Nortel Simplifies its Professional Certification Programme

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Path to Certification Offers More Choice and Flexible Courses
Nortel(x) (NYSE: NT , TSX: NT) today announced significant updates to
its Professional Certification Programme for IT professionals and
enterprise channel partners. The updates include new initiatives
designed to provide a faster, more flexible path to certification on
Nortel's Enterprise product portfolio. Also, in response to customer
demand for certified resources, Nortel Professional Certification
Programme is expanding to include certifications in the
carrier/service provider space.

As part of its ongoing strategy to simplify the way Nortel does
business with partners and customers, the new Nortel Certification
Programme is available throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa
(EMEA); North America and Asia Pacific.

"The enhancements to Nortel's Certification Programme are key to
helping customers and partners efficiently validate the skills they
need to successfully deploy Nortel Solutions. By incorporating
certification exams as part of classroom training we are saving time
and money for IT professionals," said Scott Schauer, director,
Global Certification, Nortel.

Partners will be offered two new sets of exams - Segment and Delta
exams. As the name suggests, the Segment exams "unbundle" the
certification exam and deliver it in segments. This provides a step
by step or course by course approach making it easier for candidates
to progress toward certification and tests the student's knowledge
in more manageable segments.

Segment Exams can be taken at the conclusion of a training class
or challenged at a testing centre operated by Prometric, Nortel's
testing provider. A group of Segment exams associated with courses
in any given training track will equate to an associated Standard,
full-length exam. Passing the appropriate Segment exams will yield
the same certification designation as the Standard Certification
exam allowing candidates to work toward an exam requirement in a
more detailed phased approach if desired.

"Nortel is definitely taking this program in the right direction,"
said John Lockhart, operations director, Unified Group, a Nortel
channel partner. "Keeping my engineers' certification up-to-date
creates excellent career opportunities for them and I feel very
comfortable knowing I am investing my company time and money in a
program that is pro-actively addressing the evolving needs of the IT
community."

Delta exams have been specifically designed to test incremental
knowledge and skills for a major new product release. Delta exams
will be targeted toward individuals holding a Nortel Professional
Certification at the previous product release. These individuals
will be able to update their Certification by passing the relevant
Delta Exam. Delta exams will be rolled out in conjunction with Delta
training courses.

Candidates will now be able to take exams at Prometric testing
centers or at the end of each leader-led class, the latter reducing
the time away from the office. End of class testing will offer
either the Segment Exam associated with the course, where one is
available, or the applicable standard full length exam. Either
choice of exams will be included in the price of the course.

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.

For more information about the new Professional Certification
Program please visit: www.nortel.com/certification

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and capital including: the impact of Nortel's most recent
restatement and two previous restatements of its financial
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to fund working capital requirements or achieve its business
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obtaining additional secured debt pursuant to the provisions of
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requirements for Nortel if it is unable to secure alternative
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with sufficient funding; any negative effect to Nortel of the need
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fulfill payment obligations under customer financing arrangements;
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raise capital, issue debt and retain employees arising from stock
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statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
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