Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities to both service providers and enterprise customers since its 1895 founding as Northern Electric and Manufacturing, supplying telecommunications equipment for Canada's fledgling telephone system. Their product offerings encompass end-to-end broadband; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), multi media services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to solve communications challenges. Nortel works with customers in 150 countries offering reliable data and voice technologies. Hundreds of millions of people, Fortune 500 companies, and government institutions around the world trust their networks to Nortel’s reliable and secure solutions.