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Re: Mike Z. and AAN?

Apple — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:27 -0000

Mark, I see you are between a rock and a hard place.
I accuse you of avoiding very important topics like BSNL deals and mishaps, betting on PBT which is basically dead /telcos and vendors are pulling out, BT, VZ, ERICs/
Let me hint you about BSNL
I posted that link here and I hope you know the story
May 31 2008
Basic electronic equipment is being replaced in all the 101 BSNL towers set up across Jamshedpur. According to a highly placed source in BSNL’s Jamshedpur secondary switching area, BSNL was earlier using Nortel equipment, but now the department is using Ericsson equipment.
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in my opinion these are the towers just installed by Nortel in that 2004 $500 mill deal.
1 Why Nortel did not fix the problems?
2 How much it will cost and who will pay for that?
3. Will Nortel be permitted to bid for Next BSNL extension or 93 mill new lines?
I don't think so!
Why BSNL would risk business with Nortel yet again?
Customers are watching Nortel. Maybe I am one of them....who knows?
It's a pitty that Nortel takes $40 a line contracts when ERICs gets $100 a line.
Nortel proves the old saying... You get what you paid for....Jamshedpur.is a sad example of that!

Re: Mike Z. and AAN?

Mark Evans — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:02:32 -0000

Please,
I can't argue with your premise nor your contention that Mike Z. will ever grant me an interview, although as Stephen Leacock once said: "It may be those who do most, dream most", and I do dream about getting an interview..or something like that.

As for what AAN's role, it is what it is - poking, prodding, questioning, highlighting. Given the subject matter, it's how I make it interesting - or, I hope, it's interesting.

Thanks for reading!

Mark

Re: Mike Z. and AAN?

please — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:38:22 -0000

See, I'd doubt very much if that'll happen (news to you I'm sure). When I see the headline you chose for the following blog post "Mike Z. Gets Zinged" and then actually read the Globe and Mail interview, I get the strong impression of you pushing an agenda, or at the very least reading a position into someone's else's piece that frankly is not there. You: Mike Z.'s leadership is the problem. The actual G&M interview: Despite Mike Z. best efforts, there are some severe problems with Nortel's place in its sector (Chinese competition on the low end, Ericcson & Cisco entrenched leadership on the high end). Look no further than the actual title the G&M used as compared to your zinger: "Zafirovski's good, but Nortel needs more."

If you want the blog to be a gadfly voice, poking Nortel executives at every turn, then carry on. I'll keep reading, because it is good to get the opposing counterpoint to the Corporate PR. But if you aspire to more, then I'd suggest leaving out the "zingers" that edge close to making it personal with the executives you aspire to interview.