Nortel Networks Corporation

Nortel Networks Corporation, or simply Nortel, was a public telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company, it was one of Canada’s oldest technology companies. Nortel was a global leader in telephony, data, wireless, and wireline solutions for the Internet. Nortel Networks Corporation is one of the worlds leading providers of networking products and services, with a particular emphasis on theInternet. Nortel’s origins can be traced back to 1880, four years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. In that year Bell Telephone Company of Canada (Bell Canada) was founded.