Press ReleaseSource: Nortel

Nortel Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter 2008
Friday August 1, 2008 6:28 am ET

Increases Revenue and Improves Margins

Revenue of $2.62 billion, up 2 percent year-over-year and 7 percent on a year-to-date basis

Gross margin at 43.1 percent, up 204 bps from prior year period

Management operating margin(a) at 4.3 percent, up 302 bps from prior year period

Maintains full year guidance, in an increasingly challenging business environment

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 1, 2008 -- Nortel(1) Networks Corporation (Toronto:NT.TO - News)(NT - News) announced its results for the second quarter of 2008, demonstrating continued progress against the Company's financial targets. Results were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in U.S. dollars.

"Nortel's financial performance in the first half of 2008 has been consistent and disciplined. We have achieved our objectives and are on track to meet our targets for the year," said Nortel president and CEO Mike Zafirovski. "In the second quarter, the company focused on the work at hand and improved productivity, stepped-up cost reduction activities and enhanced margin performance. We delivered gross margin of 43.1%, the seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement, and management operating margin of 4.3%, the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement."

"We continue to see strong customer momentum in key growth areas of our business. In recent months, we've signed a comprehensive global managed services telepresence agreement with Deloitte, have secured approximately 20 wins for our innovative 40G offering, and earlier this week signed on as the official network infrastructure partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games," said Zafirovski. "In the second half, faced with a challenging business environment, we will continue our focus on execution and on delivering accelerated growth in key segments in order to achieve our financial objectives for the year."

Financial Highlights

- Revenue in the second quarter of $2.62 billion, up 2 percent year over year and up 7 percent on a year-to-date basis.

- Gross margin in the second quarter of 43.1 percent, increasing over the prior year period for the seventh consecutive quarter.

- Management operating margin in the second quarter of 4.3 percent, increasing over the prior year period for the eighth consecutive quarter.

- Cash balance, as at June 30, 2008 of $3.07 billion, included an outflow of cash from operations in the quarter of $74 million. On May 28, 2008, Nortel successfully completed the issuance of $675 million in a Senior Notes offering and used the net proceeds together with cash on hand to redeem at par the $675 million outstanding principal amount of convertible notes due September 2008.

Business Highlights

- Another Olympic win. Nortel was awarded the contract to be the Official Network Infrastructure Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Nortel will provide an end-to-end information infrastructure with everything from a metro area network to the wireless network down to the call center and the telephones that will be used.

- Unified communications offer continues to strengthen. Nortel announced carrier hosted solutions with Microsoft and IBM. The solutions are designed to enhance productivity and offer powerful unified communications to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Nortel received the IBM IMPACT Innovation Award for its key IBM SOA foundation resource, the Nortel Agile Communications Environment.

- 4G progress continued. Nortel announced a strategic agreement with Alvarion to create an end-to-end WiMAX solution to meet the needs of the evolving wireless broadband market. This alliance allows Nortel to drive growth in WiMAX while focusing R&D resources on 4G LTE and wireless applications.

- 40G continues to gain market momentum with 20 customer wins. Rascom and Southern Cross Cables selected Nortel 40G solution in the U.S., while Virgin Media teamed with Nortel to successfully trial 40G on its existing 10G network in the U.K.

- Carrier Ethernet chosen by Verizon. Nortel will provide Verizon Telecom with new generation switching equipment to help Verizon expand its metro Ethernet backbone. The Nortel carrier Ethernet solution chosen by Verizon includes industry-leading PBB and Ethernet OAM technologies, and provides Verizon with flexibility and scalability to support new applications and requirements.

- Deloitte signs Telepresence contract. Focused on saving costs, improving internal collaboration and driving down their global carbon footprint. Deloitte selected Nortel as a global managed services provider for telepresence, video conferencing and associated multimedia services. The new managed services agreement with Nortel will enable Deloitte's global organization and as many as 130 Deloitte member firm locations around the world to obtain telepresence and open standards-based video conferencing services.

- Energy consumption message resonates with wide customer audience. Customers such as Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Sweetwater Sound, Earth Rangers and partners like Ronco Communications and Electronics Inc., have adopted energy-efficient Nortel communications solutions, which offer significant energy consumption benefits vs. key global competitors.

- GSM-R gains traction in EMEA. Nortel secured two contracts in Germany with Deutsche Bahn and in Algeria with Agence Nationale d'Etudes et de Suivi de la Realisation des Investissements Ferroviaires (ANESRIF). The GSM-R upgrades are expected to improve safety and enable faster train speeds while reducing operational costs.

Revenue

Revenue was $2.62 billion for the second quarter of 2008, compared to $2.56 billion for the second quarter of 2007 and $2.76 billion for the first quarter of 2008.

 

                              Revenue B/(W)

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                                    Q2 2008        YoY        QoQ
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Carrier Networks                     $1,038         (2%)      (15%)
Enterprise Solutions                  $ 610          3%        (5%)
Global Services                       $ 536          9%         4%
Metro Ethernet Networks               $ 378          4%        16%
Other                                  $ 60          5%         7%
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 Total                               $2,622          2%        (5%)
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Carrier Networks (CN) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $1,038 million, a decrease of 2 percent compared with the year ago quarter and a decrease of 15 percent sequentially. Compared to the year ago quarter, CN revenue benefited from an LG-Nortel joint venture contract completion, offset by a decline in CDMA and legacy switching sales. Compared to the previous quarter, CN revenues were unfavourably impacted by the decline in the LG-Nortel joint venture and in North American CDMA revenue, partially offset by an increase in GSM revenue.

Enterprise Solutions (ES) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $610 million, an increase of 3 percent compared with the year ago quarter and a decrease of 5 percent sequentially. Compared to the year ago quarter, ES revenue continued to be positively impacted by higher voice and applications revenue, with flat data networking business, reflecting increases in EMEA and Asia, offset by lower sales in the North American region.

Global Services (GS) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $536 million, an increase of 9 percent compared with the year ago quarter and an increase of 4 percent sequentially. The second quarter showed solid growth in network implementation services, support services and managed services.

Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $378 million, an increase of 4 percent compared with the year ago quarter and an increase of 16 percent sequentially. The year over year increase was primarily due to increases in optical and services edge revenue, partially offset by declines in legacy products. Compared to the previous quarter, MEN revenues benefited from the completion of an optical contract in EMEA and increased optical volume in North America.

Orders

Orders were $2,153 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $2,683 million for the second quarter of 2007, and $2,548 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, orders were primarily impacted by lower CDMA orders in North America and lower orders from the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Deferred Revenue

The deferred revenue balance, as at June 30, 2008 of $2,529 million, decreased by $314 million during the second quarter of 2008 and decreased by $580 million year-to-date.

Gross margin

Gross margin was 43.1 percent of revenue in the second quarter of 2008. This compared to gross margin of 41.1 percent for the second quarter of 2007 and 41.6 percent for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, gross margins benefited primarily from customer mix, due to the recognition of higher margin deferred revenues, and cost reduction initiatives, partially offset by the negative impacts of price erosion and product mix.

 

Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses

                                   SG&A Expenses B/(W)

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                                    Q2 2008        YoY        QoQ
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SG&A                                  $ 575          3%         4%
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 % of Revenue                          21.9%   129 bps    (28 bps)
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SG&A expenses were $575 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $595 million for the second quarter of 2007, and $597 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, SG&A was favourably impacted primarily by savings from previously announced restructuring programs, partially offset by investments in sales and marketing and negative foreign exchange impacts of $18 million.

 

Research and Development (R&D) Expenses

                                    R&D Expenses B/(W)

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                                    Q2 2008        YoY        QoQ
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R&D                                   $ 441         (4%)       (5%)
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 % of Revenue                          16.8%    (31 bps)  (159 bps)
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R&D expenses were $441 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $423 million for the second quarter of 2007 and $420 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, R&D was impacted by negative foreign exchange impacts of $15 million and investments in new technologies, partially offset by savings from previously announced restructuring programs.

Management Operating Margin

Management operating margin was 4.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008, compared to 1.3 percent for the second quarter of 2007 and 4.7 percent for the first quarter of 2008. The second quarter of 2008 management operating margin increased by 302 basis points compared to the year ago quarter, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of year over year improvement. The improvement was driven primarily by higher gross margin and lower SG&A.

Other

Special charges in the second quarter of 2008 of $67 million related to costs associated with previously announced restructuring plans.

Other income (expense) - net was $33 million of income for the second quarter of 2008, compared to income of $110 million in the second quarter of 2007 and income of $37 million in the first quarter of 2008. Other income included interest and dividend income of $30 million, foreign exchange gains of $34 million and a $21 million mark-to-market loss on an interest rate swap.

Minority interest was an expense of $55 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to an expense of $11 million for the second quarter of 2007 and an expense of $78 million for the first quarter of 2008. Minority interest expense included an expense of $9 million related to the ongoing payment of preferred shares dividends, but was primarily driven by the profitability of the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Interest expense was $76 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $98 million for the second quarter of 2007 and $80 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, interest expense was positively impacted by lower debt levels and lower variable interest rates.

Income tax expense was $61 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to an expense of $11 million for the second quarter of 2007 and an expense of $36 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, income tax expense was negatively impacted primarily by the increased profitability of the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Earnings

The Company reported a net loss in the second quarter of 2008 of $113 million, or $0.23 per common share on a basic and diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $37 million, or $0.07 per common share on a basic and diluted basis, in the second quarter of 2007 and a net loss of $138 million, or $0.28 per common share on a diluted basis, in the first quarter of 2008.

 

                              Significant Impact Items and Tax Impact

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                                          Q2 2008      Q2 2007      Q1 2008
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Net Earnings / (Loss)                       ($113)        ($37)       ($138)
 Restructuring Charges                        $67          $36          $88
 Regulatory Investigation Expense                          $35
 Loss (Gain) on Sale                          ($2)        ($10)         ($2)
 Currency Exchange Loss (Gain)               ($34)        ($69)         $19
 Investment Impairment                                                   $8
 Patent Litigation Settlement                 ($1)                      $12
 Other Income - Loss (Gain) from Swap         $21                      ($16)
 Amortization of Intangibles                  $11          $13          $12
 Total Tax Impact of above items              ($2)         ($1)         ($6)
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The net loss in the second quarter of 2008 of $113 million included special charges of $67 million for restructurings, a loss of $21 million primarily from mark-to-market losses on interest rate swaps and a gain of $34 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The net loss in the second quarter of 2007 of $37 million included a regulatory investigation expense of $35 million, a gain of $69 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates and special charges of $36 million for restructuring. The net loss in the first quarter of 2008 of $138 million included special charges of $88 million for restructurings, a loss of $19 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates, a charge of $12 million related to a patent lawsuit settlement and a gain of $16 million primarily from mark-to-market gains on interest rate swaps.

Cash

Cash balance at the end of the second quarter of 2008 was $3.07 billion, down from $3.22 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in cash was primarily driven by a cash outflow from operating activities of $74 million, cash used in investing activities of $40 million and cash used in financing activities of $30 million. The cash outflow from operating activities of $74 million included a net loss of $113 million, an outflow from changes in operating assets and liabilities of $184 million, partially offset by non-cash additions including $86 million of amortization and depreciation, and $55 million of minority interest primarily related to profitability of the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Environment and Outlook (b)

Nortel faces a challenging business environment with increasing risk due to general macro-economic weakness, continuing competitive pressures and potential of further reduced capex spending by key North American CDMA customers.

Accelerated growth in Nortel's Enterprise and Metro Ethernet businesses in the second half and the expected completion of wireless contracts in the fourth quarter, representing approximately $350 million of previously deferred revenue, are key to the company achieving its financial objectives for this year.

In the context of the foregoing, Nortel reiterates its financial outlook for the full year 2008, and continues to expect:

- Revenue to grow in the low single digits compared to 2007

- Gross margin to be about the business model target of 43 percent of revenue

- Management operating margin as a percentage of revenue to increase by about 300 basis points compared to 2007

(a) The company has changed the terminology of our performance measurement of operating margin to management operating margin. There is no change in the measure itself. Management Operating Margin is a non-GAAP measure defined as Gross Profit less SG&A and R&D expenses. Management Operating Margin percentage is a non-GAAP measure defined as Management Operating Margin divided by Revenue. Nortel's management believes that these measures are meaningful measurements of operating performance and provides greater transparency to investors with respect to Nortel's performance and supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. These non-GAAP measures may also facilitate comparisons to Nortel's historical performance and competitors' operating results. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in Nortel's financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These measures may not be synonymous to similar measurement terms used by other companies. No reconciliation of the projected non-GAAP management operating margin measure is provided to the comparable projected GAAP measure because Nortel does not predict special items that might occur in the future, and Nortel's forecasts are developed at a level of detail different than that used to prepare GAAP-based financial measures. Thus, such a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts.

(b) The Company's financial outlook contains forward-looking information and as such, is based on certain assumptions, and is subject to important risk factors and uncertainties (which are summarized in italics at the end of this press release) that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from this outlook.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.

Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as "could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similar language and are considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities legislation. These statements are based on Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which Nortel operates. These statements are subject to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, that are difficult to predict, and the actual outcome may be materially different. Nortel has made various assumptions in the preparation of its financial outlook in this press release, including the following company-specific assumptions: successful development, delivery and acceptance of new Software Releases required for completion of several large projects, no further negative impact to Nortel's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity arising from Nortel's prior restatements of its financial results; increase in sales in 2008 over 2007 to Nortel's enterprise customers and wireless service provider customers in the Asia Pacific region as a result of Nortel's joint venture with LG Electronics Inc.; improvement in Nortel's product costs due to favorable supplier pricing, partially offset by higher costs associated with customer deployments in emerging markets; cost reductions resulting from the 2008 and 2007 restructuring plans; increased employee costs relative to expected cost of living adjustments and employee bonuses; and the effective execution of Nortel's strategy, including the execution of Nortel's supply chain strategy and the implementation of its Business Transformation initiatives in 2008. Nortel has also made certain macroeconomic and general industry assumptions in the preparation of its financial outlook including: global service provider capital expenditures in 2008 reflecting low single digit growth and key North American service provider capital spending to not significantly decrease from first half 2008 spending levels; global growth rate to remain stable with investments in next generation products and services to exceed declines in purchases of legacy equipment; and a moderate impact as a result of expected industry consolidation among service providers in various geographic regions, particularly in North America and EMEA. The above assumptions, although considered reasonable by Nortel at the date of this press release, may prove to be inaccurate and consequently Nortel's actual results could differ materially from its expectations set out in this press release.

Further, actual results or events could differ materially from those contemplated in forward-looking statements as a result of the following (i) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's business including: significant competition, competitive pricing practice, cautious capital spending by customers as a result of factors including current economic uncertainties, industry consolidation, rapidly changing technologies, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions and short product life cycles, and other trends and industry characteristics affecting the telecommunications industry; any material, adverse affects on Nortel's performance if its expectations regarding market demand for particular products prove to be wrong; the sufficiency of recently announced restructuring actions; any negative developments associated with Nortel's suppliers and contract manufacturing agreements including our reliance on certain suppliers for key optical networking solutions components; potential penalties, damages or cancelled customer contracts from failure to meet delivery and installation deadlines and any defects or errors in Nortel's current or planned products; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; potential higher operational and financial risks associated with Nortel's efforts to expand internationally; potential additional valuation allowances for all or a portion of Nortel's deferred tax assets if market conditions deteriorate or future results of operations are less than expected; a failure to protect Nortel's intellectual property rights, or any adverse judgments or settlements arising out of disputes regarding intellectual property; any negative effect of a failure to maintain integrity of Nortel's information systems; changes in regulation of the telecommunications industry or other aspects of the industry; any failure to successfully operate or integrate strategic acquisitions, or failure to consummate or succeed with strategic alliances; Nortel's potential inability to attract or retain the personnel necessary to achieve its business objectives or to maintain an effective risk management strategy;

(ii) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's liquidity, financing arrangements and capital including: any inability of Nortel to manage cash flow fluctuations to fund working capital requirements or achieve its business objectives in a timely manner or obtain additional sources of funding; high levels of debt, limitations on Nortel capitalizing on business opportunities because of senior notes covenants, or on obtaining additional secured debt pursuant to the provisions of indentures governing certain of Nortel's public debt issues; Nortel's below investment grade credit rating; any increase of restricted cash requirements for Nortel if it is unable to secure alternative support for obligations arising from certain normal course business activities, or any inability of Nortel's subsidiaries to provide it with sufficient funding; any negative effect to Nortel of the need to make larger defined benefit plans contributions in the future or exposure to customer credit risks or inability of customers to fulfill payment obligations under customer financing arrangements; or any negative impact on Nortel's ability to make future acquisitions, raise capital, issue debt and retain employees arising from stock price volatility and any declines in the market price of Nortel's publicly traded securities; and

(iii) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's prior restatements and related matters including: any negative impact on Nortel and NNL of such restatements; legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements related to the ongoing criminal investigation of Nortel in the U.S.; or any significant pending or future civil litigation actions not encompassed by Nortel's class action settlement. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see Nortel's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other securities filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks.

Nortel will host a teleconference/audio webcast to discuss Second Quarter 2008 Results:

 

Date: Friday, August 1, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. ET

To take part in the audio Webcast, please visit:
http://www.nortel.com/q2earnings2008

To participate in the audio teleconference and Q&A, please call:
           - North America  1-866-225-6564
           - International  1-416-641-6139

  --- Please dial in at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the event ---

Replay: A replay of the audio teleconference will be available at
 11:00 a.m. ET at:
           - North America  1-800-408-3053   Passcode: 3265567#
           - International  1-416-695-5800   Passcode: 3265567#

Audio webcast replay: http://www.nortel.com/q2earnings2008


                                   NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
                        Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
             (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

                                  Three months ended       Six months ended
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                        June 30,  March 31,  June 30,   June 30,    June 30,
                           2008       2008      2007       2008        2007
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Revenues:
 Products              $  2,288   $  2,471   $ 2,246    $ 4,759     $ 4,415
 Services                   334        287       316        621         630
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                          2,622      2,758     2,562      5,380       5,045
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Cost of revenues
 Products                 1,320      1,459     1,337      2,779       2,640
 Services                   172        153       173        325         351
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                          1,492      1,612     1,510      3,104       2,991
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Gross profit              1,130      1,146     1,052      2,276       2,054
                           43.1%      41.6%     41.1%      42.3%       40.7%
Selling, general and
 administrative
 expense                    575        597       595      1,172       1,199
Research and
 development
 expense                    441        420       423        861         832
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Management
 operating margin           114        129        34        243          23
                            4.3%       4.7%      1.3%       4.5%        0.5%

Amortization of
 intangibles                 11         12        13         23          25
Special charges              67         88        36        155         116
Gain on sale of
 businesses and
 assets                      (2)        (2)      (10)        (4)        (11)
Shareholder
 litigation
 settlement
 recovery                     -          -         -          -         (54)
Regulatory
 investigation
 expense                      -          -        35          -          35
Other operating
 charges
 (income) - net              (7)        13       (12)         6         (22)
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Operating
 earnings (loss)             45         18       (28)        63         (66)

Other income -
 net                        (33)       (37)     (110)       (70)       (176)
Interest
 expense
 Long-term debt              73         74        91        147         176
 Other                        3          6         7          9          18
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Loss from operations
 before income taxes,
 minority interests
 and equity in net
 earnings (loss)
 of associated
 companies                    2        (25)      (16)       (23)        (84)
Income tax
 expense                     61         36        11         97          24
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                            (59)       (61)      (27)      (120)       (108)
Minority
 interests - net
 of tax                      55         78        11        133          33
Equity in net
 loss of
 associated
 companies - net
 of tax                      (1)        (1)       (1)        (2)         (1)
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Net loss                $  (113)   $  (138)   $  (37)    $ (251)     $ (140)
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Average shares
 outstanding
 (millions) -
 Basic                      498        498       497        498         470
Average shares
 outstanding
 (millions) -
 Diluted                    498        498       497        498         470

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Basic and
 diluted loss
 per common
 share                   ($0.23)    ($0.28)   ($0.07)    ($0.50)     ($0.30)
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                              NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
                         Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
            (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

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                                        June 30,    March 31,   December 31,
                                           2008         2008           2007
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                    ASSETS
Current assets
 Cash and cash equivalents             $  3,071      $ 3,223        $ 3,532
 Restricted cash and cash
  equivalents                                67           58             76
 Accounts receivable - net                2,161        2,338          2,583
 Inventories - net                        1,828        1,818          2,002
 Deferred income taxes - net                476          535            487
 Other current assets                       525          472            467
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Total current assets                      8,128        8,444          9,147

Investments                                 178          193            194
Plant and equipment - net                 1,477        1,510          1,532
Goodwill                                  2,568        2,570          2,559
Intangible assets - net                     169          188            213
Deferred income taxes - net               2,809        2,774          2,868
Other assets                                545          574            555
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Total assets                           $ 15,874     $ 16,253       $ 17,068
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    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
 Trade and other accounts payable      $  1,107      $ 1,070        $ 1,187
 Payroll and benefit-related
  liabilities                               621          545            690
 Contractual liabilities                    243          259            272
 Restructuring liabilities                  132          143            100
 Other accrued liabilities                3,151        3,497          3,825
 Long-term debt due within one year          21          696            698
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Total current liabilities                 5,275        6,210          6,772

Long-term debt                            4,476        3,838          3,816
Deferred income taxes - net                  31           30             17
Other liabilities                         2,688        2,706          2,875
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Total liabilities                        12,470       12,784         13,480
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Minority interests in subsidiary
 companies                                  907          883            830

           SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common shares, without par value -
 Authorized shares: unlimited;
 Issued and outstanding shares:
   496,537,262 as of June 30, 2008,
   438,029,916 as of March 31, 2008
   and 437,423,006 as of
   December 31, 2007                     35,557       34,043         34,028
Additional paid-in capital                3,540        5,033          5,025
Accumulated deficit                     (36,813)     (36,705)       (36,532)
Accumulated other comprehensive
 loss                                       213          215            237
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Total shareholders' equity                2,497        2,586          2,758
                                     ---------------------------------------
Total liabilities and
 shareholders' equity                  $ 15,874     $ 16,253       $ 17,068
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                           NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
               Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                      (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars)

                                  Three months ended       Six months ended
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                        June 30,  March 31,  June 30,   June 30,    June 30,
                           2008       2008      2007       2008        2007
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Cash flows from
 (used in)
 operating
 activities
 Net loss                $ (113)    $ (138)    $ (37)    $ (251)     $ (140)
 Adjustments to
  reconcile net
  earnings (loss)
  to net cash from
  (used in) operating
  activities, net of
  effects from
  acquisitions and
  divestitures of
  businesses:
  Amortization and
   depreciation              86         82         73       168         152
  Non-cash portion
   of shareholder
   litigation
   settlement
   expense (recovery)         -          -          -         -         (54)
  Non-cash portion
   of special
   charges and
   related asset
   write downs                9          2          3        11           3
  Equity in net
   (earnings) loss
   of associated
   companies                 (1)        (1)        (1)       (2)         (1)
  Share based
   compensation
   expense                   21         21         30        42          55
  Deferred income
   taxes                     35         12         (2)       47           3
  Pension and
   other accruals            28         32         44        60         136
  Loss (gain) on
   sale or write
   down of
   investments,
   businesses and
   assets                     -          6         (5)        6          (6)
  Minority
   interests                 55         78         11       133          33
  Other - net               (10)       (23)       (86)      (33)        (68)
  Change in
   operating
   assets and
   liabilities,
   excluding
   Global Class
   Action
   Settlement
   - net                   (184)      (331)      (150)     (515)       (209)
  Global Class
   Action
   Settlement  net            -          -          -         -        (585)
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Net cash from (used in)
 operating
 activities                 (74)      (260)      (120)     (334)       (681)
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Cash flows from
 (used in)
 investing
 activities
 Expenditures for
  plant and
  equipment                 (36)       (51)       (53)      (87)       (109)
 Proceeds on
  disposals of
  plant and
  equipment                   -          -         70         -          84
 Restricted cash
  and cash
  equivalents                (9)        18         (3)        9         592
 Acquisitions of
  investments and
  businesses - net
  of cash
  acquired                   (3)       (29)       (12)      (32)        (26)
 Proceeds on sale of
  investments and
  businesses                  8         18         21        26         (18)
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 Net cash from
  (used in)
  investing
  activities                (40)       (44)        23       (84)        523
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Cash flows from
 (used in)
 financing
 activities
 Dividends paid by
  subsidiaries to
  minority interests        (10)       (11)       (15)      (21)        (25)
 Increase in notes
  payable                    50         28         14        78          24
 Decrease in notes
  payable                   (45)       (25)       (15)      (70)        (27)
 Decrease in loan
  payable                    (7)         -          -        (7)      1,150
 Debt issuance
  costs                     (13)         -         (1)      (13)        (23)
 Decrease in
  capital
  leases payable             (5)        (6)        (6)      (11)        (11)
 Issuance of common
  shares                      -          -          2         -           9
                     -------------------------------------------------------

 Net cash from
  (used in)
  financing
  activities                (30)       (14)       (21)      (44)      1,097
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Effect of foreign
 exchange rate
 changes on cash
 and cash
 equivalents                 (8)         9         36         1          42
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Net increase
 (decrease)
 in cash and
 cash equivalents          (152)      (309)       (82)     (461)        981
Cash and cash
 equivalents
 at beginning of
 period                   3,223      3,532      4,555     3,532       3,492
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Cash and cash
 equivalents
 at end of period       $ 3,071    $ 3,223    $ 4,473   $ 3,071     $ 4,473
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                     -------------------------------------------------------



                             NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
                          Consolidated Financial Information
                          (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars)

Segmented revenues
The following table summarizes our revenue and management operating margin
 by segment for:

                                  Three months ended       Six months ended
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                        June 30,  March 31,  June 30,   June 30,    June 30,
                           2008       2008      2007       2008        2007
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Revenues

Carrier Networks        $ 1,038    $ 1,218   $ 1,058    $ 2,256     $ 2,067
Enterprise Solutions        610        641       590      1,251       1,187
Global Services             536        516       494      1,052         942
Metro Ethernet Networks     378        327       363        705         736
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Total reportable
 segments                 2,562      2,702     2,505      5,264       4,932
Other                        60         56        57        116         113
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Total revenues          $ 2,622    $ 2,758   $ 2,562    $ 5,380     $ 5,045
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Management operating
 margin
Carrier Networks            184        259       175        443         329
Enterprise Solutions        (21)       (24)       (9)       (45)        (18)
Global Services              83         72        75        155         150
Metro Ethernet Networks      17        (25)       10         (8)        (10)
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Total reportable
 segments                   263        282       251        545         451
Other                      (149)      (153)     (217)      (302)       (428)
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Total management
 operating
 margin                     114        129        34        243          23

Amortization of
 intangible
 assets                      11         12        13         23          25
Special charges              67         88        36        155         116
Gain (loss) on sales
 of businesses and
 assets                      (2)        (2)      (10)        (4)        (11)
Shareholder
 litigation
 settlement (expense)
 recovery                     -          -         -          -         (54)
Regulatory
 investigation
 expense                      -          -        35          -          35
Other operating
 charges (income)
 - net                       (7)        13       (12)         6         (22)
Other income - net          (33)       (37)     (110)       (70)       (176)
Interest expense             76         80        98        156         194
Income tax expense           61         36        11         97          24
Minority interests
 - net of tax                55         78        11        133          33
Equity in net loss of
 associated companies
 - net of tax                (1)        (1)       (1)        (2)         (1)
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Net earnings (loss)      $ (113) $    (138)  $   (37)    $ (251) $     (140)
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                     -------------------------------------------------------



Geographic revenues
The following table summarizes our geographic revenues based on the location
 of the customer for:

                                  Three months ended       Six months ended
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                        June 30,  March 31,  June 30,   June 30,    June 30,
                           2008       2008      2007       2008        2007
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Revenues

United States           $ 1,039    $ 1,081   $ 1,171    $ 2,120     $ 2,387
EMEA (a)                    634        591       678      1,225       1,256
Canada                      200        166       178        366         351
Asia                        584        787       336      1,371         718
CALA (b)                    165        133       199        298         333
                     -------------------------------------------------------
Total revenues          $ 2,622    $ 2,758   $ 2,562    $ 5,380     $ 5,045
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                     -------------------------------------------------------

(a)  Europe, Middle East and Africa
(b)  Caribbean and Latin America


Network Solutions revenues
The following table summarizes our revenues by category of network solutions
 for each of our reportable segments for:

                                  Three months ended       Six months ended
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                        June 30,  March 31,  June 30,   June 30,    June 30,
                           2008       2008      2007       2008        2007
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Revenues

Carrier Networks
 CDMA solutions           $ 446      $ 555     $ 494    $ 1,001     $ 1,062
 GSM and UMTS
  solutions                 448        536       402        984         673
 Circuit and packet
  voice solutions           144        127       162        271         332
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                          1,038      1,218     1,058      2,256       2,067

Enterprise Solutions
 Circuit and packet
  voice solutions           413        458       393        871         768
 Data networking and
  security solutions        197        183       197        380         419
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                            610        641       590      1,251       1,187

Global Services             536        516       494      1,052         942

Metro Ethernet Networks
 Optical networking
  solutions                 300        247       285        547         548
 Data networking and
  security solutions         78         80        78        158         188
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                            378        327       363        705         736

Other                        60         56        57        116         113
                     -------------------------------------------------------

Total revenues          $ 2,622    $ 2,758   $ 2,562    $ 5,380     $ 5,045
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                     -------------------------------------------------------


Contact:
     Contacts:
     Nortel
     Jay Barta
     Media
     (972) 685-2381
     Email: jbarta@nortel.com
      
     Nortel
     Mohammed Nakhooda
     Media
     (905) 863-7407
     Email: mohammna@nortel.com
      
     Nortel
     Investors
     1-888-901-7286 or (905) 863-6049
     Email: investor@nortel.com
     Website: http://www.nortel.com
      

Source: Nortel


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