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Nortel and Export Development Canada Amend Support Facility: Facility Extended

Toronto (ots/PRNewswire)

Nortel(x) Networks Corporation
(NYSE/TSX: NT) announced today that its  principal operating
subsidiary, Nortel Networks Limited, has amended its  master facility
agreement (the "Facility") with Export Development Canada.  The
amendment extends the maturity date of the Facility for an additional
year to December 31, 2008.
The total Facility is maintained at US$750 million, including the
existing US$300 million of committed support for performance bonds
and  similar instruments.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power
global  commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical
information. Our  next-generation technologies, for both service
providers and enterprises,  span access and core networks, support
multimedia and business-critical  applications, and help eliminate
today's barriers to efficiency, speed and  performance by simplifying
networks and connecting people with information.  Nortel does
business in more than 150 countries. For more information,  visit
Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news,
visit www.nortel.com/news.
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. Further, actual results or events could differ materially
from  those contemplated in forward-looking statements as a result of
the  following (i) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's
restatements and  related matters including: Nortel's most recent
restatement and two  previous restatements of its financial
statements and related events; the  negative impact on Nortel and NNL
of their most recent restatement and  delay in filing their financial
statements and related periodic reports;  legal judgments, fines,
penalties or settlements, or any substantial  regulatory fines or
other penalties or sanctions, related to the ongoing  regulatory and
criminal investigations of Nortel in the U.S. and Canada;  any
significant pending civil litigation actions not encompassed by
Nortel's proposed class action settlement; any substantial cash
payment and /or significant dilution of Nortel's existing equity
positions resulting  from the approval of its proposed class action
settlement; any unsuccessful  remediation of Nortel's material
weaknesses in internal control over  financial reporting resulting in
an inability to report Nortel's results of  operations and financial
condition accurately and in a timely manner; the  time required to
implement Nortel's remedial measures; Nortel's inability  to access,
in its current form, its shelf registration filed with the  United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Nortel's below
investment grade credit rating and any further adverse effect on its
credit  rating due to Nortel's restatements of its financial
statements; any  adverse affect on Nortel's business and market price
of its publicly traded  securities arising from continuing negative
publicity related to Nortel's  restatements; Nortel's potential
inability to attract or retain the  personnel necessary to achieve
its business objectives; any breach by  Nortel of the continued
listing requirements of the NYSE or TSX causing the  NYSE and/or the
TSX to commence suspension or delisting procedures; (ii)  risks and
uncertainties relating to Nortel's business including: yearly and
quarterly fluctuations of Nortel's operating results; reduced demand
and  pricing pressures for its products due to global economic
conditions,  significant competition, competitive pricing practice,
cautious capital  spending by customers, increased industry
consolidation, rapidly changing  technologies, evolving industry
standards, frequent new product  introductions and short product life
cycles, and other trends and industry characteristics affecting the
telecommunications industry; the sufficiency of recently announced
restructuring actions, including the potential for higher actual
costs to  be incurred in connection with these restructuring actions
compared to the  estimated costs of such actions and the ability to
achieve the targeted  cost savings and reductions of Nortel's
unfunded pension liability deficit;  any material and adverse affects
on Nortel's performance if its  expectations regarding market demand
for particular products prove to be  wrong or because of certain
barriers in its efforts to expand  internationally; any reduction in
Nortel's operating results and any  related volatility in the market
price of its publicly traded securities  arising from any decline in
its gross margin, or fluctuations in foreign  currency exchange
rates; any negative developments associated with Nortel's  supply
contract and contract manufacturing agreements including as a result
of using a sole supplier for key optical networking solutions
components,  and any defects or errors in Nortel's current or planned
products; any  negative impact to Nortel of its failure to achieve
its business  transformation objectives, including completion of the
sale of its UMTS  access business to Alcatel; additional valuation
allowances for all or a  portion of its deferred tax assets; Nortel's
failure to protect its  intellectual property rights, or any adverse
judgments or settlements  arising out of disputes regarding
intellectual property; changes in  regulation of the Internet and/or
other aspects of the industry; Nortel's  failure to successfully
operate or integrate its strategic acquisitions, or  failure to
consummate or succeed with its strategic alliances; any negative
effect of Nortel's failure to evolve adequately its financial and
managerial control and reporting systems and processes, manage and
grow its  business, or create an effective risk management strategy;
and (iii) risks  and uncertainties relating to Nortel's liquidity,
financing arrangements  and capital including: the impact of Nortel's
most recent restatement and  two previous restatements of its
financial statements; any inability of  Nortel to manage cash flow
fluctuations to fund working capital  requirements or achieve its
business objectives in a timely manner or  obtain additional sources
of funding; high levels of debt, limitations on  Nortel capitalizing
on business opportunities because of support facility  covenants, or
on obtaining additional secured debt pursuant to the  provisions of
indentures governing certain of Nortel's public debt issues  and the
provisions of its support facility; any increase of restricted cash
requirements for Nortel if it is unable to secure alternative support
for  obligations arising from certain normal course business
activities, or any  inability of Nortel's subsidiaries to provide it
with sufficient funding;  any negative effect to Nortel of the need
to make larger defined benefit  plans contributions in the future or
exposure to customer credit risks or  inability of customers to
fulfill payment obligations under customer  financing arrangements;
any negative impact on Nortel's ability to make  future acquisitions,
raise capital, issue debt and retain employees arising  from stock
price volatility and further declines in the market price of
Nortel's publicly traded securities, or the share consolidation
resulting  in a lower total market capitalization or adverse effect
on the liquidity  of Nortel's common shares. For additional
information with respect to  certain of these and other factors, see
Nortel's Annual Report on Form 10-K /A, 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.
(x) Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of
Nortel  Networks.

Contact:

For further information: Jay Barta, +1-(972)-685-2381,
jbarta@nortel.com

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