Today, July 24, 2009, is the auction day in New York for Nortel Network’s wireless unit. Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, and private equity firm MatlinPatterson Global Advisers, are all bidding for Nortel’s wireless assets. Research in Motion (RIM) had hoped to be part of the auction, but Nortel blocked its $1.1 billion offer based on more »

Nortel is bringing in a new optical technology that will speed up telecommunication companies network speeds. The optical technology will improve network speeds up to 40G-bps, four times faster than today’s standard network speed provided by telecommunications company.

Nortel is introducing the new technology to help telecommunications company provide the network speed that users currently demand. This is in the light of the boom in Internet video, high-definition programming and web mobility. With more devices and gadgets connecting to the internet through telecommunications network, Nortel is preparing the companies’ infrastructure for future increase in bandwidth demand. Increasing network speed to 40G-bps will also increase network capacity ten times more than it is right now, up to 100G-bps increase.

Vonage seems to have so many patent disputes it has actually become hard to keep track of them all. We recently saw them settle the latest with AT&T and now have reports of them settling with Nortel. The dispute with Nortel was involving patents dealing with 911 calls, 411 calls and click-to-call technology and originated more »