Communications to Help Reflect Quality of Foremost American Daily
Newspaper
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /CNW/ - When The New York Times Company opens its new
headquarters in the spring of 2007, state-of-the-art technology from Nortel(x)
(NYSE/TSX: NT) will give its employees a range of options for staying
connected to breaking news stories, readers, advertisers and business
affiliates.
The Times Company has selected Nortel's integrated communications
solution for its new headquarters now under construction in Times Square. This
will include Nortel IP phones, VoIP, unified messaging, contact center, data
and security solutions to be provided through a Nortel channel partner.
The Times Company has also signed a professional services agreement with
Nortel under which it is expected to purchase installation and maintenance
services from the Nortel Global Services portfolio.
"Our new headquarters will reflect a corporate vision of openness to our
readers and our community, as well as our commitment to quality and
integrity," said David Thurm, vice president and chief information officer,
The New York Times Company. "Because we expect real business benefits from
this new building, we've taken an aggressive role in every step of its design
and construction, including selection of the technology that will help keep us
open and connected to the global community we serve."
"We chose Nortel's solution after a rigorous selection process that
included extensive 'proof of concept' testing of the industry's top IP vendor
offerings," Thurm said. "The strong working relationship we have forged with
Nortel will be integral to our efforts to enhance society by creating,
collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment."
Times reporters and editors will be able to collaborate on stories in
real-time with colleagues and editors via their PCs or through instant 'meet
me' audio conferencing. They will be free to work from anywhere with the
ability to make any phone and desk their own 'virtual office' and secure
remote access for filing stories 'on the go'.
Nortel's Contact Center solution will give Times customer care agents the
flexibility and agility to handle requests from the main contact center, from
a branch office, or from home. Customer requests will be expedited seamlessly
across telephone, e-mail and Web applications.
"The New York Times Company is a leading global content provider with
high purpose and high goals," said Mike Zafirovski, president and chief
executive officer, Nortel. "To help serve that purpose, The Times Company
requires a communications solution up to the task of seamlessly and
transparently connecting what will be one of the most advanced corporate
headquarters in the world to its two greatest assets - its readers and its
employees."
"More than that, The Times Company wants this solution to be efficient,
effective, and a catalyst for new opportunities to serve its readers and
society," Zafirovski said. "Nortel offers that solution. And not just the
equipment, but also the applications, the services, and the relationship best
suited to helping achieve The Times Company's business objectives."
The Nortel solution for The Times Company will include Nortel CallPilot(x)
Unified Messaging, Nortel Contact Center, Nortel Communication Server 1000,
Nortel IP phones, Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, and Nortel Power over
Ethernet Switch 5520.
Nortel's Global Services include a full range of integrated services for
design, deployment, management and maintenance of end-to-end multi-vendor
network solutions, including seamless migration to next generation
technologies.
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2005
revenues of US$3.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International
Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine
network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and
35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's
core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing
high-quality news, information and entertainment.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities
that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and
secure and protect the world's most critical information. Our next-generation
technologies, for both service providers and enterprises, span access and core
networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications, and help
eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying
networks and connecting people with information. Nortel does business in more
than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at
www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.
Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as
"could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates",
"targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similar language and are considered
forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities
legislation. These statements are based on Nortel's current expectations,
estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment,
economies and markets in which Nortel operates. These statements are subject
to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to
predict and the actual outcome may be materially different. Further, actual
results or events could differ materially from those contemplated in
forward-looking statements as a result of the following (i) risks and
uncertainties relating to Nortel's restatements and related matters including:
Nortel's most recent restatement and two previous restatements of its
financial statements and related events; the negative impact on Nortel and NNL
of their most recent restatement and delay in filing their financial
statements and related periodic reports; legal judgments, fines, penalties or
settlements, or any substantial regulatory fines or other penalties or
sanctions, related to the ongoing regulatory and criminal investigations of
Nortel in the U.S. and Canada; any significant pending civil litigation
actions not encompassed by Nortel's proposed class action settlement; any
substantial cash payment and/or significant dilution of Nortel's existing
equity positions resulting from the finalization and approval of its proposed
class action settlement, or if such class action settlement is not finalized,
any larger settlements or awards of damages in respect of such class actions;
any unsuccessful remediation of Nortel's material weaknesses in internal
control over financial reporting resulting in an inability to report Nortel's
results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely
manner; the time required to implement Nortel's remedial measures; Nortel's
inability to access, in its current form, its shelf registration filed with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Nortel's below
investment grade credit rating and any further adverse effect on its credit
rating due to Nortel's restatements of its financial statements; any adverse
affect on Nortel's business and market price of its publicly traded securities
arising from continuing negative publicity related to Nortel's restatements;
Nortel's potential inability to attract or retain the personnel necessary to
achieve its business objectives; any breach by Nortel of the continued listing
requirements of the NYSE or TSX causing the NYSE and/or the TSX to commence
suspension or delisting procedures; (ii) risks and uncertainties relating to
Nortel's business including: yearly and quarterly fluctuations of Nortel's
operating results; reduced demand and pricing pressures for its products due
to global economic conditions, significant competition, competitive pricing
practice, cautious capital spending by customers, increased industry
consolidation, rapidly changing technologies, evolving industry standards,
frequent new product introductions and short product life cycles, and other
trends and industry characteristics affecting the telecommunications industry;
the sufficiency of recently announced restructuring actions, including the
potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with these
restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions and the
ability to achieve the targeted cost savings and reductions of Nortel's
unfunded pension liability deficit; any material and adverse affects on
Nortel's performance if its expectations regarding market demand for
particular products prove to be wrong or because of certain barriers in its
efforts to expand internationally; any reduction in Nortel's operating results
and any related volatility in the market price of its publicly traded
securities arising from any decline in its gross margin, or fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates; any negative developments associated with
Nortel's supply contract and contract manufacturing agreements including as a
result of using a sole supplier for key optical networking solutions
components, and any defects or errors in Nortel's current or planned products;
any negative impact to Nortel of its failure to achieve its business
transformation objectives, including completion of the sale of its UMTS access
business to Alcatel; additional valuation allowances for all or a portion of
its deferred tax assets; Nortel's failure to protect its intellectual property
rights, or any adverse judgments or settlements arising out of disputes
regarding intellectual property; changes in regulation of the Internet and/or
other aspects of the industry; Nortel's failure to successfully operate or
integrate its strategic acquisitions, or failure to consummate or succeed with
its strategic alliances; any negative effect of Nortel's failure to evolve
adequately its financial and managerial control and reporting systems and
processes, manage and grow its business, or create an effective risk
management strategy; and (iii) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's
liquidity, financing arrangements and capital including: the impact of
Nortel's most recent restatement and two previous restatements of its
financial statements; any inability of Nortel to manage cash flow fluctuations
to fund working capital requirements or achieve its business objectives in a
timely manner or obtain additional sources of funding; high levels of debt,
limitations on Nortel capitalizing on business opportunities because of credit
facility covenants, or on obtaining additional secured debt pursuant to the
provisions of indentures governing certain of Nortel's public debt issues and
the provisions of its credit facilities; any increase of restricted cash
requirements for Nortel if it is unable to secure alternative support for
obligations arising from certain normal course business activities, or any
inability of Nortel's subsidiaries to provide it with sufficient funding; any
negative effect to Nortel of the need to make larger defined benefit plans
contributions in the future or exposure to customer credit risks or inability
of customers to fulfill payment obligations under customer financing
arrangements; any negative impact on Nortel's ability to make future
acquisitions, raise capital, issue debt and retain employees arising from
stock price volatility and further declines in the market price of Nortel's
publicly traded securities, or any future share consolidation resulting in a
lower total market capitalization or adverse effect on the liquidity of
Nortel's common shares. For additional information with respect to certain of
these and other factors, see Nortel's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q and other securities filings with the SEC. Unless
otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
<<
(x) Nortel, the Nortel logo, the Globemark and CallPilot are trademarks
of Nortel Networks.
>>
