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Avaya wins bidding war for Nortel’s enterprise unit

September 14, 2009 Written by James Middleton

It looks like enterprise networking firm Avaya has emerged as the winning bidder for Nortel’s own corporate communications unit, with an offer of close to $1bn.

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Avaya, Siemens to fight over Nortel enterprise business

Avaya and Siemens to bid for Nortel's enterprrise unit

September 11, 2009 Written by James Middleton

Two bidders have tabled offers for the enterprise networking business of collapsing Canadian kit vendor Nortel, ahead of the auction scheduled for Friday.

Tags; Avaya, Nortel, Siemens, Americas, News & Analysis, Vendor

Nortel chief steps down

Mike Zafirovski announces his resignation from the once mighty firm

August 11, 2009 Written by James Middleton

Mike Zafirovski, the president and CEO of Nortel Networks has announced his resignation from the once mighty firm, effective immediately.

Tags; Avaya, Ericsson, LG-Nortel, Nortel, Americas, News & Analysis, Vendor

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