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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000903423-05-000768.txt : 20051004
<SEC-HEADER>0000903423-05-000768.hdr.sgml : 20051004
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051004183824
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000903423-05-000768
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051004
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051004

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTEL NETWORKS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000072911
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
		IRS NUMBER:				621262580
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY
		STREET 2:		8200 DIXIE ROAD, SUITE 100
		CITY:			BRAMPTON
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			L6T 5P6
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9058630000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY
		STREET 2:		8200 DIXIE ROAD, SUITE 100
		CITY:			BRAMPTON
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			L6T 5P6

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHERN TELECOM LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940831

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19760324

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MacNaughton John Alan
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001332167

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07260
		FILM NUMBER:		051123154

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		905-863-1220

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		8200 DIXIE ROAD, SUITE 100
		CITY:			BRAMPTON
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			L6T 5P6
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        <issuerName>NORTEL NETWORKS CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
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            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>3.25</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Share units issued under the Nortel Networks Corporation Directors' Deferred Share Compensation Plan (the &quot;NNCDDSCP&quot;).
Pursuant to the NNCDDSCP, certain fees payable to Nortel Networks Corporation (&quot;NNC&quot;) directors are paid in the form of NNC
share units, based upon the market price of NNC common shares at the time such NNC share units are credited to the
director's account under the NNCDDSCP. On the earliest date when a director ceases to be both (i) a member of the board of
directors of NNC and (ii) employed by NNC or its subsidiaries, NNC will cause to be purchased on the open market, for
delivery to the director, a number of NNC common shares equal to the number of NNC share units credited to the director's
account under the NNCDDSCP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the price of the share unit of $3.78 Cdn. as converted into U.S. dollars using the noon rate of exchange of the
Bank of Canada on the transaction date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Share units issued under the Nortel Networks Limited Directors' Deferred Share Compensation Plan (the &quot;NNLDDSCP&quot;). Pursuant
to the NNLDDSCP, certain fees payable to Nortel Networks Limited (&quot;NNL&quot;) directors are paid in the form of NNL share units,
based upon the market price of NNC common shares at the time such NNL share units are credited to the director's account
under the NNLDDSCP. On the earliest date when a director ceases to be both (i) a member of the board of directors of NNL and
(ii) employed by NNL or its subsidiaries, NNL will cause to be purchased on the open market, for delivery to the director, a
number of NNC common shares equal to the number of NNL share units credited to the director's account under the NNLDDSCP.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Walter Wagnleithner, Attorney for John Alan MacNaughton</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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