Nortel User Association Pledges Support for Nortel

Customers Remain Loyal to Investment in Nortel Solutions

CHICAGO [PR2WEB] - The International Nortel Networks Users Association (INNUA) supports Nortel in light of their recent announcement to seek creditor protection. INNUA's members are dedicated Nortel customers who will continue to support the reliable Nortel solutions they have in place.

INNUA believes Nortel's decision will afford the company the opportunity to truly focus on strengthening the business to meet Nortel customers' current and future communications needs.

INNUA provides a direct channel for customers to reach Nortel and has maintained a deep strategic relationship with Nortel leadership. The organization plans to remain engaged with Nortel throughout this transition and keep the customer community updated.

The INNUA Executive Committee was briefed shortly after the announcement by Joel Hackney, Nortel's President of Enterprise Solutions and Wes Durow, Nortel's Vice President of Enterprise Marketing and Strategy and subsequent discussions are scheduled in the coming week.

"INNUA represents thousands of Nortel's customers who remain committed to Nortel solutions. The majority of our members have been Nortel customers for more than 10 years. We appreciate how proactive Nortel has been with this decision and their affirmation of the support for their customers during this time" said INNUA President, Steve Ford. "We fully support Nortel's decision and trust it will bring an even stronger focus to the enterprise solution set."

INNUA chooses not to speculate on Nortel's next move, but supports the immediate actions Nortel has taken. "The timing of this announcement was critical to ensure Nortel maintained resources to continue operation through the restructuring" commented Victor Bohnert, INNUA's Executive Director "Nortel's step to solidify the company's relationship with Flextronics to ensure their supply chain will continue to operate uninterrupted will help the business continue during this process."

INNUA will continue to focus on providing a direct line of communication between its members and Nortel. The organization of more than 4,000 Nortel stakeholders expects the questions regarding Nortel's corporate strategy going forward will result in a surge in attendance for their upcoming Global Connect conference, June 7-10 in Pittsburgh, PA.

"Nortel has, as recently as this morning, re-affirmed their support for the event and we expect the opportunity for Nortel customers to engage senior Nortel executives in a face-to-face environment is more important than ever" Ford speculated.

About INNUA
The International Nortel Networks Users Association (INNUA) is an international, user-driven association serving Nortel users worldwide for more than 25 years. We exist to educate and inform telecommunications and IT professionals while providing a professional network for those with common concerns to address and success stories to share. INNUA is one of the industry's largest and most progressive user groups, with a community of more than 4,000 members in more than 70 chapters around the globe.

For more information on INNUA, visit www.innua.org.

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