German Insurance Group Continentale Selects T-Systems, Nortel for Communications Network

FRANKFURT, GERMANY, Jul 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
The German insurance group Die Continentale is optimizing its
communications network with support from T-Systems and Nortel(1) (OTCBB:
NRTLQ). T-Systems implements and operates the new infrastructure, and
Nortel provides the Metro Ethernet Wide Area Networking (WAN) technology
for the Dortmund-based insurance group.

The benefits of the new infrastructure for Die Continentale include
higher availability and scalability of their network, a simplified
administration of the network and lower operation costs compared to more
complex MPLS-based solutions. The new converged WAN infrastructure
ensures the end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) for an optimized voice
transmission without delays and IP telephony without quality losses.

With its modernized Wide Area Network (WAN) employees in Continentale's
branch offices and call centers are able to access the company's main
customer database in real time, allowing them to respond to client
inquiries more efficiently. This helps optimize communications within
Continentale and improve customer satisfaction.

"When we invited bids for the modernisation of our WAN infrastructure,
Nortel and T-Systems again impressed us with the reliability, scalability
and the pricing of their proposed solution," said Wilfried Porr, head of
IT, Communications and Networks, Continentale. "The combined solution
enabled us to fully meet our goals for this modernization project. With
our new WAN infrastructure, and the support for existing and planned
real-time applications, we are now perfectly placed in technological
terms to meet current and future challenges in our business."

"Powerful, low-cost IT infrastructure plays an important role, especially
in the insurance industry," said Joerg Elsaesser, business leader,
Enterprise Networks, Nortel Germany. "A simple and consistent voice and
data communications infrastructure is essential for quick and efficient
communications with customers and partners. Our Metro Ethernet optical
solution fits perfectly with these requirements and positions
Continentale to switch to highly available IP telephony in the future,
which will allow them to achieve further cost-savings especially compared
to more complex MPLS-based solutions."

Die Continentale has used a Nortel IP telephony-ready infrastructure in
its local area network (LAN) for a number of years. Upgrading
Continentale's legacy communications infrastructure to Metro Ethernet
wide area technology streamlines the network to help alleviate complex
and potentially vulnerable routing and protocol functions associated with
competing network technologies like MPLS. The converged WAN
infrastructure also delivers high-quality IP telephony services and
real-time applications.

"With our solution we provide Continentale with an integrated IT
infrastructure and enable the company to reduce costs as well as to
optimize its customer service," said Helga Wissing, account manager,
T-Systems.

T-Systems implemented a broad portfolio of Nortel solutions to meet
Continentale's technical and business needs. Nortel's Metro Ethernet
solution recently set a new economic benchmark for network efficiency
while increasing broadband service potential. This allows extremely
high-speed data transfers over fibre-optic networks. The carrier grade
nationwide solution leverages a T-Systems managed service on a Packet
Optical wide area network built using the Nortel Optical Multiservice
Edge 6500 with Ethernet access connectivity achieved via the Ethernet
Routing Switch 5510 and Metro Ethernet Services Unit 1850.

About Die Continentale Krankenversicherung

Continentale is an amalgamation of seven different insurance companies.
With some 4.6 million policyholders and revenues of 2.4 billion euros, it
is one of the largest insurers in Germany. The association is headed by
two mutual insurance companies - the Dortmund-based Continentale
Krankenversicherung AG and Continentale Lebensversicherung AG, which is
headquartered in Munich. Continentale offers one-stop insurance cover for
private customers and small and medium-sized enterprises. The broad
portfolio of private health insurance policies from Continentale
Krankenversicherung AG is complemented by the products offered by Europa
Krankenversicherung AG.

For more information, please visit
www.continentale.de/krankenversicherung(2)

About T-Systems

With a global infrastructure of computer centers and networks, T-Systems
operates information and communications technology (ICT) for
multinational corporations and public institutions. On this basis,
Deutsche Telekom's corporate-customer unit offers integrated solutions
for the connected future of business and society. Some 46,000 employees
combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add noticeable value to
their customers' core business all over the world. T-Systems generated
revenue of around EUR 11 billion in the 2008 financial year.

For more information please visit www.t-systems.de(2) or
www.t-systems.com(2)

About Nortel (in Administration)

Nortel was placed into Administration on 14 January 2009 and it continues
to trade on a business-as-usual basis while it reviews its options to
recover or restructure. Nortel has announced it is confident that the
products and services it supplies will continue to be supported without
impacting customers for the foreseeable future. Ernst & Young are the
joint administrators for Nortel.

Nortel delivers communications capabilities that make the promise of
Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generation
technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support
multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are
designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and
performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the
information they need, when they need it. For more information, visit
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Contacts:
Nortel
Sabine Werb
+49 (0)69 6697 1906
sabine.werb@nortel.com

T-Systems
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Die Continentale Krankenversicherung
Bernd Goletz
+49 (0)231 9192255
bernd.goletz@continentale.de

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