15.03.2005 14:01:00

Telstra Utilizes Nortel CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Technology for Commercial Lau

Telstra Utilizes Nortel CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Technology for Commercial Launch of High-Speed Mobile Broadband Service


    Business Editors/Technology Writers
    CTIA Wireless 2005

    SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2005--

Offers Mobile Internet, Intranet Access at Broadband Equivalent Speeds

    Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications and information services company, is the first to deliver mobile broadband to Australians based on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (evolution-data optimized) technology from Nortel (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT).
    Launched in November 2004, Telstra Mobile Broadband provides secure remote access to the Internet or company networks from mobile devices such as laptops and PDAs. The launch follows Nortel's initial 1xEV-DO deployment in the business districts of Australia's capital cities and major regional centers. The new wireless service delivers broadband speeds equal to wireline DSL, averaging 300-600 kilobits (Kbps) with maximums of 2.4 Megabits (Mbps).
    Telstra is working with the state government of Victoria to extend the service into key regional centers. Recently, Victoria's minister for information and communications, Marsha Thomson, announced that Telstra will spend a further A$6.5 million (US$5.15 million) to expand the 1xEV-DO network supplied by Nortel.
    Telstra is currently focusing on the Australian business community, providing its Mobile Broadband service through several simple, flexible and cost-effective plans.
    "Early market response has been well above expectation," said Paul Thomas, Telstra's General Manager of Wireless Data Solutions. "We've had strong traction in the professional services sector, particularly the banking industry and companies with a field-based workforce."
    Responses to the service were also very positive during a recent nationwide road show demonstration of Telstra Mobile Broadband to 1,200 Telstra Shop personnel, dealers and retailers who were particularly impressed by EV-DO's speed and performance.
    "Next generation CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO technology has raised the bar for delivering high-speed wireless data access with the high levels of security and reliability essential in today's fast-moving and highly competitive global business environment," said Steve Wood, president, Australia and New Zealand, Nortel. "As well as offering a better user experience, 1xEV-DO can help companies and government departments lower the cost of providing remote access services by serving as an organization's single remote access solution."
    "Security is also easily facilitated," Wood said. "Originally developed for military applications, CDMA provides a strong platform for security features. Most enterprises and government agencies already use virtual private networks (VPNs) to encrypt data traffic and the same VPNs can now be used with 1xEV-DO, providing additional cost savings."
    Nortel has designed, deployed and launched more than 300 wireless networks in more than 70 countries. Nortel was the first industry supplier to have wireless networks operating in all advanced radio technologies (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO, UMTS and WLAN), and is the only end-to-end supplier of all new-generation wireless solutions.

    About Telstra

    Telstra is Australia's largest telecommunications and information services company, with one of the best-known brands in the country. Telstra offers a full range of services -- including end-to-end solutions ranging from broadband, IP, mobile and intelligent network services, to voice and data network hubs, call centers, and advanced multimedia and e-commerce applications -- and competes in all telecommunications markets throughout Australia. Telstra provides more than 10.3 million Australian fixed line services and has more than eight million mobile customers, and operates BigPond(TM), the country's leading ISP. Telstra's CDMA network now covers more than 1.6 million square kilometers and more than 98 percent of the Australian population. During 2004, Telstra's CDMA customer base grew by almost 32 percent. More information on Telstra is available at www.telstra.com.

    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. Serving both service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to help people solve the world's greatest challenges. 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; the findings of Nortel's independent review and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the 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 controls over financial reporting; the impact of Nortel's and NNL's failure to timely file their financial statements and related periodic reports, including breach of its support facility and public debt obligations and Nortel's inability to access its shelf registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); ongoing SEC reviews, which may result in changes to our public filings; the potential delisting or suspension of Nortel's and NNL's publicly traded securities; 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, 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; 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 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 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; stock market volatility generally and as a result of acceleration of the settlement date or early settlement, which is currently not available, of Nortel's forward purchase contracts; 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; and the future success of Nortel's strategic alliances.
    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.

    Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks. CDMA2000 is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).

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CONTACT: Nortel Jodie Hoare, +61 2 8870 5625 jodieho@nortel.com or Jamie Moody, 972-684-7167 moodyjam@nortel.com or Telstra Warwick Ponder, +61 2 9298 4619 warwick.ponder@team.telstra.com

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