Nortel Networks posts $45 million profit

Increased demand for enterprise and wireless products has boosted Nortel Networks' latest results to almost triple its profit…

Increased demand for enterprise and wireless products has boosted Nortel Networks' latest results to almost triple its profit.

The technology firm posted net earnings for the period of $45 million, compared with $16 million a year earlier.

The latest results translate into $0.01 per common share on a diluted basis, and represent brightening fortunes for the company that posted a net loss of $49 million in first quarter of 2005.

Nortel's latest figures included restructuring charges of $90 million and $39 million of costs related to the sale of businesses and assets.

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Revenues for the second quarter reached $2.86 billion, a 10 per cent increase on figures of $2.59 billion for the same period last year. It is also an increase on the $2.54 billion Nortel reported in its first quarter results earlier this year.