Nationwide A+Net Internet, Freeinternet.com, Orchestrate 
    Offer Internet Call Waiting With 'Voice Notes'

    BOSTON, May 3 /CNW/ - Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) today announced
nationwide availability of its personal Internet communications services
through A+Net Internet, freeinternet.com, and Orchestrate.
    Nortel Networks Internet Call Waiting service - enhanced with 'voice
notes' - is now available virtually anywhere in the continental United States
through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) A+Net Internet (www.aplus.net) or
freeinternet.com (www.freeinternet.com). Both ISPs are also offering free long-
distance telephone service, enabled by Nortel Networks Internet Voice Button,
through June 30.
    Orchestrate (www.orchestrate.com), which provides a service enabling
subscribers to manage voice, fax and Internet communications and messaging
through a single web page, is also enhancing its offering with Internet Call
Waiting to attract new customers, and to add value for existing customers.
    "Nortel Networks continues to enhance the Internet experience for
consumers with personalized services like Internet Call Waiting and Internet
Voice Button," said Irving Ebert, vice-president, strategic alliances, Nortel
Networks. "These services allow web surfers to remain connected when they want
to, and to be in control of when and how they'll respond to incoming calls.
And callers no longer have to contend with annoying busy signals."
    A recent Nielsen/NetRatings survey indicates that more than 77 million
Americans are using the Internet at home, while the Yankee Group predicts
Internet Call Waiting subscribers will reach 10 million by 2001 and grow to 26
million by 2003.
    Internet Call Waiting combines the benefits of traditional answering
machines, Call Waiting and Caller ID services with the Internet. From a call
notification 'pop up' on the computer screen, a subscriber can manage incoming
calls in different ways.
    The new 'voice notes' feature functions as a virtual, web-based answering
machine, allowing message screening. A subscriber can 'break in' on an
incoming message to talk to the caller immediately or defer it for later
listening. Incoming calls can be answered on the primary telephone line,
through the computer using voice-over-IP (Internet Protocol), or on a mobile
phone or other designated alternate line. The subscribers can also choose from
two recorded caller greetings.
    Additional information on the availability and benefits of these services
is available to consumers at www.eXtremeVoice.com/offer.
    Nortel Networks makes offering personal Internet communications services
simple, fast and cost-effective for service providers by managing the service
provisioning. This assures high-quality service, and significantly lowers any
investment risk by eliminating the time and cost of hardware and software
delivery and installation.

    Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and
wireless solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues
of US$21.3 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.



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For further information: Bridget Braxton, Nortel Networks, 
(972) 685-8813, bbraxton@nortelnetworks.com; Paul Goyette, Nortel Networks,
(613) 763-1420, goyette1@nortelnetworks.com; Ana Cano, Fleishman Hillard,
(214) 665-1324, canoa@fleishman.com;
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