Nortel

Multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer
Organization business Q464996
Nortel
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Nortel

Summary

Nortel is a business[1]. Nortel ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,602 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nortel is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Nortel is in the country of NO[4].
  • Nortel's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Nortel is owned by BCE Inc.[6].
  • Nortel is owned by Bell Canada[7].
  • Nortel is owned by Western Electric[8].
  • Nortel followed Standard Telephones and Cables[9].
  • Nortel's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[10].
  • Nortel's chief executive officer is recorded as Mike S. Zafirovski[11].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Bay Networks[12].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Nortel (United Kingdom)[13].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Northern Telecom (Ireland)[14].
  • Nortel's child organization or unit is recorded as Nortel (United States)[15].
  • Nortel's Commons category is recorded as Nortel[16].
  • Nortel's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[17].
  • Nortel's stock exchange is recorded as Toronto Stock Exchange[18].
  • Nortel's industry is recorded as telecommunications[19].
  • Nortel's archives at is recorded as Region of Peel Archives[20].
  • Nortel's archives at is recorded as Archives of Ontario[21].
  • December 7, 1895 marks the founding of Nortel[22].
  • 2019-03-09 marks the founding of Nortel[23].
  • Nortel was dissolved in 2009[24].
  • Nortel's location of formation is recorded as Montreal[25].
  • Nortel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nortel[26].
  • Nortel's Commons gallery is recorded as Nortel[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 254900FX7BYPXS99GE13[28]

  • Registered legal name: Nortel AS[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: NO[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): YI42[32]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[34]

  • Entity created: 2019-03-09[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2020-10-01[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-01-19[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2024-10-01[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000472[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 922 425 442[41]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include December 7, 1895[22] and 2019-03-09[23]. Nortel's location of formation is recorded as Montreal[25].

Identity

Nortel followed Standard Telephones and Cables[9].

Leadership

Nortel's chief executive officer is recorded as Mike S. Zafirovski[11].

Operations

Nortel's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[10]. Subsidiaries include Bay Networks[12], a business[43], in United States[44], founded in 1994[45], headquartered in Santa Clara[46]; Nortel (United Kingdom)[13]; Northern Telecom (Ireland)[14]; and Nortel (United States)[15].

Industry

Nortel's industry is recorded as telecommunications[19].

Ownership

Owners include BCE Inc.[6], a public company[47], in Canada[48], founded in 1983[49], headquartered in Montreal[50]; Bell Canada[7], a business[51], in Canada[52], founded in 1880[53], headquartered in Île des Soeurs[54]; and Western Electric[8], a business[55], in United States[56], founded in 1869[57], headquartered in New York City[58]. Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[17] and Toronto Stock Exchange[18]. Products include networking hardware[59] and software[60].

Dissolution

Nortel was dissolved in 2009[24].

Why It Matters

Nortel ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,602 views/month).[2] Nortel has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Nortel is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . archeion.ca. archeion.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [59] . wikidata.org.
  27. [60] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [54] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [55] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [56] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [57] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [58] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Dissolved
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    Location of formation Montreal
    Industry telecommunications
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