Northern Telecom

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Canadian company technology company telecommunications equipment company

Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nortel	4
Nortel Networks	3
Bell Canada manufacturing division	1
Northern Telecom Limited	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian company ⓘ technology company ⓘ telecommunications equipment company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northern Telecom ⓘ surface form: Nortel
areaServed	Asia-Pacific ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
businessModel	business-to-business ⓘ
competitor	Alcatel ⓘ Ericsson ⓘ Lucent Technologies ⓘ Siemens ⓘ
coreCapability	design of carrier-grade telecom systems ⓘ large-scale network integration ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
fate	became Nortel Networks ⓘ
formerName	Northern Electric ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	various international sales and manufacturing subsidiaries ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Montreal ⓘ surface form: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
industry	information technology ⓘ networking equipment ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ
keyMarket	enterprise communications customers ⓘ telecommunications carriers ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
laterName	Northern Telecom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nortel Networks
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: North American Eastern Time Zone
notableFor	early adoption of digital switching technology ⓘ large-scale carrier networks deployments ⓘ role in development of global telecom infrastructure ⓘ
parentCompany	BCE Inc. ⓘ Bell Canada ⓘ
predecessor	Northern Telecom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bell Canada manufacturing division
product	PBX systems ⓘ data networking equipment ⓘ digital telephone switches ⓘ optical networking equipment ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ wireless infrastructure equipment ⓘ
significantEvent	rebranded as Nortel Networks in the late 1990s ⓘ
successor	Northern Telecom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nortel Networks
technologyFocus	data networking ⓘ digital telephony ⓘ fiber-optic transmission ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Telecom → alsoKnownAs → Northern Telecom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel

Whitfield Diffie → employer → Northern Telecom ⓘ

Northern Electric → evolvedInto → Northern Telecom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel

USB Implementers Forum → foundedBy → Northern Telecom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel

Northern Telecom → laterName → Northern Telecom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel Networks

Northern Electric → predecessor → Northern Telecom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel

Northern Telecom → predecessor → Northern Telecom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell Canada manufacturing division

Northern Electric → successor → Northern Telecom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Telecom Limited

Northern Electric → successor → Northern Telecom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel Networks

Northern Telecom → successor → Northern Telecom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nortel Networks