Nortel snatches a billion from the air

Nortel won a $1 billion contract with Verizon Wireless to supply gear to expand the operator’s CDMA2000 1X network. Verizon Wireless plans to deploy CDMA2000 1X radio base stations, switching, Passport IP platforms, and other related equipment from Nortel in San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Detroit, Atlanta and Cleveland. The agreement also includes a new market build-out and deployment of CDMA2000 1X technology in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The upgrades are designed to provide additional network capacity for digital voice and high-speed data services such as Web browsing, streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, m-commerce and VPNs. Nortel has been providing wireless equipment to Verizon Wireless and its predecessor companies since 1996. http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0903nortveriz.html

Nortel won a $1 billion contract with Verizon Wireless to supply gear to expand the operator’s CDMA2000 1X network. Verizon Wireless plans to deploy CDMA2000 1X radio base stations, switching, Passport IP platforms, and other related equipment from Nortel in San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Detroit, Atlanta and Cleveland. The agreement also includes a new market build-out and deployment of CDMA2000 1X technology in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The upgrades are designed to provide additional network capacity for digital voice and high-speed data services such as Web browsing, streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, m-commerce and VPNs. Nortel has been providing wireless equipment to Verizon Wireless and its predecessor companies since 1996.

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AT&T filed a civil suit against MCI last week that expands upon earlier AT&T claims that MCI is engaging in a shady call-routing scheme. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, seeks damages under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act. AT&T alleges that MCI illegally routed calls through Canada to avoid paying access fees, a charge initially made in July. The lawsuit includes claims that MCI is intentionally trying to hurt AT&T by fraudulently requiring the carrier pay access fees directly to MCI. MCI refutes AT&T’s claims. It says it is conducting its own investigation to reveal and correct any wrongdoing.

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The RBOCs and a group of alternative providers filed petitions seeking delays to parts of the FCC’s Triennial Review order, which was handed down Aug. 21. The RBOCs object to the FCC’s order because it allows state public service commissions, in some cases, to set the discounts RBOCs must offer for their switching facilities. Meanwhile, a group of DSL providers, including Covad Communications, filed a request with the FCC seeking a stay of the part of the order that phases out discounts the RBOCs must offer to competing DSL providers using their lines to serve customers. The Aug. 21 order allows the RBOCs to phase out line-sharing discounts over three years on any new DSL customers signed up by competitors.

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