A new report claims that Nortel's PC network was breached by Chinese hackers for years and that Nortel not only knew about the problem but failed to report it when it went into bankruptcy in 2009. More...
The US Justice Department cleared the way today for Microsoft, Apple and Research in Motion to purchase the rights to more than 6,000 patents previously owned by the now bankrupt Nortel. More...
A group of companies that include Microsoft and Apple have reached an agreement to buy out the remaining patents from Nortel. The over 6,000 patents were sold off in auction earlier this week for a... More...
Google has long stated that they are opposed to software patents. Many companies make a habit of purchasing patents for the sole purpose of suing other companies who may have similar technology. Alternatively, companies will... More...
In an incredible act of desperation, Microsoft announced today its intention to spend $7.5 million on IPv4 addresses from Nortel. The telecom company has begun selling off its assets, including 666,624 IPv4 addresses to Microsoft,... More...
Apple and Google are reportedly competing for patents being sold by bankrupt Canadian telecom Nortel. Nortel filed for bankruptcy in January 2009 and sold most of its business units to rivals Ericsson, Hitachi, and others.... More...
Nortel Networks Corp., the Canadian maker of telecom equipment, filed a lawsuit on Friday against Vonage - claiming that it violated nine patents related to Internet phone services and related features such as 911 and... More...
Nortel Networks continued to build product momentum behind its VOIP alliance with Microsoft when it announced on Dec. 5 the general availability of its promised Multimedia Conferencing 5.0 software. The new MC 5.0 software, the... More...
Dell is maneuvering to snag its piece of the VoIP pie by selling unified communications products from Microsoft and Nortel Networks. In a partnership unveiled Tuesday as part of the launch festivities surrounding Microsoft's entrance... More...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged four more former Nortel Networks Corp. executives with accounting fraud, alleging they manipulated reserves to change Nortel's earnings statements on the orders of more senior officers of... More...
A federal grand jury in Texas has issued a subpoena for documents, including financial statements and accounting records, from Nortel Networks Corp., the company announced Friday. The materials sought by the grand jury are part... More...
Nortel Networks yesterday revealed the anti-computer worm defences it had developed in-house after it was hit hard by last year's outbreaks of Nimda and Code Red 2. According to John Morris, an... More...