Timeline of Nortel

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Timeline of major events for Nortel.

Bell Telephone Company of Canada

Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company

Northern Electric Company

Independence from Western Electric

Northern Telecom and "Digital World"

Deregulation

Optical boom and the Right Angle Turn

After the Internet bubble

Frank Dunn CEO - accounting restatements

Owens and Zafirovski

Liquidation

Protection from creditors

Wind-up

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