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Nortel looking to break apart

Nortel shopping business units, Wall Street Journal reports
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Nortel looking to break apart

Jeff Caruso By Jeff Caruso
Executives at industry giant Nortel are shopping pieces of the company to rival vendors, according to a report last night from The Wall Street Journal's online edition. Read full story

Jeff Caruso is site editor at Network World.

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Nortel Business and Financial Restructuring letter Dear Friends of Nortel, Today, Nortel is filing for creditor protection in Canada, the United States and Europe in order to undertake a comprehensive business and financial restructuring. I firmly believe these are the right steps toward a solution for our company. This process will enable Nortel to become the highly focused and financially sound communications leader it should be.

Nortel announces more layoffs Nortel Networks will further cut its workforce by 3,200 and eliminate bonuses as part of its ongoing bankruptcy reorganization.

Nortel wants to unload application-delivery unit to Radware Nortel wants to sell off its application-delivery gear to Radware, but to keep on selling it under an OEM agreement.

Nortel wants to speed up $17.65M Alteon sale Nortel Networks wants to speed up the sale of assets of its application-delivery division because it's worried it will get less money from the sale as time goes by, according to bankruptcy court documents filed on Friday.

Nortel still signing up customers Nortel has signed up "hundreds" of new customers since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection three weeks ago, and is reconsidering its decision to sell its Metro Ethernet Networks business.

Nortel to cancel room reservations at Las Vegas CTIA Wireless show Nortel is asking bankruptcy court to help it back out of rooms it booked for a trade show in Las Vegas just weeks before filing for bankruptcy that include a suite with double Jacuzzi and flat screen TVs in the bedroom, bathroom and living room.

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