US$7.7 Million Agreement Includes Support for Hearings, Application
Enhancements
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /CNW/ - Nortel Government Solutions(x), a U.S. company
wholly owned by Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT), has been selected by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) to operate and maintain the NRC's digital
courtroom systems in Rockville, Maryland and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nortel Government Solutions will provide these services under an
agreement estimated at US$7.7 million over four years. The agreement also
includes support for NRC hearings, as well as application development and
testing.
The systems were developed by Nortel Government Solutions and delivered
to the NRC earlier this year. They provide electronic evidence presentation,
digital audio and video transcripts, and electronic capture and display of
evidence. This enables immediate electronic access to documents, and live
video and audio feeds to ensure the widest possible public access to NRC
proceedings.
The digital courtroom systems are designed to help the NRC's Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel simplify proceedings ranging from routine
cases to more complicated hearings involving nuclear reactor licenses.
One such proceeding is the potential adjudication regarding a U.S.
Department of Energy license application for a commercial nuclear reactor
waste storage facility at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, located 100 miles northwest
of Las Vegas. Expected to last three to four years as mandated by Congress,
this could become one of the largest and most complex administrative hearings
in U.S. history. The digital database available to these two courtrooms is
capable of storing and providing electronic access to the millions of pages of
evidence and thousands of hours of testimony that may accumulate.
"These showcase systems integrate everything into one multimedia system
with real-time access to information for all participants," said Chuck
Saffell, chief executive officer, Nortel Government Solutions. "Our operations
and maintenance services will help the NRC to achieve and sustain the highest
performance, efficiency, security and reliability from its electronic
courtrooms."
Nortel Government Solutions is the prime contractor for operation and
maintenance of the NRC digital courtrooms, with mediaEdge, Levare, and
ExhibitOne providing hardware, software and integration services. mediaEdge, a
division of Exceptional Software Strategies, focuses on the rapidly evolving
Internet multimedia market. Levare is a software solutions provider and maker
of court calendaring and scheduling software. ExhibitOne is the nation's
leading provider of audiovisual technologies, serving clients around the
country in federal, state and enterprise markets.
About Nortel Government Solutions
Nortel Government Solutions is a network-centric integrator, providing
the services expertise, mission-critical systems and secure communications
that empower government to ensure the security, livelihood, and well being of
its citizens. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Nortel Government Solutions
offers a one-stop shop for solutions designed to improve workforce
productivity, reduce operating costs, and streamline inter-agency
communications. Nortel Government Solutions is a U.S. company wholly-owned by
Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT). Please visit www.nortelgov.com for more information.
About Nortel
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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
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