Nortel facts for kids

Nortel Networks Corporation
Former type	Public
Traded as	OTC Pink: NRTLQ; formerly TSX: NT.TO, NYSE: NT;
Industry	Telecommunications; Networking equipment;
Fate	Bankruptcy
When it was created	1895; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Defunct	February 2, 2013
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Employees	18 (US, July 2012);; ~35 (non-US, July 2012);
Parent	AT&T / Bell Canada; (1895–1956); Bell Canada (1956–1983); BCE Inc. (1983–2000)

Nortel is one of the oldest technology companies, founded in Montreal. The company started making phones in 1895 and the company was called Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company.

In 2009, Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and the United States, triggering a 79% decline of its corporate stock. The bankruptcy case was the largest in Canadian history, and left pensioners, shareholders and former employees with enormous losses.

The First 100 Years

1895 The company was created
1900 The company started making wind-up phonographs.
1913 Headquarters moved to Montreal
1914 The Company merged with Imperial Cable
1922 The Company started making radios
1928 The company made the first talking movie sound system
1953 The company started making television sets
1958 The world's longest microwave system
1969 Started engineering digital telephone system
1972 Opened a factory in Michigan USA
1975 Shipped first digital phone system
1976 The company changes names to Northern Telecom
1977 The company started selling digital central office telephone systems
1984 The company was the first non-Japanese company to supply equipment to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
1995 The company starts engineering of a terabit switch

Images for kids

1950 Logo
Nortel's former head offices at 195 The West Mall
Former campus in California
An audio amplifier manufactured by Northern Electric.
A Nortel 1140E Unistim IP Phone in use on a UCx from E-MetroTel