Nortel Mexico Appoints Galib Karim as Country Manager

p/ div class="sidebar_title"Move Strengthens Business Strategy, Presence in CALA/div bFEBRUARY 10, 2009/b pMÉXICO CITY - Alvio Barrios, President of Nortel* [TSX: NT, OTC: NRTLQ] CALA, announced the appointment of Galib Karim as president and chief executive officer of Nortel Mexico. As such, he will be responsible for leading the company's business strategy in Mexico, maintaining and building relationships with current and future customers and managing the public affairs in the country./p pDuring his 12 years with Nortel, Karim has held several strategic positions in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, including his last role as director of strategic accounts. Other prior positions include director of company networking for Mexico and Central America and channel executive for Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru (Bay Networks)./p pPrior to joining the Nortel team, Karim worked for Intersys Mexico, where he held various positions mainly in the sales and distribution channel areas. He holds a BA in computer science administration from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey [ITESM] and a postgraduate degree in business administration from Instituto Pedagógico de Alta Dirección de Empresas [IPADE]./p pGalib replaces Pablo Vazquez who has made significant contributions to Nortel's presence in Mexico as the country CEO for the last five years. Vazquez is leaving Nortel to pursue personal interests./p p"We appreciate the effort and hard work that Pablo has put into the company during these five years, especially in Mexico, and we wish him the best of luck," said Barrios. "We are sure that Galib, with his extensive expertise and experience in the Mexican market, will contribute to drive Nortel's business in Mexico and Grupo Carso in the years to come. México has been a key market for Nortel since we began operations 27 years ago and has grown significantly since, which shows the commitment and understanding that Nortel has in this market."/p pKarim reports directly to Alvio Barrios, president of Nortel for the Caribbean and Latin American region./p p strongAbout Nortel/strong /p pNortel 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 ata href="http://www.nortel.com/"www.nortel.com/a. For the latest Nortel news, visita href="http://www.nortel.com/news"www.nortel.com/news/a./p p font size="1"Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as "could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similar language and are considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities legislation. These statements are based on Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which Nortel operates. These statements are subject to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and the actual outcome may be materially different from those contemplated in forward-looking statements. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see Nortel's Annual Report on Form10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other securities filings with the SEC. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise./font /p p font size="1"*Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks./font br/ /p p br/ br/ /p p bContacts for Press and Analysts:/b /p pPilar Metzlerbr/954-851-8127br/ a href="mailto:Pilar-metzler@nortel.com"Pilar-metzler@nortel.com/a /p p a href="http://www.nortel.com/corporate/pressroom/contacts.html"Additional Media amp; Analyst Contacts/a /p a href="" onClick="window.open('http://www2.nortel.com/go/news_detail.jsp?cat_id=-8055oid=100252371locale=en-US','Press Release','width=400,height=200,left=0,top=100,screenX=0,screenY=100,toolbar=yes,location=yes,directories=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,copyhistory=yes,resizable=yes')"News Source : Nortel Mexico Appoints Galib Karim as Country Manager/a