Nortel, Pride Bring Fast, 'Triple Play' Services to Nizhnevartovsk

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- Metro Ethernet Solution Ten Times Faster than Previous
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Pride, an alternative telecommunications services provider in West
Siberia, has launched 'triple play' voice, video and multimedia
services in Nizhnevartovsk City at ten times the speed of previous
technologies using a Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) solution. The newly
deployed Metro Ethernet network for Pride is also making available
services such as IPTV with video on demand; VoIP; and high-speed
Internet access.

For homes in Nizhnevartovsk (population 249,000) this is the first
time that such high-speed Internet services have been offered. The
Pride 'Ethernet to the Home' service offers speeds up to 100 Mbps
for residential and business subscribers.

Pride plans to use its new high-speed communication capabilities
to build a subscriber base of at least 30 percent of
Nizhnevartovsk's population by the end of 2006. Future plans involve
extending the network and offering triple play services in other
areas of West Siberia such as the city of Tyumen which has a
population of over 538,000.

"Pride selected Nortel because its technology helped us create a
single network infrastructure for delivering reliable and
high-quality voice, video and data services that sharpen our
competitive edge in an important Russian regional market," said
Viktor Lukashev, general manager Pride LLC. "The built- in
flexibility for network expansion also allows us to easily and cost-
effectively introduce services and expand the Pride subscriber base
across the Khanty-Mansiysk and Tyumen regions of West Siberia."

"Pride sets a good example for how to maintain a competitive edge
in Russia's regional telecommunications space using a Nortel Metro
Ethernet solution. The solution has transformed Pride's existing
network to deliver faster and more efficient new services," said
Sorin Lupu, president, Eastern region, Nortel EMEA. "The Nortel high
availability pledge for Metro Ethernet networks also reassured Pride
that these new services can be delivered with confidence."

Pride's Metro Ethernet network was sold and integrated with the
support of Nortel's Moscow-based Sales Partner Step Logic. Nortel
and Step Logic have worked together in the Russian market since the
mid-1990s. "The Pride triple play network is the latest successful
result in our ongoing collaboration with Nortel in Russia," said
Andrey Kudriavtsev, general manager, Step Logic.

The Pride triple play network is based on Nortel's Metro Ethernet
portfolio, including the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and the
Metro Ethernet Service Unit 1800 which provides a cost-effective
platform purpose - built for the edge of provider networks.

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