Since 1990, BT and Nortel have been working together to deliver practical communications solutions for businesses of all sizes in various sectors. In the ever-changing business environment, an effective and reliable communications network is critical to an organisation's success, both for today and for the future.

Now, a new era of networking is emerging. Millions of businesses are connecting to the web, generating a tidal wave of data surging through the world's networks. A tremendous amount of information is currently being exchanged on the web, and IP traffic is expected to increase by 88% through to 2008.

BT and Nortel are aware of the business consequences of this dramatic increase in Internet traffic, and in partnership, can provide a comprehensive range of future-proof communications solutions. These products and services have been designed to prepare businesses for the inevitable challenges of change, and more importantly, to enable their customers to maximise the opportunities presented by global commerce and communication.

As well as allowing businesses to capitalise on the commercial potential of the Internet, BT and Nortel are offering a range of state of the art solutions to allow organisations to operate more efficiently, reliably and flexibly than ever before.

Benefits of the Partnership

As the one of largest communications specialist on the island of Ireland, in the IP arena, BT brings a wealth of communications expertise to the partnership, particularly in terms of consultancy, installation and maintenance. Nortel has experience in delivering communications solutions in more than 150 countries worldwide, and unrivalled expertise in the building and support of unified networks.

Through the partnership, BT and Nortel are able to offer more converged applications than any other supplier, with global, scalable, high capacity public and private networks built around the application-focus that is driving the Internet. They are unparalleled in delivering telephony and IP based networking to bring all communications together over a single network.

Our services complement each other, allowing us to operate in synergy to provide the very best in innovative communication solutions to our clients.

Continued innovation is assured by the BT/Nortel partnership, as research and development of products is highly valued by both partners. BT and Nortel work together to share product information, training and tools, and in supporting the customer. BT & Nortel's global presence ensures that customers can rely upon worldwide support for the solutions.

The re-sale channel relationship embodies both DIY network technology supply and managed services deployment. BT's breadth of experience as an integrator of Nortel Networks technology enables the delivery of solutions from simple connectivity-based services through the complete range of managed services and communications outsourcing.