With more than a century of experience in shaping the evolution of communications, Nortel continues its tradition of innovation today by providing secure solutions that ignite and power global commerce while helping solve the world's greatest challenges.

Nortel's leading portfolio of solutions spanning packet, optical, wireless and voice technologies are at the very foundation of the world's economy, powering global commerce and delivering innovative network capabilities to connect rural and underdeveloped regions.

Working together with its customers in 150 countries, Nortel is improving the human experience by fundamentally changing how the world works and how people communicate, creating unique capabilities for business, education, entertainment and security through reliable data and voice technologies.

Drawing on its fundamental understanding of the network - both voice and data - Nortel secures computing, network applications and end-user environments while maintaining five 9s of reliability.* Nortel helps governments, businesses and individuals stay ahead of threats including hacker intrusion, worms, denial of service attacks, identity theft, and by delivering enhanced network management capabilities.

Whether supporting billions of transactions by a financial institution, providing vital information services for healthcare or helping education heighten learning experiences through the most advanced technologies, Nortel solutions are at work wherever reliable data and voice communications are most critical.

*Reported customer availability metrics across Nortel's popular products exceeds 99.999 percent, August 2004.