Nortel Networks - Re Delisting of Common Shs.

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Nortel Networks Corporation
28 January 2000


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Nortel Networks to Delist its Common Shares from the London Stock Exchange

BRAMPTON, Ontario - Nortel Networks* (NYSE/TSE:NT) today announced that Nortel
Networks has given notice to delist its common shares from the London Stock
Exchange.  The delisting is to take effect at the close of trading on February
28, 2000.

Nortel Networks has decided to delist from the London Stock Exchange given that
its common shares have not traded on the London Stock Exchange since August,
1996.  The listings of Nortel Networks' common shares on The Toronto Stock
Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange provide sufficient ongoing liquidity to
Nortel Networks' shareholders.

Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and wireless
solutions for the Internet.  The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues of US$21.3
billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise customers globally.
Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more
reliable and faster than ever before.  It is redefining the economics and
quality of networking and the Internet through Unified Networks* that promise a
new era of collaboration, communications and commerce.  
Visit us at www.nortelnetworks.com

*Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks logo, the Globemark, Unified Networks, and
How the world shares ideas are trademarks of Nortel Networks.

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