Judges in U.S., Canada Approve Nortel Patents Sale

Jul 12 2011 | News

U.S. and Canadian judges on Monday approved a $4.5 billion cash bid from a consortium that includes Apple and Research In Motion for thousands of patents held by bankrupt telecom-equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp.

Google Not Among Winners in Nortel $4.5B Patent Sale

Jul 1 2011 | News

Nortel's patent auction closed yesterday after a group of companies bid $4.5 billion...

Nortel Auction Begins Today

Jun 27 2011 | News

Nortel today will begin the auction of roughly 6,000 patents as it looks to liquidate the largest remaining segment of its business.

DOJ Said to be Eyeing Apple, Google in Nortel Patent Sale

Jun 6 2011 | News

Federal antitrust regulators are investigating whether the bidders for Nortel's wireless patents would hamper competition by consolidating control of the valuable technologies...

Google Plans to Bid for Nortel Patent Portfolio

Apr 5 2011 | News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Google plans to bid $900 million in cash for Nortel Networks' patent portfolio in a bankruptcy auction scheduled for June.

WSJ: Apple, Google Eyeing Nortel Patents

Feb 4 2011 | News

Apple and Google are among the potential bidders for Nortel's patent portfolio, according to unnamed sources cited in a Wall Street Journal report.

Nortel Gets Approval to Sell Division to Genband

Mar 4 2010 | News

Nortel Networks has been cleared to sell nearly all of its Carrier Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Application Solutions...

Genband to Acquire Nortel's CVAS Assets

Feb 24 2010 | News

The winner of Nortel Networks' remaining assets is: Genband, the company that submitted a stalking horse bid for the company's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business (CVAS) last year.

Genband to Buy Nortel's VoIP Assets

Jan 4 2010 | News

Genband, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nortel to acquire substantially all of the assets of its Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business.

Ericsson to Pay $70M for Nortel’s GSM Assets

Nov 25 2009 | News

 Ericsson has snagged Nortel’s North American GSM assets for $70 million in cash.

WSJ: Apple, Google Eyeing Nortel Patents

Feb 4 2011

Nortel Auction Begins Today

Jun 27 2011

Google Not Among Winners in Nortel $4.5B Patent Sale

Jul 1 2011

FirstNewsBriefs for Feb. 11, 2009

Feb 11 2009

The Impact of Nortel’s Bankruptcy

Oct 1 2009

Times They Are a-Changin’

May 22

With Google officially taking over control of Motorola Mobility and installing its own Google-branded leadership, one era ends and another begins.

CTIA Wireless 2012 and the Comeback Kids

May 16

New Orleans proved the perfect city for CTIA Wireless 2012.

Spectrum Warehousing: Were They or Weren't They?

Mar 26

Did SpectrumCo ever intend to build a wireless network? Or were they really planning to sit on the airwaves until they came immensely valuable?

The Bandwidth Breakthrough from Aoptix

May 9

IGR: It's a Small Cell World

May 16

Quick Look: Unnecto Portfolio

May 16