Nortel established its first office in India in 1991, as the country began the process of liberalization for the telecommunication industry. Since then Nortel has rapidly evolved into a major telecommunications player in India, working out of offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Nortel's solutions are sold and supported in India by a network of distributors and resellers as part of the Nortel nPower Channel Partner Program.
In India as in elsewhere across the world, Nortel's business units are aligned into two main categories: Carrier Networks (incorporating Wireless Networks, Wireline Networks and Optical Networks) and Enterprise Networks. Nortel offers a strong suite of products and solutions for customers across these two broad categories, including: