Press release: Nortel Networks and Race Communications enter into a distribution agreement.

Nortel Networks, a leader in telecommunications technology, and Race Communications, one of the leading Russian system integrators, at the SVYAZEXPOCOMM-2001 exhibition announced the conclusion of a distribution agreement. Representatives of both companies positively assess the prospects for future cooperation, since the Canadian manufacturer has acquired an experienced and active partner, and the Russian integrator has had the opportunity to improve the service of its customers by expanding the range of solutions offered.

“Nortel Networks is following the work of Race Communications, its growth and development with great attention and interest ," said Evgeny Lisitsin, head of the company's representative office in the CIS and Baltic countries. — Many projects of the Russian integrator are implemented on our equipment.”.

“A direct agreement with Nortel Networks will allow us to use the Canadian manufacturer's equipment more actively in projects and offer favorable terms to dealers and resellers," said Leonid Lopatin, Managing Director of Race Communications. — Passport backbone network devices and Meridian telephony systems have a number of unique functions, and in some applications there is no alternative to them. Today, no serious integrator can do without Nortel products Networks”.

Nortel Networks is a world leader in the field of telephony, construction and development of the Internet and communications and supplies equipment for optical, wireless, local, personal Internet and e-commerce. Nortel Networks supplies equipment for telecom operators, service providers and corporate clients around the world. Visit our website at www.nortelnetworks.com and www.nortelnetworks.ru .

Race Communications specializes in system integration in the field of corporate and telecommunication systems. The company offers solutions based on products and technologies of the world's leading manufacturers of network and computer equipment and software. For more information about Race Communications, please call (495) 785-0770, 916-RACE (916-7223), on the Web server www.race.ru or by email mail@race.ru .