Videoconferencing Industry News

Nortel, TANDBERG Agree to Deliver Fully-Managed =
Telepresence Services Globally

Simple, High-Quality, ’Always On’ Services Lower Travel =
Costs, Aid Environment

ORLANDO – Save some green, save the =
planet. That’s the end game of video conferencing. And it’s within reach =
using fully-managed telepresence services built on unified communications =
from Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] and open =
standards-based video solutions from TANDBERG* [OSLO: TAA.OL].

Through a new, non-exclusive global agreement announced at VoiceCon Orlando 2008**, Nortel and TANDBERG =
will jointly deliver fully-managed telepresence and high-definition (HD) =
video conferencing solutions to enterprises worldwide. These solutions =
will be offered through service providers or direct from Nortel.

Nortel Telepresence Services =
with TANDBERG’s enterprise-wide telepresence portfolio including Experia** can help =
businesses save millions in travel costs and carbon emissions annually. =

A company that spends as much as US$23 million a year on travel, for =
example, could lose approximately 385,000 hours of productivity and =
generate more than 14,000 tons of carbon dioxide at a cost of more than =
US$43 million. By using telepresence in lieu of travel, this company =
could save as much as US$6.9 million and reduce its carbon footprint by =
more than 4,200 tons.

“The nature of telepresence – an ‘always on,’ ultra reliable, =
highly-supported environment – lends itself to being delivered as a =
managed service,” according to the Gartner Research report, Toolkit Best =
Practices: Building the Business Case for Telepresence, published in =
August 2007. The report suggests that companies build “requests for =
proposals based on a managed service selection process. This isn’t about =
buying equipment. It’s about buying the fully-managed experience.”

“We make the technology transparent,” said Dietmar Wendt, president, =
Global Services, Nortel. “It’s no different than simply walking into a =
conference room for a regular, face-to-face meeting. Ours is a =
fully-managed service, delivered over an enterprise’s IP network with no =
impact to existing VoIP and data applications.”

“User convenience is essential to enterprise-wide adoption of video =
communications,” said Fredrik Halvorsen, chief executive officer, =
TANDBERG. “A fully-managed experience – available through our =
global agreement with Nortel and possible because our TANDBERG video =
systems are built on open standards – delivers that convenience to =
the user.”

On display this week at VoiceCon (booth #1011), the joint =
Nortel-TANDBERG offering provides life-size, full motion, natural =
communication experiences as simple to set up and just as effective as =
in-person meetings. It includes performance guarantees and service-level =
agreements for ‘always on’ convenience and reliability.

HD video and audio make users feel like they are in the same room. =
Cameras and microphones are optimally placed for minimum intrusiveness =
and maximum performance. As a result, eye contact, body language, voice =
inflection and other subtle communications cues are preserved.

Concierge-like services make the technology seamless and inviting by =
simplifying scheduling and set-up. Reservations are Web-based. =
Conferences are pre-connected, including external parties. Meetings can =
be recorded and replayed on-demand from desktop, laptop and mobile =
devices. Full program management, worldwide 24×7 support, network =
monitoring and performance metrics promote optimum system performance =
and availability.

TANDBERG video solutions are open and interoperable with other =
standards-based solutions, allowing enterprises to get the most out of =
existing video conferencing investments. They are tightly integrated =
with Nortel’s unified communications platforms and Agile Communication Environment, which means =
enterprises can easily incorporate telepresence into a complete unified =
communications solution. These platforms include Microsoft* Office Communications =
Server 2007**, IBM Lotus Sametime**, =
Nortel Multimedia Communication Server 5100 and =
Nortel Communication Server 1000. Nortel’s =
Agile Communication Environment leverages Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web =
services standards for fast, simple development of new communications- =
and video-enabled applications and business processes.

About TANDBERG
TANDBERG is a leading global =
provider of telepresence, high-definition videoconferencing and mobile =
video products and services with dual headquarters in New York and =
Norway. TANDBERG designs, develops and markets systems and software for =
video, voice and data. The company provides sales, support and =
value-added services worldwide. TANDBERG is publicly traded on the Oslo =
Stock Exchange under the ticker TAA.OL. Please visit www.tandberg.com for more information.

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.

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intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking =
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or =
otherwise.

*Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel =
Networks. TANDBERG and Experia are trademarks of TANDBERG. Microsoft is =
a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, Lotus and Sametime are =
trademarks of IBM Corporation.

**This is a 3rd party link as described in our Web linking =
practices.

For more information:
Pat =
Cooper  
Nortel  
425-450-7523  
pat.cooper@nortel.com   
Marcel Goldstein
Ogilvy for TANDBERG
202-729-4188
marcel.goldstein@ogilvypr.com