The purchase of Canada's Nortel could expand Ericsson's footprint in North America by up to 30 percent

摘要

Ericsson AB, of Sweden, the world's largest maker of wireless phone networks, seems poised to acquire the wireless equipment unit of insolvent Nortel Networks Corp, of Canada, for 1.13 billion US dollars, after beating bids from Finland-based Nokia Siemens Networks and the private equity firm MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, of New York. When the outcome of the auction was announced, on 25~(th) July, reaction in Canada was swift - and, in some instances, bitter.