Nortel

Multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer
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Nortel

Summary

Nortel is a business[1]. Nortel ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (900 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nortel is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Nortel's image is recorded as Nortel HQ Etobicoke.jpg[4].
  • Nortel's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Nortel's owned by is recorded as BCE Inc.[6].
  • Nortel's owned by is recorded as Bell Canada[7].
  • Nortel's owned by is recorded as Western Electric[8].
  • Nortel's logo image is recorded as Logo Nortel Networks (whitespace).svg[9].
  • Nortel's follows is recorded as Standard Telephones and Cables[10].
  • Nortel's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[11].
  • Nortel's chief executive officer is recorded as Mike S. Zafirovski[12].
  • Nortel's ISNI is recorded as 0000000087815157[13].
  • Nortel's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127544924[14].
  • Nortel's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98042545[15].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Bay Networks[16].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Nortel (United Kingdom)[17].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Northern Telecom (Ireland)[18].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Nortel (United States)[19].
  • Nortel's Commons category is recorded as Nortel[20].
  • Nortel's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[21].
  • Nortel's stock exchange is recorded as Toronto Stock Exchange[22].
  • Nortel's industry is recorded as telecommunications[23].
  • Nortel's archives at is recorded as Region of Peel Archives[24].
  • Nortel's archives at is recorded as Archives of Ontario[25].
  • +1895-12-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nortel[26].
  • Nortel was dissolved in +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

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Founding

+1895-12-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nortel[26]. Nortel's location of formation is recorded as Montreal[28].

Identity

Nortel's follows is recorded as Standard Telephones and Cables[10].

Leadership

Nortel's chief executive officer is recorded as Mike S. Zafirovski[12].

Operations

Nortel's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[11]. Subsidiaries include Bay Networks[16], a business[29], in United States[30], founded in 1994[31], headquartered in Santa Clara[32]; Nortel (United Kingdom)[17]; Northern Telecom (Ireland)[18]; and Nortel (United States)[19].

Industry

Nortel's industry is recorded as telecommunications[23].

Ownership

Owners include BCE Inc.[6], a public company[33], in Canada[34], founded in 1983[35], headquartered in Montreal[36]; Bell Canada[7], a business[37], in Canada[38], founded in 1880[39], headquartered in Île des Soeurs[40]; and Western Electric[8], a business[41], in United States[42], founded in 1869[43], headquartered in New York City[44]. Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[21] and Toronto Stock Exchange[22]. Products include networking hardware[45] and software[46].

Dissolution

Nortel was dissolved in +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

Why It Matters

Nortel ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (900 views/month).[2] Nortel has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Nortel is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . archeion.ca. archeion.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [45] . wikidata.org.
  28. [46] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Has works in the collection Museum Deelen
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  2. 20d ago · Natharchives · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Location of formation Montreal
    Industry telecommunications
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