TDM and VOIP

Canadian Press
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) is uniting its data network units serving telecommunications carriers and corporate users.

The change comes as voice and data networks converge into a single multi-service Internet-protocol network and the lines blur between telecom and enterprise customers.
Combining the carrier data and enterprise data teams will "strengthen its end-to-end convergence solutions and increase R&D effectiveness," Nortel said Monday.
Aziz Khadbai, a 16-year Nortel veteran, has been named general manager of the new organization, to be known as converged data networks.

Khadbai, formerly general manager of local premise solutions and network management, reports to Steve Slattery, president of enterprise solutions and packet networks.

The move "furthers our ability to provide feature-rich converged networks that support critical real-time applications including voice, video and multimedia applications," Slattery stated.