Nortel Wins in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Promigas Telecomunicaciones, a major supplier of network services for service providers in Colombia, is expanding its current network infrastructure using Nortel´s(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) Carrier Ethernet solutions. The network expansion allows Promigas Telecomunicaciones to meet increased high-bandwidth demand in the region essential to real-time video, VoIP and streaming media across a variety of devices.

Promigas Telecomunicaciones currently provides metro broadband transport services in four major Colombian cities: Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena and Bucaramanga. The expansion, based on Carrier Ethernet, positions Promigas Telecomunicaciones for continued growth within Colombia as well as throughout the region. As well as network reliability, the Carrier Ethernet enhancements are delivering scalable, and simple to manage Ethernet transport offerings.

"Promigas Telecomunicaciones helps change the way people do business by incorporating the bandwidth necessary to run voice and multimedia applications over the network that our service provider customers require," said Alfredo Zuniga, chief operating officer, Promigas Telecomunicaciones. "We need a reliable solution that will support these new bandwidth-intensive services. Nortel allows us to operate a network with a simplified infrastructure which helps drive efficiency and enhances services while easily extending capacity to support more customers as we need it."

Nortel Networks Ltd.