Nortel teams with Microsoft to offer communications services

TORONTO – Nortel has partnered with Microsoft to offer businesses and communications services providers a one-stop shop for communications systems, the companies announced today. Clients can use Nortel’s Global Services business to take care of the “nuts and bolts” of their networks, said Dietmar Wendt, the new president of the unit. "We want to be the 'partner of choice' and the number one network services and solutions provider in all segments where we choose to compete," Wendt said. "To achieve this, we plan to relieve our customers of network concerns by ensuring they have the right hardware, software and configurations...