American and 40 percent of European backbone Internet traffic travels across Nortel optical networking equipment. The company is positioned as a major equipment supplier to the industry.

Worldwide softswitch and voice gateway shipments next generation network (NGN) market share analysis indicates that the markets are led by Siemens and Nortel that are intent on converting TDM circuit switch based installed infrastructure to IP packet switching that supports quality of service.

Nortel is positioned to benefit from the explosion in wireless networking with 49% of its revenue coming from CDMA, GSM, and UMTS equipment.

Key Topics

Nortel Market Shares - Nortel Market Forecasts - Voice-Over-Packet (VOP) Market - Nortel Ethernet, Wireless, Optical Next Generation Networks (NGN's) - Nortel Market Segments - Voice-Over-Packet (VOP) Softswitch Market - DWDM Market Shares - IP PBX Market Shares - Network Service Needs - Increasing Average Revenue per User (ARPU) - Wireless Networks - Nortel WDM Systems - Optical-To-Electrical Conversion - Open Standards - Impact of Competition - Converged Voice and Data Networks

Topics Covered

NORTEL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Nortel Ethernet, Wireless, and Optical Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

Voice-over-Packet (VoP) Market

1. NORTEL NETWORK MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1.1 Service Provider NGN Systems

1.2 Network Service Needs

1.3 Increasing Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)

1.4 Impact of Competition

1.5 Market Growth Dynamics

1.6 Converged Voice And Data Networks

1.7 Wireless Networks

1.8 Multimedia Markets

1.9 IP Telephony Service Solutions

1.10 Web Services

1.11 Strategies To Improve Performance

1.12 Customer Financing Arrangements

1.13 Market Makers

1.14 Demand For Total Solutions

1.15 Marketing Globally

1.16 Internet Traffic

2. NORTEL MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS

2.1 Nortel Market Shares And Market Forecasts

2.2 Voice-over-Packet (VoP) Market

2.3 Nortel Market Segments

2.4 Voice-over-Packet (VoP) Softswitch Market

2.5 DWDM Market Shares

2.6 IP PBX Market Shares

2.7 Regional IP PBX Analysis

3. NORTEL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Nortel WDM Systems

3.2 Wireless Networks

4. NORTEL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

4.1 Optical-To-Electrical Conversion

4.2 DWDM System Components

4.3 Enterprise Services and Metro Access Requirements

4.4 Carrier Grade DWDM

4.5 CWDM vs. DWDM

4.6 Typical Deployment of CWDM/DWDM Systems

4.7 Multi-Protocol Telecommunications Systems

4.8 IP Telephony Service Solutions

4.9 Soft Switches

4.10 Open Standards

4.11 IP Within CDMA

4.12 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Of A Mobile Phone

4.13 Bluetooth

4.14 GPRS

4.15 EGPRS (EDGE)

4.16 Multimedia Messaging Service

4.17 Mobile Video

4.18 Presence

5. NORTEL COMPANY DESCRIPTION

5.1 Nortel

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