Offers Greater Scalability, Modularity, Functionality; Samsung to 
    Incorporate Release 2.0 

    OTTAWA, Ontario, May 30 /CNW/ - Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) today
announced the availability of Open IP Environment 2.0, the latest version of
its unique, standards-based routing software platform that facilitates greater
interoperability between a wide range of Internet Protocol devices and offers
greater capacity to integrate with a wide range of platforms and devices.
    Open IP Environment 2.0 breaks new ground with a single, open framework
for common control, management, forwarding and system services planes. The new
version includes open application programming interfaces (APIs). APIs
efficiently link to underlying operating systems and processors, facilitating
addition of Open IP Environment modules such as OSPF, RIP v.2, BGP-4 and IP
v.4.
    "This is a significant step for Nortel Networks' Open IP Environment, an
initiative that exhibits leadership and enables accelerated development and
innovation in open source routing code technology," said Ron Westfall, senior
analyst for Current Analysis, a leading industry research group. "Ultimately,
the widespread adoption of Open IP Environment technology will be essential
for the Internet and related services and applications to realize their full
economic potential."
    Nortel Networks also announced the addition of Samsung's Internet Network
Division to the growing list of Open IP Environment licensees. Nortel Networks
has amassed more than 200 Open IP Environment licensing agreements with more
than 100 customers in various market spaces, including network processors,
semiconductors, operating systems and network equipment.
    "This is a strategic software suite for Samsung," said Kwan Soo Lee, vice-
president, Internet-Infra Group, Samsung Electronics. "It will help developers
create powerful, value-added applications for our products more quickly and at
less expense, which in turn translates into value for our customers. This will
help us create high-performance solutions that are faster, more secure and
more reliable."
    Kalai Kalaichelvan, general manager, Open IP Environment, Nortel
Networks, added, "With Open IP Environment, and with companies like Samsung
signing on to incorporate it, we're building a new, high-performance Internet
that's faster, more reliable and more accessible than ever before."
    Nortel Networks' Open IP Environment can Internet-enable everything from
servers and network processors to set-top boxes, mobility devices, personal
digital assistants (PDAs) and personal computers. It makes routing,
authentication, security, encapsulation, tunneling, quality of service, policy
management, network management and accounting available to manufacturers, OEMs
and developers, enabling them to deliver new Internet applications and
services more quickly and at much lower cost. Release 2.0 also offers support
for SNMP and Nortel Networks Command Line Interface (CLI).
    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: Carter Cromwell, Nortel Networks (408) 495-2835     
carterc@nortelnetworks.com.
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