Neowin News Feed for: Nortel

Google settles patent case with Microsoft, Apple consortium

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:57:28 +0000

Google has agreed to settle a patent dispute between itself and the Rockstar consortium, an assembly of companies including Apple and Microsoft that own Nortel's old intellectual property. Read more...

Google files lawsuit to fight off patent consortium that includes Microsoft

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 20:54:31 +0000

Google filed a lawsuit this week against the Rockstar patent consortium, which includes Microsoft, Apple and others, claiming the group has "placed a cloud on Google's Android platform." Read more...

Rockstar consortium planning to offload some of Nortel patents

Shreyas Gandhe — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:20:47 +0000

The Rockstar consortium, backed by companies such as Microsoft and Apple is planning to offload some of Nortel's patents which they acquired last year after outbidding tech rival Google. Read more...

Report: Nortel's PC network breached by hackers for years

John Callaham — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:49:41 +0000

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. Read more...

Microsoft and others cleared to buy Nortel's patents

John Callaham — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:38:14 +0000

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. Read more...

Microsoft, Apple and others buy out Nortel's patents

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:47:18 +0000

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... Read more...

Google attempting to acquire Nortel's patents

Christopher White — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:07:00 +0000

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... Read more...

Microsoft buys $7.5m worth of IPv4 addresses

Mike Brown — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:23:28 +0000

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,... Read more...

Apple and Google in a bidding war over Nortel's wireless patents

Kelly Hodgkins — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:49:13 +0000

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.... Read more...

Nortel files patent lawsuit in the U.S. against Vonage

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:28:56 +0000

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... Read more...

Nortel Delivers Conferencing for Microsoft's LCS 2007

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:42:59 +0000

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... Read more...

Dell Jumps Into VoIP With Microsoft, Nortel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:47:22 +0000

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... Read more...

SEC Charges 4 More Former Nortel Executives

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:19:17 +0000

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... Read more...

Grand jury subpoenas Nortel documents

Fri, 14 May 2004 21:36:05 +0000

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... Read more...

The Nortel anti-worm defence system

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 28 Sep 2002 08:53:53 +0000

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... Read more...