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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2912)	12/9/1999 7:43:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Nortel Networks & BT Tel, BT's Spanish Subsidiary, Announce First Live Calls on one of the World's Largest Internet Telephony and Multimedia Networks MADRID, Spain, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ - The first live telephone calls on one of the world's largest Internet telephony and multimedia Internet Protocol (IP) networks, supplied by Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE:NT), have been successfully completed. In line with the announcement made in May 1999, the initial deployment of BT Tel's IP Telephony network is now complete. Existing Spanish BT customers -- both business and residential customers -- will be migrated to the IP network, one of the most advanced communications networks in the world, in the coming weeks. The opportunity to subscribe is now available to millions of potential Spanish customers. Last week, and only 6 months after Nortel Networks started deploying BT Spain's IP Network, Teofilo de Pozo, Managing Director of BT's Spanish wholly owned subsidiary, BT Telecommunicaciones S.A. (BT Tel) was able to make the first Internet telephony call over the new network. He spoke to a number of his company's customers in addition to conversing with a representative of CMT, Spain's telecommunications regulatory body. The IP network will enable BT Spain to roll out to customers exciting new services in the future including IP videoconferencing (video enhanced calls), VPNs, freephone, unified messaging and more. Business customers of BT Spain will be able to access voice mail, conference call services and access email over the IP network. Using the latest IP technology from Nortel Networks this IP-based telephony network is unique in supporting full interoperability with traditional telephone networks and is completely scalable. `Nortel Networks has placed BT Tel at the heart of the Internet revolution with a next generation network that will redefine telephony service as we know it today,` said Clarence Chandran, Executive Vice-President and President of Carrier Solutions, Nortel Networks. `This IP network provides data and telephony services in a high-speed, reliable and economical IP infrastructure that is optimized for the Internet services of tomorrow.` `This dedicated IP network ensures that Spanish customers are amongst the first to benefit from advanced products and services that fulfil the demand for greater speed, quality and flexibility in telephony services. The network ensures that BT Tel can adapt rapidly to future developments, offering new services more quickly and economically than in-country competitors,` said Pat Gallagher, BT's European Director. `BT in Spain operates Spain's second largest data communications network. Since its launch in 1994, the company has won more than 150,000 customers, 1,200 of which are corporate customers, including many of Spain's leading companies.` Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, wireless and wireline solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1998 revenues of US$17.6 billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise customers globally. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before. It is redefining the economics and quality of networking and the Internet through Unified Networks that promise a new era of collaboration, communications and commerce. Visit us at www.nortelnetworks.com SOURCE: Nortel Networks Corporation CONTACT: Media Relations: David Chamberlin, Nortel Networks, 972-685-4648, ddchamb@nortelnetworks.com; Trade Media: Carol Anderson, Nortel Networks, 919-997-2205, caroland@nortelnetworks.com; Media Relations: Sharon Gibbs, Nortel Networks, +44 1628 438813, sgibbs@nortelnetworks.com; Investor Relations: Angela McMonagle, Nortel Networks, 905-863-6044, mcmona@nortelnetworks.com