Nortel networks Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Youth Games 2008, recently held in Pune ran on a data
network infrastructure set-up by Nortel.

The company provided network supporting 1,000 users, ran multimedia
applications including real-time schedule updating, statistical analysis,
resource coordination and media coverage helping ensure the Commonwealth Youth
Games 2008 (CYG 2008) ran smoothly. One of the key selection criteria for
technology vendors for the CYG 2008 Pune was to have provided IT solutions for
at least one Olympic, Asian or Commonwealth Games in the last five years.

"Nortel came with great references as it has been chosen to provide the
networking infrastructure for the upcoming two Olympic games. In addition,
Nortel's past experience supporting the sporting events at Turin and Ireland was
a major reason for us to select them for the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008."
said Vijay Gautam, Secretary-IT Government of India.

CYG 2008 Pune included 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from 71 countries.
The Games were held on a campus spread over 200 acres, housing nearly 30
buildings.

"We needed the ability to share information instantly in a manner that united
many different applications across many different devices for many different
users. To make this a reality, we required a highly reliable network that would
work across the campus, and be flexible to the users wherever they were," said
Rohit Srivastwa, Director-Technology, CYG 2008, Pune. "With the Nortel solution
and design, we did not see any downtime. And that helped us make the CYG 2008,
Pune a huge success," he added.