Nortel Signs New Contracts with Customers in Caribbean and Latin America

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Company Continues to Drive Momentum and Push Its Enterprise Solutions Portfolio, Winning New Business

November 2, 2009

SUNRISE, Florida - Nortel* [OTC: NRTLQ] announced that it continues to sign new contracts with customers for its Enterprise Solutions portfolio in the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA). The new business won is with customers spanning a variety of different vertical segments including service providers, government, hospitality and finance.

"We know that this year has been a challenging one for the industry and our customers are cautious, however it is obvious to us that they continue to believe in our Enterprise Solutions portfolio of products and services and they continue committed to Nortel's technology and innovation, which helps companies implement and maintain cost effective, advanced communications solutions," said David Wilkinson, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions for Nortel Caribbean and Latin America.

Some of the companies / organizations that have recently signed new business with Nortel are:

"Being able to confide in a team that guarantees a continuous telephony communications experience for our customers is fundamental for the operation of our business," said Elizabeth Rodríguez, Operations Manager for Procobros.

"We are aware that our customers confide in Nortel's technology and the services that we offer. Not only do we keep competing in the marketplace, but we are winning in CALA. At the heart of all that we do are the needs of our most valued customers, partners and employees," said Wilkinson. "Our main focus at this moment is to continue communicating to our install base of customers that their networks are in good hands and there is no better time to invest in updating their Nortel network than now," said Wilkinson.

Nortel Enterprise has a rich history of innovation which has helped to create a loyal and broad customer base. This innovation continues today, where this year Nortel has updated almost all of its main products in Enterprise Solutions such asContact Center 7.0,Agile Communication Environment,Software Communication SystemandCommunication Server 1000 Rel. 6.0, all available in the CALA region and which help create a real environment of collaboration and unified communications for customers. In addition to these new product enhancements, Nortel has also recently announced various solutions designed for the health care market, including hospitals and other medical facilities, improving the patient experience, and making administrative tasks for Doctors and staff much more efficient. To read more about what's next for Nortel Enterprise Solutions, clickhere.

About Nortel

Nortel delivers 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. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web atwww.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visitwww.nortel.com/news.

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