Used Avaya Buys Nortel for US$900 Million!

This huge IT news was found in the November 2009 TelecomFinders Magazine: "Nortel has struggled to maintain profitability in the past decade... Most recently, Nortel agreed to the sale of its enterprise assets to Avaya for the not insubstantial sum of 900 million US dollars. From the R&D perspective, the Nortel acquisition looks to be a shrewd move on the part of Avaya, which will be able to push forward and build on an already impressive position within the enterprise ICT space, harnessing Nortel's intellectual property to deliver enhancements to its existing products, while also filling gaps in its overall portfolio. The benefits of the Nortel acquisition will in turn be realized by many of Avaya's business partners across the world, as they find themselves able to deliver stronger market offerings to organizations" (Askar Sheibani, Comtek Network Systems).

Avaya-Nortel Acquisition - It's a Go!

A writer from Information Week, W. David Gardner, wrote on November 12, 2009: "U.S. and Canadian regulatory agencies have signed off on the $900 million acquisition of Nortel's enterprise solutions unit."

W. David Gardner also wrote: "Avaya added that it expects the acquisition to close in December after additional regulatory reviews are completed. Bidding to acquire the Nortel unit was heated and Avaya had to increase its bid to about $900 million after Siemens Enterprise Communication and Gores Group teamed up to raise the bidding for the unit, one of the most prized in bankrupt Nortel's surviving businesses. Avaya had started the bidding with a $475 million stalking horse bid and waited as its first offer was topped by the Siemens-Gores group. The acquisition was hailed by Nortel Networks Users Association and also by many employees of the unit after Avaya agreed to provide an additional pool of $15 million for an employee retention program."

Network Equipment Acquired from Nortel:

Telephone Systems:

1140E IP Phone

1120E/1120SA IP Phone

IP Video Phone 1535

G3si PBX

Communication Server 1000S CS1000S (150-1,000 users)

Communication Server 1000M CS1000M (1,000 - 10,000 users)

Communication Server 1000E CS1000E (1,000 - 15,000 users)

Communication Server 1500 (48,000 lines 8,400 trunks TDM and VoIP)

Communication Server 2100 (230,000 ports, 125,000 IP phones, 150,000 analog telephones, 125,000 digital telephones, 200,000 IP trunks, 50,025 digital trunks, 32,000 analog trunks, 200,000 SS7 trunks, 4,093 H.323 gateways, 112,000 nodes per host, 99,999 ACD agents

VoIP PBX Systems: CS2100, CS1500, CS1000

Telephone Sets and Terminals:

Nortel IP Phone 1140E

Nortel IP Phone 1120E

LAN and MAN Equipment:

Baystack and ERS (Ethernet Routing Switch)

Managed network switches for Ethernet: ERS-8600, ERS-8300, ERS-5600, ERS-5500, ERS-4500, ERS-2500, VSP 9000

Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

NSNA-4050

Routers:

Secure Router 1000 Systems: SR1004, SR1002, SR1001S, SR1001

Secure Router 3120

Secure Router 4134

Secure Router 2330

Secure Router 8000 Systems: SR8002, SR8004, SR8008, SR8012

VPN Routers: 1750, 2700, 2750, 5000

NORTEL GBICS:

Part # AA1402007-E5
Description: Optical Add Drop MUX - 1570nm Wavelength.

Part # AA1402008-E5
Description: Optical Add Drop MUX - 1590nm Wavelength.

Part # AA1419022-E5
Description: 1-port 1000BaseWDM Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) with Avalanche Photo Diode Receiver - 1570nm Wavelength.

Part # AA1419023-E5
Description: 1-port 1000BaseWDM Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) with Avalanche Photo Diode Receiver - 1590nm Wavelength.

Part # AA1419024-E5
Description: 1-port 1000BaseWDM Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) with Avalanche Photo Diode Receiver - 1610nm Wavelength.

Part # AA1419058-E6
Description: 1-port 1000BaseCWDM Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC (mini-GBIC, connector type: LC) - 1570nm Wavelength, 40km. Diagnostic Monitoring Interface.

Part # AA1419059-E6
Description: 1-port 1000BaseCWDM Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC (mini-GBIC, connector type: LC) - 1590nm Wavelength, 40km. Diagnostic Monitoring Interface.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

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