Avaya grabs Nortel's telecoms biz for $900m

Avaya has won an auction for Nortel's enterprise telecoms business, beating out rival bidder, Siemens Enterprise Communications. The company will pay $900m cash for the unit, nearly double the $475m it initially offered during so-called stalking horse bidding as part of Nortel's bankruptcy-court proceedings. Avaya will also …

[Anonymous Coward]

Be affraid

If you own Nortel telecomms kit, start looking to replace it. Avaya won't keep it, they'll stop product development and push you to "upgrade" to their own existing products.

[Kev Jones]

Don't be afraid

I wouldn't be so worried, Avaya won't be forcing customers to rip and replace their kit as they have the session manager that'll let you upgrade gradually. & after all both vendors have been pushing open standards for a while now.