TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - February 16, 2009) - Nortel(1) (TSX:
NT)(OTCBB: NRTLQ) LTE technology is taking wireless communications to
a new level allowing for the delivery of real-time applications over
mobile devices. Nortel has developed LTE solutions that can make
applications like video-calling, multi-player gaming and a host of
other web 2.0 apps as accessible on mobile devices as they are at
home or in the office. Nortel's solution is in live trials with major
operators as the company prepares to support early entrants to the
LTE market.

Nortel can help operators deliver enhanced mobility and superior
network performance blended with popular consumer devices and
'must-have' business capabilities. At Mobile World Congress(2) in
Barcelona (February 16-19), Nortel will demonstrate how photos and
video from a mobile phone and PC can be shared instantly over the
Internet to a BD-Live(2) capable Blu-ray player; Unified
Communications capabilities that make it simpler for workers on the
go to stay connected; and how Carrier-grade VoIP and video
capabilities can be delivered to mobile users. All of this will be
transported over a live LTE network, which shows the advanced stage
of development of Nortel's LTE solution (Nortel booth location: Hall
8, booth 8B145).

"Nortel is creating the mobile broadband platforms needed to support
the next generation of wireless communications," said Vish Nandlall,
chief technology officer, carrier networks, Nortel. "We are at the
beginning of a telecom disruption, which starts with users seamlessly
accessing their media, networks and activities anytime and anyplace.
LTE will break the tether of the home or office network, and will
allow users to interact with their digital content and social
networks based on the 'where, when and why' of the physical world.
Whether this means uploading geo-tagged video clips and restaurant
recommendations to whrrl(2) so friends can follow the footsteps of
your trips, writing a Twitter(2) post about a Heroes episode you are
watching while waiting for the bus, or just playing a quick game of
Halo with all your friends located in the school assembly hall, LTE
will change the way we think about connectivity." Check out these
podcasts (part 1, part 2) for Vish Nandlall's thoughts on the future
of LTE.

"The market for LTE is full of opportunity with leading mobile
operators across the globe looking to adopt the technology in the
near to medium term," said Godfrey Chua, research manager, wireless
and mobile infrastructure, IDC(2). "The companies that will win in
this space are the ones who understand the needs of large carriers
and have the experience, technology, and partnerships to deliver an
end-to-end LTE solution. They must provide operators with innovative
technology for both the access and core elements of the network as
well as make available effective backhaul solutions and a strong
applications and device ecosystem."

Nortel's LTE Technology Highlights

Nortel's LTE solutions are designed with network performance and
efficiency in mind in order to lower operating costs for service
providers while allowing them to offer the best possible service to
their subscribers.

- Nortel has achieved mobile LTE handover in customer trial networks
with its ATCA-based LTE Access Gateway (AGW) and eNodeB. Customers
can see this ability showcased at Mobile World Congress,
demonstrating that Nortel's LTE solution can support mobile broadband
under real world conditions.

- Nortel's Self Organizing Networks (SON) technology automates
time-consuming and repetitive network management tasks - this means
that operators can spend less time and less money on managing their
LTE networks and drive maximum operational efficiency and network
availability. Nortel's SON demonstrations at Mobile World Congress
will be among the first in the world to show these capabilities to
service providers.

- eNodeB solutions from Nortel are compact and energy efficient at
the cell site making them environmentally friendly and offering
deployment flexibility. The solutions also require little hands-on
management with software defined radio and advanced SON features to
manage the radio access network.

- Nortel is collaborating with Hitachi to develop an LTE solution for
the Japanese market. The LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) has already
been selected by KDDI, one of the largest service providers in Japan,
for the evolution of its CDMA Network.

- Nortel and Hitachi(2) have continued their collaboration into the
radio access network (RAN) beginning with the integration of the
Hitachi Radio Module with Nortel's LTE eNodeB Baseband Module. The
companies are marketing the joint eNodeB solution to the Japanese LTE
market. Visitors to Mobile World Congress can learn more about the
solution by visiting either Nortel (Hall 8, booth 8B145) or Hitachi
(Hall 1, Booth 1G63).

- Nortel has successfully completed the first end-to-end video
streaming session using a Time Division Duplex (TDD)-based Long Term
Evolution (LTE) network, working with commercial grade LTE Base
Station and device prototypes in China. Nortel has now successfully
demonstrated LTE solution capability across both FDD and TDD as
defined in the 3GPP Release 8 standard.

- Nortel is a founding member of the CPRI(2) Initiative which
provides an open interface on radio base stations. CPRI delivers
flexibility and time-to-market advantage for adapting solutions to
meet the specific needs of service providers based on local market
conditions. Nortel's eNodeB has been designed to meet the latest
advancements of the CPRI standard. This open Radio Interface is
cornerstone to Nortel's strategy of being first to market with
country specific LTE optimized radio frequency solutions.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality
for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance
by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the
Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.

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(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel
Networks.

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Contacts:
Nortel
Karen Monaghan
(613) 763-1133
Email: kmonagha@nortel.com

Nortel
Greta Brown
+44-(0)1628-432968
Email: gretab@nortel.com
Website: www.nortel.com


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