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Nortel and Vodafone Spain Demonstrate Evolution of 3G

Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire)

- 3.6 Megabits Per Second Mobile Service at 3GSM World Congress
Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) and Vodafone Spain will be demonstrating
mobile calls at 3.6 Megabits per second at the 3GSM World Congress
2006 in Barcelona, Spain, 13 to 16 February. At these rates customers
have access to higher speed broadband than the majority of European
fixed broadband connections operating at 2 Megabits per second,
providing truly mobile broadband connectivity while 1.8 megabits per
second will initially be rolled out commercially.
Nortel has upgraded Vodafone Spain's UMTS network covering the
world congress location in Barcelona to deliver live HSDPA (high
speed downlink packet access) services to a select number of
customers' handsets and laptop datacards across the 3GSM world
congress event. Both Vodafone Spain and Nortel will use the HSDPA
network to support demonstrations for customers and organisations
about the mobile services that they can expect to benefit from when
the solution is rolled out.
In addition, further demonstrations of the potential of UMTS
services in spare spectrum at 900MHz will be given at 3GSM to
illustrate its potential use in delivering better mobile broadband
coverage. Vodafone and Nortel support the authorization of 900MHz for
UMTS services in various European regions, including Spain, to
increase the availability of mobile broadband services. UMTS in the
900 MHz band is a cost effective way of delivering nationwide
high-speed mobile coverage by providing up to 60 percent site
reduction savings in rural areas as well as improved Quality of
Service through enhanced in-building penetration by 25 percent in
urban areas.
Corporate demonstrations of HSDPA and UMTS will use 3G datacards
in laptops to show how employees can use mobile broadband to stay
connected to corporate networks and benefit from secure connectivity
that provides instant messaging, large file data transfer as well as
new applications for the mobile workforce. Demonstrations of the
consumer applications for HSDPA will involve new handsets with high
quality live TV, High Definition video on demand, MP3 streaming and
presence awareness amongst groups of friends.
"Vodafone has seen a huge increase in the number of 3G (UMTS)
users in Spain in the last few months, with Christmas being a very
busy period," said Fergal Kelly, Director, Global Radio & Access
Networks, Vodafone. "Providing a clear evolution of these services in
both speed, by upgrading to HSDPA with Nortel, and coverage, through
the potential use of the 900MHz spectrum in Spain is vital to
highlight where our services are moving and how we are going to
continue to delight our customers into 2006 and beyond."
"As we lead the transition of HSDPA from the laboratory into live,
commercial, deployments, we are working hard with operators such as
Vodafone to highlight the personal and work benefits increased
broadband mobile coverage can bring," said Alain Biston,
Vice-President GSM/UMTS Portfolio at Nortel. "At 3GSM World Congress,
we are aiming to show how to bring true Enterprise mobility and
connectivity to Europe as well as how to deliver the entertainment
services of the future."
Details of the Nortel and Vodafone HSDPA solutions will be
presented during the Technology Symposium session "Optimizing the 3G
Experience". Alain Biston, GSM and UMTS vice-president, Nortel will
present this on February 16 at 11:00 am during the Technology
Symposium in the 3GSM World Congress conference sessions.
About Vodafone
Vodafone Spain is part of Vodafone Group Plc, the world's leading
mobile communications company with a presence in 27 countries and
Partner Networks in a further 31 countries, spanning 5 continents.
Providing a full range of mobile telecommunications services,
including voice and data communications, Vodafone currently serves
more than 179 million proportionate customers worldwide. Close to 13
million Vodafone customers in Spain benefit from the experience and
capabilities of a World leading company helping individuals,
businesses and communities to be more connected in a mobile world.
Vodafone is a truly global organisation, recognised worldwide for
its quality of service and product innovation. Vodafone's latest
global service offering, Vodafone live! opens up a world of mobile
colour communication offering messages with photos and videos, as
well as television, videogames, polyphonic ring tones and real music,
news, e-mail, chat and location-based services. Vodafone live! is
available in 23 countries and currently has over 38 million active
customers worldwide.
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 information included in this press release is
forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties.
The results or events predicted in these statements may differ
materially from actual results or events. Factors which could cause
results or events to differ from current expectations include, among
other things: the outcome of regulatory and criminal investigations
and civil litigation actions related to Nortel's restatements and the
impact any resulting legal judgments, settlements, penalties and
expenses could have on Nortel's results of operations, financial
condition and liquidity, and any related potential dilution of
Nortel's common shares; the findings of Nortel's independent review
and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of
the ongoing independent review with respect to revenues for specific
identified transactions, which review will have a particular emphasis
on the underlying conduct that led to the initial recognition of
these revenues; the restatement or revisions of Nortel's previously
announced or filed financial results and resulting negative
publicity; the existence of material weaknesses in Nortel's internal
control over financial reporting and the conclusion of Nortel's
management and independent auditor that Nortel's internal control
over financial reporting is ineffective, which could continue to
impact Nortel's ability to report its results of operations and
financial condition accurately and in a timely manner; the impact of
Nortel's and NNL's failure to timely file their financial statements
and related periodic reports, including Nortel's inability to access
its shelf registration statement filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); the impact of management
changes, including the termination for cause of Nortel's former CEO,
CFO and Controller in April 2004; the sufficiency of Nortel's
restructuring activities, including the work plan announced on August
19, 2004 as updated on September 30, 2004 and December 14, 2004,
including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in
connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs
of such actions; cautious or reduced spending by Nortel's customers;
increased consolidation among Nortel's customers and the loss of
customers in certain markets; fluctuations in Nortel's operating
results and general industry, economic and market conditions and
growth rates; fluctuations in Nortel's cash flow, level of
outstanding debt and current debt ratings; Nortel's monitoring of the
capital markets for opportunities to improve its capital structure
and financial flexibility; Nortel's ability to recruit and retain
qualified employees; the use of cash collateral to support Nortel's
normal course business activities; the dependence on Nortel's
subsidiaries for funding; the impact of Nortel's defined benefit
plans and deferred tax assets on results of operations and Nortel's
cash flow; the adverse resolution of class actions, litigation in the
ordinary course of business, intellectual property disputes and
similar matters; Nortel's dependence on new product development and
its ability to predict market demand for particular products;
Nortel's ability to integrate the operations and technologies of
acquired businesses in an effective manner; the impact of rapid
technological and market change; the impact of price and product
competition; barriers to international growth and global economic
conditions, particularly in emerging markets and including interest
rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of
rationalization and consolidation in the telecommunications industry;
changes in regulation of the Internet; the impact of the credit risks
of Nortel's customers and the impact of customer financing and
commitments; general stock market volatility; negative developments
associated with Nortel's supply contracts and contract manufacturing
agreements, including as a result of using a sole supplier for a key
component of certain optical networks solutions; the impact of
Nortel's supply and outsourcing contracts that contain delivery and
installation provisions, which, if not met, could result in the
payment of substantial penalties or liquidated damages; any
undetected product defects, errors or failures; the future success of
Nortel's strategic alliances; and certain restrictions on how Nortel
and its president and chief executive officer conduct business. For
additional information with respect to certain of these and other
factors, see the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed by Nortel 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.
www.nortel.com

Contact:

For further information: Ben Roome, +44-1628-433113,
benroome@nortel.com; Victoria Romero, +34-610-51-38-35,
victoria.romero@vodafone.com

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