Nortel Networks Corporation was founded in the year 1914 and is headquarted in Toronto, Canada, It designs, develops, engineers, markets, sells, supplies, licenses, installs, services, and supports networking solutions worldwide. Its Carrier Networks segment offers wireline and wireless networks to supply mobile voice, data, and multimedia communications services to individuals and enterprises using cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, laptops, soft-clients, and other wireless computing and communications devices. It has strategic alliances principally with Microsoft Corporation Dell, Inc., and IBM.