Under the deal, Nortel will be known as the Official Network Infrastructure Partner and the fourth Sustainability Partner for London 2012. The company will be responsible for providing BT, London’s 2012 Communication Services Partner, with the equipment to enable secure and robust Wide Area Networks, wireless Local Area Networks, call centre and fixed telephony infrastructure, which LOCOG requires to stage the Games.
Nortel will also receive exclusive marketing rights and usage rights to the London 2012 brand within its sector. In addition, Nortel has committed to contributing to London 2012’s Education Programme by providing resources and training to students across the UK.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of London 2012, said: “As we head to Beijing, I’m thrilled to have another world class partner on board. Nortel will be a great partner, and, as well as bringing ‘best in class’ products to the table, will be supporting our sustainability commitments and our education programme too. We are counting on Nortel with their Olympic Games experience and breadth of expertise for mission-critical projects to ensure successful delivery of our Games requirements.
"Commercially, we are in great shape, with four years to go we are in the unprecedented position of having raised over half of our domestic sponsorship targets already.”
London 2012’s communications will support over 205 international sporting organisations, 20,000 worldwide media, nine million spectators, and over four billion television viewers of the London Games.
