{"product_id":"nortel-networks-corporation-stock-certificate-from-2001","title":"Nortel Networks Corporation Stock Certificate from 2001","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original stock certificate from Nortel Networks Corporation, dated 2001, printed in blue. Features a vignette of a businessman seated at a desk in an office with a communication telephone board in the background. Printed as common stock with facsimile signatures of the President, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn H Roth\u003c\/span\u003e and Corporate Secretary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe certificate shows no signs of cancellation and remains in very good condition with clean appearance and minimal signs of handling. This represents an unissued example from the company's final years before its spectacular collapse. Offered as a collectable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 2001, Ottawa-based Nortel had transformed from Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company, founded in 1895, into a global telecommunications powerhouse worth over $250 billion at its peak. Under CEO \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Roth\u003c\/strong\u003e, the company aggressively pivoted from traditional telephone equipment to fiber-optic networking during the dot-com boom, acquiring dozens of companies and employing 95,000 people worldwide. Roth, known as \"Captain Broadband,\" bet the company's future on internet infrastructure, making Nortel briefly the most valuable company in Canada and accounting for over one-third of the Toronto Stock Exchange's total value. The company's meteoric rise made it a darling of tech investors who believed the internet would create unlimited demand for high-speed networking equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNortel's dramatic fall proved equally swift—accounting scandals emerged in 2004, the telecommunications market crashed, and by 2009 the company filed for bankruptcy protection, with its patents and assets eventually sold to competitors like Apple, Google, and Microsoft. These final-era certificates capture a pivotal moment in Canadian corporate history, representing one of the most spectacular corporate collapses of the 21st century. The timing of this 2001 certificate places it at the very peak of Nortel's market dominance, just before the dot-com bubble burst. Offered as a collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52463603777823,"sku":"TECH-NNC-SU-BLU-2001-001","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/rotated-c528b57d-3b3c-4b58-a339-c0ebd1bfb3f0.jpg?v=1777176170","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/zh\/products\/nortel-networks-corporation-stock-certificate-from-2001","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}