Diversity and Needs of Thousands of Event Participants Require Dynamic, Reliable, Secure Network Solution

SUNRISE, FLORIDA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/02/09 -- Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), the country's leading telecommunications operator has chosen Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(OTCBB: NRTLQ) as one of the key solutions and communication services suppliers for this year's Summit of the Americas(2) (SOA), taking place in the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago from April 17 to 19.

Nortel is providing a comprehensive voice, data, wireless, and wireline network solution for the Summit. During the selection process, Nortel demonstrated its ability to provide a highly cost-effective solution, and at the same time, deliver the highest resiliency possible in the market today - for both the VoIP and Converged Data Networks - in comparison to its main competitors.

"Nortel considers this opportunity a milestone for our work with TSTT. We are proud of the supporting role we are playing to serve the needs of the Secretariat as well as the Summit," said Onil J. Ledo, sales manager, Nortel. "In this highly competitive market, Nortel was able to overcome its main competitors based on price per port, performance, ROI, power savings and energy efficiency, along with the flexibility of adding users to the network. We believe Nortel's close partnership with TSTT was a key differentiator to The SOA Secretariat."

"The Fifth Summit of the Americas is the largest international event to date to be staged on our shores. Due to the diversity and needs of the thousands of event participants, it was necessary that TSTT provide a dynamic, reliable and secure world class network solution," said Darryl Duke, head enterprise operations, TSTT. "We had confidence that Nortel's track record for service delivery and technical expertise would be invaluable to meeting the complex and sophisticated requirements for a successful Summit experience."

This major event will see leaders and presidents from all countries of The Americas meeting to discuss important issues. A critical part in sharing the outcome of the talks with the rest of the world will be enabled by the complete converged network provided by TSTT.