Nortel is a leader and innovator focused on transforming how the world communicates and exchanges information. Our history of innovation has touched all aspects of the telecom industry for over 100 years. From the invention of the telephone to setting the roots in the optical world, to driving the IP revolution to provide next generation wireless networks, Nortel has consistently been an active participant when significant milestones are achieved in the telecom world.

Nortel continues to evolve while maintaining high standards for innovation, uniqueness, market impact, customer benefit and value to society. Our commitment to innovation is the key contributor to our ongoing success and leadership:

• R&D Investment: In 2003, US$2.5 billion was invested in Research and Development (R&D)
• Human Capital Investment: Globally over 12,000 engineers, designers, and scientists (almost half of our total workforce) take pride in designing the world's leading communications technologies
• Global Presence: Twenty R&D sites that span the world
• Intellectual property: Nortel has over 6,000 issued patents worldwide, and nearly as many pending.

If you have the spirit, the independence, the creative thinking, the responsiveness and the agility to eliminate boundaries in a constantly changing world, then you are who we are looking for to drive forward our culture of innovation.