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Archive for June 20th, 2008

NXTComm08 round-up and pictures

I’m a little behind on my coverage of NXTcomm08, so for your reading pleasure, here is a quick recap of what happened at the show this past week:

Nortel announced hosted unified communications solutions with Microsoft and IBM, as well as two new carrier Ethernet customers.
We participated in discussion panels that spanned broadband services, IPTV deployment, service delivery for Telcos and unified communications.
We showcased demos related to optical, carrier Ethernet, IPTV and carrier VoIP.
We hosted a customer appreciation event at the Wynn Hotel during game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals. Bill Nelson, who lives in Massachusetts and is our executive vice president of Global Sales, was in attendence. The Celtics won. (We’re not taking credit for that last …

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