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.

FirstNewsBriefs for Feb. 11, 2009

Feb 11 2009

WSJ: Apple, Google Eyeing Nortel Patents

Feb 4 2011

Genband to Acquire Nortel's CVAS Assets

Feb 24 2010

Nortel Auction Begins Today

Jun 27 2011

The Impact of Nortel’s Bankruptcy

Oct 1 2009

Ten-Yard Penalty, Failure to Engage Via Mobile

Feb 6

I was about as impressed with attempts to integrate mobile with this year's Super Bowl as I was with the Green Bay Packers’ effort during their NFC divisional playoff loss to the New York Giants.

LightSquared Deserves a Hearing

Feb 2

The government should figure out how the LightSquared saga came to be.

In Other News: Patents

Jan 13

The tech industry may have had its attention focused on gadgets this week due to the annual hullaballoo at the 2012 International CES show in Las Vegas, but at least a few people were thinking about the patented inventions that make those electronics work.

Super Bowl Spot: Samsung Note

Feb 8

Super Bowl Spot: Best Buy Mobile

Feb 8

Quick Look: Huawei Ascend

Jan 23