Nortel Presents the Top Five Ways Hyperconnectivity is Heating up the Summer

Von Hugin Hugin - Mittwoch, 23. Juli, 03:16 Uhr

 TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 23, 2008) - Editors Note: Videos
are included with this press release.

From enhancing leisurely pastimes to connecting with work while on
vacation, communications technology is changing the way we spend
those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT)
presents the top five ways that summer is becoming hyperconnected:

1. The Office is Anywhere: The allure of a summer house on quiet lake
is calling out to you but there's big stuff going on at the office
that you just have to keep tabs on. Rather than miss out on the
chance to enjoy mid-day swims and evening marshmallow roasts you take
your office to the lake with you. Unified communications and telework
technologies allow you to do this by giving access to your phone
calls, voicemails, e-mails and online collaboration tools like
video-conferencing with the same simplicity and efficiency as if you
were at the office. Even if you are only heading out of the office
for lunch on a patio or a golf tournament, Mobile Unified
Communications tools like Fixed Mobile Convergence Mobile Extension
can transform your mobile phone into an office extension using the
same number and features as your desk phone, like internal extension
dialing, conferencing and call transferring. Workers can even access
VoIP and video conferencing while on the go with the speedy
connections offered by today's 3G wireless technologies, like CDMA
EV-DO.

2. Rural Connectivity: Working from a summer home is one thing if you
have high-speed broadband. However, if you are restricted to dial up
Internet access, as is the case in 30 percent of rural Canada, it can
be a frustrating and downright futile task. With the emergence of 4G
wireless broadband technologies like WiMAX (which exists today) and
LTE (which is expected to be in deployment by 2010), service
providers can cost-effectively deliver high-speed access in areas
where it would have been too costly and difficult to build wired
networks. This means that in the future more hyperconnected workers
and vacationers will be able to access high-bandwidth applications
like VoIP and streaming video from rural areas.

3. Road tripping for the Hyperconnected: Getting to your vacation
spot of choice leads many folks into that quintessential summer
family adventure: the road trip. Luckily today there are iPods,
portable video game devices, and cars with built in DVD players to
that you can load up with content at home and bring along to
entertain hyperconnected passengers. In the future summer road trips
will be enhanced by the ability to access online content and
applications right from the car such as streaming music, online
gaming, and mobile TV. This is another advantage offered by 4G which
has the speed and capacity to support broadband connectivity even
while traveling at up to 100 km/h. Check out the drive tests that
Nortel performed over both LTE(2) and WiMAX.

4. Hyperconnected Island Hopping: A recent study conducted by Nortel
and IDC showed that hyperconnected workers would take their laptop
out before their wallet or even mobile phone if they had to leave
their house for 24 hours. In addition, roughly 30% of survey
respondents have texted or emailed while on vacation. Based on this,
you can bet that many laptops, smartphones, and other connected
devices, get packed for summer travel. Luckily hotels commonly offer
Internet to guests but some resort and tourist destinations are
starting to offer more pervasive wireless access that would please
hyperconnected vacationers. For example, an island-wide wireless mesh
deployment on the Greek island of Patmos(2) will make this vacation
hot spot a wireless hotspot. The Caribbean Islands can also be a
haven for the hyperconnected with service providers in several sunny
destinations expanding and upgrading their networks to offer the
latest in wireless services such as web browsing, streaming video and
multimedia messaging.

5. Hyperconnected Play Time - The sun is in your eyes and you've hit
a long drive right into the rough. Rather than take a one stroke
penalty for the lost ball, the ball emits a radio signal(2) which
leads you right to it. Maybe you'll also be able to better gauge your
next drive with the whole course mapped out and displayed on a screen
in your golf cart(2) through a combination of GPS and WiFi. The golf
equipment is just some of a whole host of technology on the market
today that makes use of connectivity to enhance leisure experiences.
Technology is also making it easier to connect with friends while on
the go. The combination of devices like the iPhone with GPS and
social networking is making it possible to see what friends are on
the same golf course, at the same baseball game or just in the same
general area as you are when enjoying the summer sun.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality
for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance
by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the
Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.

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(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel
Networks.

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practices.

Use of the terms "partner" and "partnership" does not imply a legal
partnership between Nortel and any other party.

Contacts:
Nortel
Karen Monaghan
(613) 763-1133
Email: kmonagha@nortel.com

Nortel
Jose-Luis Menoyo
+34-917-09-4567
Email: menoyo@nortel.com
Website: www.nortel.com

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