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                                                                    EXHIBIT 1.4

              NORTEL NETWORKS CAPITAL CORPORATION AGENCY AGREEMENT

                                                              New York, New York


To the Agent or Agents named in
Schedule I hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Nortel Networks Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), proposes to authorize the firm or firms named in Schedule I
hereto (collectively, the "Agent") to act as its agent to solicit orders for all
or part of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the "Debt
Securities"), to be issued under an indenture dated as of December 15, 2000 (the
"Indenture"), among the Corporation, Nortel Networks Limited, a Canadian
corporation (the "Guarantor"), and Citibank, N. A., as trustee (the "Trustee"),
and/or all or part of its warrants to purchase debt securities identified in
Schedule I hereto (the "Warrants") to be issued pursuant to the warrant
agreement (the "Warrant Agreement") identified in the Schedule. The Debt
Securities will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed (the "Guarantees")
by the Guarantor as to all amounts of principal and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Debt Securities and sinking fund or analogous payments
referred to therein, if any, and thereon due. The Debt Securities and Warrants
may be issued separately or together in units (the "Units"). The Debt Securities
and/or Warrants and/or Units to be so issued as identified in Schedule I hereto
are referred to herein as the "Securities". This Agreement applies only to the
sale of the Securities and not to sales of any other securities or evidences of
indebtedness of the Corporation.

1.   REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW

     Each of the Corporation and the Guarantor represent and warrant to and
agree with the Agent that:

     (a)   The registration statement on Form S-3 with respect to the Securities
           has been prepared by the Corporation and the Guarantor in conformity
           with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and
           the rules and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the
           Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, has
           been filed with the Commission and has become effective. As used in
           this Agreement: (i) "Registration Statement" means such registration
           statement (including all documents incorporated therein by
           reference), as amended at the date of this Agreement; (ii) "Basic
           Prospectus" means the prospectus (including all documents
           incorporated therein by reference) included in the Registration
           Statement; and (iii) "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus,
           together with any amendments or supplements thereto (including in
           each case all documents incorporated therein by reference)
           specifically related to the Securities, as filed with the Commission



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           pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. The Commission
           has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the
           Prospectus and, to the Corporation's knowledge, no proceedings for
           such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission.

     (b)   As of the date hereof, when the Prospectus is first filed under the
           Act, at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 6 hereof), when any
           amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and when
           any supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission
           pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Registration Statement, as amended as of
           any such time, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of
           any such time, complies and will comply, in all material respects,
           with the provisions of the Act, the Rules and Regulations, the
           Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
           and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Indenture,
           including any amendments and supplements thereto pursuant to which
           the Securities will be issued, complies and will comply with the
           requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture
           Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The
           Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, does not and
           will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
           state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
           make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus, as
           amended or supplemented as of any such time, does not and will not
           contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
           material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
           the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
           misleading. The Corporation and the Guarantor make no representation
           or warranty as to: (i) that part of the Registration Statement that
           constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the
           Trust Indenture Act (Form T-1) of the Trustee; or (ii) information
           contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the
           Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written
           information furnished to the Corporation or the Guarantor by or on
           behalf of the Agent specifically for use in connection with the
           preparation thereof.


2.   APPOINTMENT OF AGENT

     (a)   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Corporation
           hereby appoints the Agent as an agent of the Corporation for the
           purpose of soliciting orders to purchase the Securities from the
           Corporation by others. The appointment of the Agent hereunder is not
           exclusive and the Corporation may from time to time offer Securities
           for sale otherwise than through the Agent or appoint additional
           agents to solicit offers to purchase the Securities.

     (b)   The Agent agrees to use its best efforts to solicit the sale of all
           or part of the Securities, upon the terms set forth in the
           Prospectus, during a period beginning on the date hereof and ending
           on the date the Corporation shall specify to the Agent in writing.
           Orders for the sale of Securities may be solicited by the Agent as
           agent for the Corporation at such time and in such amounts as it
           deems advisable.

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     (c)   The Corporation agrees to pay the Agent a commission with respect to
           each sale of Securities by the Corporation as a result of a
           solicitation made by the Agent, in an amount equal to that specified
           in Schedule I hereto with respect to the Securities sold by the
           Agent. Such commission shall be payable as specified in the agreement
           as to procedural details referred to in Section 3(b) hereof.

     (d)   If the term Agent includes more than one firm, each such Agent shall
           act in connection with the Securities individually and not
           collectively or jointly. The Corporation reserves the right, in its
           sole discretion, to suspend the solicitation of purchases of
           Securities commencing at any time for a period of time or permanently
           and, upon receipt of notice thereof from the Corporation, the Agent
           shall forthwith suspend the solicitation of purchases of Securities
           from the Corporation until such time as the Corporation has advised
           the Agent that such solicitation may be resumed. During the period of
           time that this Agreement is suspended neither the Corporation nor the
           Guarantor shall be required to deliver any opinions or letters in
           accordance with Sections 5(i) and (j); provided, however, that the
           Agent shall not be required to resume soliciting offers to purchase
           Securities until the Corporation and the Guarantor have delivered
           such opinions or letters as requested by the Agent if any of the
           events described in Sections 5(i) and (j) have occurred during the
           period of suspension.

     (e)   Any sale of Securities to the Agent as principal for resale to others
           shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and a
           terms agreement (a "Terms Agreement") and, in any such case, any
           commission schedule with respect to sales as Agent shall not be
           applicable. A Terms Agreement may also specify certain provisions
           related to the reoffering of such Securities by such Agent. The
           Agent's commitment to purchase Securities pursuant to any Terms
           Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the
           representations and warranties of the Corporation and the Guarantor
           herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions
           herein set forth. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the principal
           amount or number of Securities to be purchased by the Agent pursuant
           thereto, the price or prices to be paid to the Corporation for such
           Securities, the initial public offering price or prices, if any, at
           which the Securities are proposed to be reoffered, the time and place
           of delivery of and payment for such Securities and any terms of the
           Securities not already specified in the Indenture or Warrant
           Agreement, as the case may be. Such Terms Agreement shall also
           specify any requirements for officers' certificates, opinions of
           counsel and letters from independent certified accountants of the
           Corporation and the Guarantor pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Terms
           Agreements may take the form of an exchange of any standard form of
           written telecommunication between the Agent and the Corporation. Any
           sale of Securities to the Agent, as representative of a group of
           investment banking firms, shall be made in accordance with the terms
           of a terms agreement substantially in the form previously filed as an
           exhibit to the Registration Statement.


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3.   OFFERING PROCEDURE

     (a)   The Agent shall communicate to the Corporation, orally or in writing,
           each reasonable order that it has solicited or received to purchase
           Securities on terms previously communicated by the Corporation to the
           Agent, and the Corporation shall have the sole right to accept such
           orders to purchase Securities and may refuse any proposed purchase of
           Securities in whole or in part for any reason. The Agent shall have
           the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, to reject any
           order to purchase Securities, as a whole or in part, and any such
           rejection shall not be deemed a breach of its agreement contained
           herein.

     (b)   On or prior to the first sale of Securities hereunder, the
           Corporation and the Agent shall agree in writing as to the procedural
           details related to the communication of orders and acceptances and
           the issue and delivery of, and payment for, the Securities. The Agent
           and the Corporation shall each perform their respective duties and
           obligations in such agreement, as amended from time to time.

     (c)   The Agent shall not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any
           Securities in (i) Canada or any province or territory thereof or to,
           or for the benefit of, any resident of Canada in contravention of the
           securities laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof or
           (ii) any jurisdiction in the United States other than to
           institutional investors or as otherwise permitted by state securities
           or blue sky laws. The Agent shall not distribute any offering
           material related to the Securities in Canada. The Agent shall send to
           any broker-dealer who purchases any of the Securities from it a
           notice stating that, by purchasing such Securities, such
           broker-dealer represents that it has not offered or sold and shall
           not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of such Securities in
           Canada or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Canada in
           contravention of the securities laws of Canada or any province or
           territory thereof and that it shall deliver to any other
           broker-dealer to whom it sells any of such Securities a notice
           containing substantially the same statement as is contained in this
           sentence. Any other broker-dealer offering or selling any Securities
           may be required to furnish a certificate stating that it has complied
           with the restrictions set forth in this paragraph.

4.   MANNER OF SALES

     (a)   The Agent may effect sales of the Securities directly or by selling
           to or through other broker-dealers, and such other broker-dealers may
           receive compensation in the form of underwriting commissions or other
           compensation from the Agent and commissions from the purchasers of
           Securities for whom they may act as agent (which commissions or other
           compensation will not exceed those customary in the types of
           transactions involved). In connection with the sale of Securities,
           any Agent may also receive commissions from the purchasers of
           Securities for whom it may act as agent.

     (b)   The Corporation acknowledges that, subject to Section 3(c), nothing
           in this Agreement shall prohibit any Agent from: (i) acting as broker
           for the sale of Securities by customers other than the Corporation;
           (ii) soliciting the sale of



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           Securities as broker for the seller, soliciting the sale of
           Securities as principal and soliciting offers to buy Securities;
           (iii) purchasing Securities otherwise than pursuant to this
           Agreement; and (iv) offering and selling as principal for its own
           account Securities which such Agent has purchased otherwise than
           pursuant to this Agreement.

5.   OBLIGATIONS OF THE CORPORATION

     (a)   The Corporation shall furnish promptly to the Agent and to counsel
           for the Agent a signed copy of the Registration Statement as
           originally filed and a copy of each amendment thereto (in each case
           together with all exhibits filed therewith) filed prior to or on the
           date of this Agreement or related to or covering the Securities, and
           a copy of the Prospectus filed with the Commission.

     (b)   The Corporation shall deliver promptly to the Agent, without charge,
           such number of the following documents as the Agent may reasonably
           request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement
           (excluding exhibits other than the Indenture, the Warrant Agreement
           and this Agreement); (ii) the Prospectus; and (iii) any documents
           incorporated by reference in the Prospectus; provided that the
           Corporation shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of
           clause (iii) of this paragraph with respect to any document filed
           electronically with the Commission.

     (c)   Prior to the termination or temporary suspension of the offering of
           the Securities, neither the Corporation nor the Guarantor will file
           any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including
           the Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus (other than periodic or
           current reports filed under the Exchange Act or an amendment or
           supplement providing solely for, if Debt Securities are being issued,
           a change in the interest rates on the Securities or a change in the
           range of maturities of the Securities, or, if Warrants are being
           issued, a change in the exercise dates or prices or the principal
           amount of the debt securities issuable upon exercise thereof, or a
           change in the principal amount or number, as the case may be, of
           Securities remaining to be sold or other changes in the judgment of
           the Corporation and its counsel not material to the offer or sale of
           the Securities) unless the Corporation has furnished to the Agent a
           copy for its review prior to filing and neither the Corporation nor
           the Guarantor will file any such proposed amendment or supplement to
           which the Agent shall reasonably object; provided that without the
           consent of the Agent but after consultation with the Agent, including
           the furnishing of drafts thereof, the Corporation and the Guarantor
           may file any such proposed amendment or supplement which in the
           opinion of its counsel it is required by law to file. Subject to the
           foregoing sentence, the Corporation and the Guarantor shall cause the
           Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
           the Rules and Regulations.

     (d)   The Corporation shall advise the Agent promptly: (i) when the
           Prospectus shall have been first filed with the Commission pursuant
           to Rule 424(b); (ii) when any post-effective amendment to the
           Registration Statement related to or covering the Securities becomes
           effective; (iii) of any request by the Commission for an amendment or
           supplement (insofar as the amendment or supplement relates to or
           covers the Securities) to the Registration Statement, to the
           Prospectus, to any



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           document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing or for any
           additional information related to the Registration Statement (insofar
           as such information relates to or covers the Securities); (iv) of the
           issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
           effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order directed to
           the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
           the initiation of any stop order proceeding or of any challenge to
           the accuracy or adequacy of any document incorporated by reference in
           the Prospectus; and (v) of receipt by the Corporation of any
           notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
           the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
           proceeding for that purpose; and upon the filing of any supplement to
           the Prospectus not reviewed in advance by the Agent pursuant to
           Section 5(c). If at any time when a prospectus related to the
           Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event
           occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
           supplemented would include an untrue statement of material fact or
           omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
           statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they
           were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or
           supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Rules and
           Regulations, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the
           Commission thereunder, the Corporation and/or the Guarantor shall
           promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section
           5(c), an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or
           omission or an amendment or supplement which will effect such
           compliance.

     (e)   If the Commission shall issue a stop order suspending the
           effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Corporation and/or
           the Guarantor shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the
           lifting of that order at the earliest possible time.

     (f)   As soon as practicable, or in accordance with Rule 158 of the Rules
           and Regulations, the Guarantor shall make generally available to its
           security holders and to the Agent an earnings statement (which need
           not be audited) of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries,
           that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule
           158 thereunder.

     (g)   The Corporation shall make every reasonable effort to arrange for the
           qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
           jurisdictions (other than jurisdictions outside the United States) as
           the Agent may reasonably designate and the Corporation shall pay all
           expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) in
           connection with such qualifications, to maintain such qualifications
           in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities
           and to arrange for the determination of the legality of the
           Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided,
           however, that the Corporation shall not be required to qualify to do
           business in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified at the date
           of this Agreement or to take any action that would subject it to
           general or unlimited service of process or to the imposition of any
           taxes based on, or measured by, all or any part of the income of the
           Corporation, in any jurisdiction where it is not at such date so
           subject.

     (h)   Each acceptance by the Corporation of an order for the purchase of
           Securities shall be deemed to be an affirmation that the
           representations and warranties of the Corporation contained in this
           Agreement are true and correct at the time of such


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           acceptance, and an undertaking that such representations and
           warranties will be true and correct at the time of delivery to the
           purchaser or his agent of the Securities related to such acceptance,
           as though made at such time (except that such representations and
           warranties shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement as
           then in effect and the Prospectus then in use).

     (i)   Each time the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than
           by: (i) an amendment or supplement providing solely for, if Debt
           Securities are being issued, a change in the interest rates on the
           Securities or a change in the range of maturities of the Securities,
           or, if Warrants are being issued, a change in the exercise dates or
           prices or the principal amount of the debt securities issuable upon
           exercise thereof; (ii) an amendment or supplement as a result solely
           of the incorporation by reference of any document that the
           Corporation or the Guarantor has filed under the Exchange Act; or
           (iii) a change in the principal amount or number, as the case may be,
           of Securities remaining to be sold or other changes not material in
           the judgment of the Corporation and its counsel to the offer or sale
           of the Securities), the Corporation shall furnish or cause to be
           furnished forthwith to the Agent: (x) a certificate in form
           satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable judgment to the effect
           that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in
           Section 6(k) hereof that was last furnished to the Agent are true and
           correct at the time of such amendment or supplement as though made at
           and as of such time (except that such statements shall be deemed to
           relate to the Registration Statement as then in effect and the
           Prospectus then in use) or, in lieu of such certificate, a
           certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in
           Section 6(k) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement as
           then in effect and the Prospectus then in use; and (y) the written
           opinions of counsel to the Corporation and counsel to the Guarantor
           of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section 6(c) and
           Section 6(e) but modified to relate to the Prospectus then in use or,
           in lieu of such opinions, such counsel shall furnish the Agent with
           letters to the effect that the Agent may rely on such last furnished
           opinions to the same extent as though such opinions were dated the
           date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in
           such last opinions shall be deemed to relate to the Prospectus as in
           use at the time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance).

     (j)   Each time the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to set
           forth amended or supplemental financial information, the Corporation
           and the Guarantor shall cause Deloitte & Touche LLP, or another
           internationally recognized firm of chartered accountants or certified
           public accountants, forthwith to furnish to the Agent a letter, dated
           the date of filing of such amendment or supplement with the
           Commission, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, of the same
           tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(i) but modified to
           relate to the Prospectus then in use; provided, however, that if the
           Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely as a result of the
           incorporation by reference of financial information as of and for a
           fiscal quarter, Deloitte & Touche LLP, or such other internationally
           recognized firm of chartered accountants or certified public
           accountants, may limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited
           financial statements, the related "Management's Discussion and
           Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and any
           other information of an

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           accounting, financial or statistical nature included in such
           amendment or supplement, as may be agreed among the Corporation, the
           Guarantor and the Agent.

     (k)   The Corporation shall reimburse the Agent for reasonable
           out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements
           of counsel) incurred by the Agent in connection with this Agreement
           and the sale of Securities hereunder, but only if and to the extent
           so provided in Schedule I.

     (l)   If specified in any Terms Agreement with respect to the purchase of
           Securities by the Agent as principal at the request of the
           Corporation, the Corporation shall not, except as set forth in such
           Terms Agreement or as consented to by the Agent, issue or announce
           the proposed issuance of any of its debt securities or warrants to
           purchase debt securities, as the case may be, including the
           Securities, with terms substantially similar to the Securities being
           purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement prior to the delivery of
           such Securities.

6.   ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE AGENT

     (a)   The obligations of the Agent under this Agreement shall be subject to
           the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and
           warranties of the Corporation and the Guarantor contained herein, as
           of the date hereof, as of the date set forth in Schedule I hereto for
           the initial closing hereunder (the "Closing Date") and as of the date
           of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement
           insofar as such amendment relates to the Securities, to the
           performance in all material respects of its obligations hereunder,
           and to each of the following additional terms and conditions.

     (b)   At or before the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the
           effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order directed to
           any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus shall have
           been issued and remain in effect and no proceeding for that purpose
           shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, the
           Guarantor or the Agent, threatened by the Commission.

     (c)   The Corporation shall have furnished to the Agent, on the Closing
           Date, the opinion of Roger A. Schecter, Secretary of the Corporation
           ("Counsel"), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

           (i)    the Corporation has been duly incorporated and is a validly
                  existing corporation under the laws of Delaware, with
                  corporate power and authority to conduct its business as
                  currently conducted and described in the Prospectus;

           (ii)   the execution and delivery of the Indenture have been duly
                  authorized, the Indenture has been executed and delivered by
                  the Corporation and is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
                  and, assuming the requisite corporate capacity and powers of,
                  and the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
                  Guarantor and the Trustee, constitutes a valid and binding
                  agreement of the Corporation enforceable in accordance with
                  its terms;

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           (iii)  the issue, execution and delivery of the Securities have been
                  duly authorized in accordance with the Indenture and the
                  Securities have been duly executed and delivered by the
                  Corporation and, assuming authentication by the Trustee,
                  constitute valid and binding obligations of the Corporation
                  enforceable in accordance with their terms;

           (iv)   the execution and delivery of the Warrant Agreement have been
                  duly authorized, the Warrant Agreement has been executed and
                  delivered by the Corporation and, assuming the requisite
                  corporate capacity and powers of, and the due authorization,
                  execution and delivery by the warrant agent named in the
                  Warrant Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding agreement
                  of the Corporation enforceable in accordance with its terms;

           (v)    the execution and delivery of this Agreement have been duly
                  authorized and the Agreement has been duly executed and
                  delivered by the Corporation;

           (vi)   the issue and sale of the Securities to the Agent pursuant to
                  this Agreement, and the consummation of the other transactions
                  herein contemplated (a) do not require any consent, approval,
                  authorization, registration or qualification of or with any
                  governmental authority of the United States or the State of
                  New York (except such as have been obtained or effected under
                  the Act and such as may be required under state securities or
                  blue sky laws), and (b) do not result in a breach or violation
                  of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
                  default, under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
                  the Corporation;

           (vii)  the Registration Statement is effective under the Act and, to
                  the best of Counsel's knowledge, no stop order with respect
                  thereto has been issued, or proceeding for that purpose has
                  been instituted or threatened, by the Commission; and

           (viii) to the best of Counsel's knowledge, no order directed to any
                  document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus has been
                  issued and remains in effect, or is threatened to be issued,
                  by the Commission.

                    The opinions expressed above will be subject to those
           assumptions and qualifications reasonably satisfactory to such
           Counsel including without limitation, with respect to the opinions
           expressed in Sections 6(c)(ii), (iii) and (iv) above that:

           (x)    enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
                  reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other laws
                  affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally;

           (y)    equitable remedies, including the remedies of specific
                  performance and injunction, may only be granted at the
                  discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction; and

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           (z)    no opinion is expressed with respect to the enforceability of
                  any provisions relating to indemnity and contribution.

     (d)   Counsel, in rendering his opinion, may rely as to matters of fact, to
           the extent he deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers
           of the Corporation and its subsidiaries or public officials. He may
           also rely upon legal opinions provided to him. In addition, he may
           rely upon determinations of responsible officers of the Corporation
           with respect to the verification, characterization and quantification
           of various assets and liabilities. Furthermore, he may assume without
           independent investigation: (i) the authenticity of any document or
           instrument submitted to him as an original, the conformity to the
           authentic original of any document or instrument submitted to him as
           a certified, conformed or photographic copy and the genuineness of
           all signatures on such originals or copies; and (ii) with respect to
           parties to an agreement, other than the Corporation, the due
           execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of such
           agreement and that such agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
           binding agreement of all such parties.

     (e)   The Guarantor shall have furnished to the Agent, on the Closing Date,
           the opinion of Nicholas J. DeRoma, Chief Legal Officer of the
           Guarantor ("Guarantor's Counsel"), dated the Closing Date, to the
           effect that:

           (i)    the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is a validly
                  existing corporation under the laws of Canada, with corporate
                  power and authority to conduct its business as currently
                  conducted and described in the Prospectus;

           (ii)   the execution and delivery of the Indenture have been duly
                  authorized, the Indenture has been executed and delivered by
                  the Guarantor and is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
                  and, assuming the requisite corporate capacity and powers of,
                  and the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
                  Corporation and the Trustee constitutes a valid and binding
                  agreement of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its
                  terms;

           (iii)  the issue, execution and delivery of the Guarantees have been
                  duly authorized in accordance with the Indenture and the
                  Guarantees have been duly executed and delivered by the
                  Guarantor and, assuming authentication by the Trustee,
                  constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor
                  enforceable in accordance with their terms;

           (iv)   the execution and delivery of this Agreement have been duly
                  authorized and the Agreement has been duly executed and
                  delivered by the Guarantor;

           (v)    the issue and sale of the Guarantees to the Agent pursuant to
                  this Agreement and the consummation of the other transactions
                  herein contemplated (x) do not require (except for the
                  exemption orders of the Director under the Canada Business
                  Corporations Act pursuant to Section 82(3) of such Act and of
                  the Commission des valeurs mobilieres du

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                  Quebec pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Act (Quebec),
                  which orders were granted, and the sending of the Prospectus
                  to the Director under the Canada Business Corporations Act
                  pursuant to Section 193 thereunder, which was effected) the
                  consent, approval or authorization of or filing or
                  registration with, any governmental body or regulatory
                  authority in Canada, and (y) do not conflict with or
                  constitute a breach of or default under the constating
                  documents or bylaws of the Guarantor;

           (vi)   the Registration Statement is effective under the Act and, to
                  the best of Guarantor's Counsel's knowledge, no stop order
                  with respect thereto has been issued, or proceeding for that
                  purpose has been instituted or threatened, by the Commission;

           (vii)  to the best of Guarantor's Counsel's knowledge, no order
                  directed to any document incorporated by reference in the
                  Prospectus has been issued and remains in effect, or is
                  threatened to be issued, by the Commission; and

           (viii) to the best of Guarantor's Counsel's knowledge, other than as
                  disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Guarantor nor any of
                  its subsidiaries is involved in any litigation, arbitration or
                  legal proceedings which are material to the Guarantor and its
                  subsidiaries taken as a whole nor is there any such
                  litigation, arbitration or legal proceedings pending or
                  threatened.

     (f)   The opinions expressed above will be subject to those assumptions and
           qualifications reasonably satisfactory to such Guarantor's Counsel
           including without limitation, with respect to the opinions expressed
           in Sections 6(e)(ii) and (iii) above that:

           (v)    enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
                  reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other laws
                  affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally;

           (w)    equitable remedies, including the remedies of specific
                  performance and injunction, may only be granted at the
                  discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction;

           (x)    the Currency Act (Canada) precludes the courts in Canada from
                  awarding a judgment for an amount expressed in a currency
                  other than Canadian dollars;

           (y)    any requirement that "interest" as defined in Section 347 of
                  the Criminal Code (Canada), be paid by the Guarantor at an
                  effective annual rate in excess of 60 percent is not
                  enforceable and such requirement may not be severable from the
                  remainder of the document in which it is contained; and

           (z)    no opinion is expressed with respect to the enforceability of
                  any provisions relating to indemnity and contribution.


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     (g)   Guarantor's Counsel, in rendering his opinion, may rely as to matters
           of fact, to the extent he deems proper, on certificates of
           responsible officers of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries or public
           officials. He may also rely upon legal opinions provided to him. In
           addition, he may rely upon determinations of responsible officers of
           the Guarantor with respect to the verification, characterization and
           quantification of various assets and liabilities. Furthermore, he may
           assume without independent investigation: (i) the authenticity of any
           document or instrument submitted to him as an original, the
           conformity to the authentic original of any document or instrument
           submitted to him as a certified, conformed or photographic copy and
           the genuineness of all signatures on such originals or copies; and
           (ii) with respect to parties to an agreement, other than the
           Guarantor, the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due
           authorization, of such agreement, and that such agreement constitutes
           a legal, valid and binding agreement of all such parties.

     (h)   In addition, Guarantor's Counsel shall advise by letter, based on his
           participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
           Prospectus (but without independent check or verification of the
           contents thereof except as specified therein), that:

           (i)    the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the
                  Prospectus, as of its date and the date of the supplement to
                  the Basic Prospectus (in each case, except for the documents
                  incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements
                  and other financial and statistical data included or
                  incorporated by reference, therein and the information
                  included therein under the caption "Plan of Distribution" or
                  "Underwriting", as to which Guarantor's Counsel need express
                  no view), appeared on their face to be appropriately
                  responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the
                  Act and the Rules and Regulations; and

           (ii)   no information has come to Guarantor's Counsel's attention
                  that causes him to believe that the Registration Statement
                  (except the financial statements and other financial and
                  statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein
                  and the information included therein under the caption "Plan
                  of Distribution" or "Underwriting", as to which Guarantor's
                  Counsel need express no view), at the time it became effective
                  or on the date of such opinion, contained an untrue statement
                  of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
                  required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
                  statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus
                  (except as aforesaid) contains an untrue statement of a
                  material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in
                  order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     (i)   The Corporation and the Guarantor shall have furnished to the Agent,
           on the Closing Date, a letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP or another
           internationally recognized firm of chartered accountants or certified
           public accountants, addressed to the Agent and dated the Closing
           Date, of the type described in the Canadian Institute of Chartered
           Accountants Handbook, Section 7100, or in the



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           American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Statement on
           Auditing Standards No. 72 and covering such specified financial
           statement items as may be agreed among the Corporation, the Guarantor
           and the Agent.

     (j)   The Agent shall have received, on the Closing Date, from Skadden,
           Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Agent, such opinion
           or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and
           sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Warrant Agreement, the
           Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as
           the Agent may reasonably require, and the Corporation and the
           Guarantor shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
           reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
           matters.

     (k)   The Corporation shall have furnished to the Agent, on the Closing
           Date, a certificate of the Corporation, signed by any two of the
           President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer,
           the Chief Financial Officer or any one of the aforesaid officers
           together with any one of the Secretary, the Controller, the
           Treasurer, any Assistant Controller, any Assistant Secretary or any
           Assistant Treasurer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the
           signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement,
           the Prospectus and this Agreement and that:

           (i)    The representations and warranties of the Corporation in this
                  Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and
                  as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the
                  Closing Date and the Corporation has complied in all material
                  respects with all the agreements and satisfied in all material
                  respects all the conditions on its part to be performed or
                  satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; and

           (ii)   No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
                  Statement has been issued and remains in effect and no
                  proceedings for that purpose are pending or, to the knowledge
                  of each such person, threatened by the Commission, and no
                  order directed to any document incorporated by reference in
                  the Prospectus has been issued and remains in effect or, to
                  the knowledge of each such person, is threatened to be issued
                  by the Commission.

     (l)   The Guarantor shall have furnished to the Agent, on the Closing Date,
           a certificate of the Guarantor, signed by any two of the President
           and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
           Financial Officer or any one of the aforesaid officers together with
           any one of the Corporate Secretary, the Controller, the Treasurer,
           any Assistant Controller, any Assistant Secretary or any Assistant
           Treasurer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of
           such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the
           Prospectus and this Agreement and that:

           (i)    the representations and warranties of the Guarantor in this
                  Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and
                  as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the
                  Closing Date and the Guarantor has


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                  complied in all material respects with all the agreements and
                  satisfied in all material respects all the conditions on its
                  part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
                  Date;

           (ii)   no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
                  Statement has been issued and remains in effect and no
                  proceedings for that purpose are pending or, to the knowledge
                  of each such person, threatened by the Commission, and no
                  order directed to any document incorporated by reference in
                  the Prospectus has been issued and remains in effect or, to
                  the knowledge of each such person, is threatened to be issued
                  by the Commission; and

           (iii)  since the date of the most recent financial statements
                  included in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse
                  change in the condition (financial or other), earnings,
                  business or properties of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries,
                  taken as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated in
                  the Prospectus.

7.   INDEMNIFICATION

     (a)   The Corporation and the Guarantor (together, the "Indemnifying
           Parties") shall indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each person
           who controls the Agent within the meaning of either the Act or the
           Exchange Act from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability,
           joint or several, and any action in respect thereof, to which they or
           any of them may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act or
           other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
           otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
           arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged
           untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
           Statement, any preliminary prospectus consisting of the Basic
           Prospectus together with the preliminary prospectus supplement
           thereto related to the offering of the Securities that is used prior
           to the filing of the Prospectus (the "Preliminary Prospectus") or the
           Prospectus or arises out of, or is based upon, the omission or
           alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
           stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
           in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
           misleading. The Indemnifying Parties shall reimburse each indemnified
           party for any reasonable legal and other expenses reasonably incurred
           by such indemnified party in investigating or defending against any
           such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the
           Indemnifying Parties shall not be liable in any such case to the
           extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises
           out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue
           statement or omission or alleged omission: (i) made in the
           Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
           in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
           to the Indemnifying Parties by or on behalf of the Agent for use in
           connection with the preparation thereof; or (ii) contained in that
           part of the Registration Statement constituting the Statement of
           Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act (Form
           T-1) of the Trustee; provided further, that the Indemnifying Parties
           shall not be liable for the amount of any settlement of any



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           claim made without their consent, which consent will not be
           unreasonably withheld; and provided further, that as to any
           Preliminary Prospectus, this indemnity shall not inure to the benefit
           of the Agent (or any person controlling such Agent) on account of any
           loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of
           Securities to any person by the Agent if the Agent failed to send or
           give a copy of the Prospectus, as the same may be amended or
           supplemented (for purposes of this paragraph, the "Final
           Prospectus"), to that person within the time required by the Act, and
           the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
           or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such
           Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus, unless
           such failure resulted from non-compliance by either of the
           Indemnifying Parties with Section 5(b). For purposes of the final
           proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the term Final
           Prospectus shall not be deemed to include the documents incorporated
           therein by reference, and the Agent shall not be obligated to send or
           give any supplement or amendment to any document incorporated by
           reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus to
           any person other than a person to whom such Agent has delivered such
           incorporated documents in response to a written or oral request
           therefor. The foregoing indemnity is in addition to and not in
           limitation or duplication of any liability or right that the
           Indemnifying Parties may otherwise have to the Agent or any person
           who controls the Agent.

     (b)   The Agent shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Indemnifying
           Parties, each of their respective directors, each of their respective
           officers who signed the Registration Statement and any person who
           controls either of the Indemnifying Parties within the meaning of the
           Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent (including, without
           limitation, the reimbursement of expenses) as the foregoing indemnity
           from the Indemnifying Parties to the Agent as set forth in the above
           paragraph, but only with reference to written information furnished
           to the Indemnifying Parties by or on behalf of the Agent for use in
           connection with the preparation of the documents referred to in the
           foregoing indemnity. The foregoing indemnity is in addition to and
           not in limitation or duplication of any liability that the Agent may
           otherwise have to the Indemnifying Parties or any of its directors,
           officers or controlling persons.

     (c)   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Sections 7(a) or
           (b) of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
           indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
           against the indemnifying party under either such paragraph, notify
           the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of
           that action, provided that the failure to notify the indemnifying
           party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an
           indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 7. If any action
           shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify
           the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
           party shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent
           that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified
           party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
           indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
           reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however,
           that if the defendants



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           in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
           indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
           concluded that there are likely to be substantial legal defenses
           available to it and the other indemnified parties that are different
           from and additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
           indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate
           counsel to assert such legal defenses and otherwise to participate in
           the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
           parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such
           indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such
           action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
           indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
           under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses subsequently
           incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
           thereof unless: (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
           separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses
           in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence
           (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall bear
           only the reasonable fees and disbursements of separate counsel and
           shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate
           counsel, approved by the Agent in the case of Section 7(a),
           representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph, who are
           parties to such action); (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
           employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
           represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice
           of commencement of the action; or (iii) the indemnifying party has
           authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the
           expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or
           (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the
           counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii).

     (d)   To provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in
           which the indemnification provided for in Sections 7(a) or (b) is due
           in accordance with its terms but is for any reason other than as
           specified in Section 7(a) held by a court to be unavailable on the
           grounds of policy or otherwise, the Indemnifying Parties and the
           Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and
           liabilities (including reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably
           incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) to which
           the Indemnifying Parties and the Agent may be subject in such
           proportion so that the Agent is responsible for that portion
           represented by the percentage that the sum of the aggregate
           commissions received by the Agent pursuant to Section 2(c) bears to
           the aggregate sales prices received by the Indemnifying Parties in
           respect of the Securities sold hereunder and under such Terms
           Agreements and the Indemnifying Parties are responsible for the
           balance; provided, however, that: (i) in no case shall the Agent be
           responsible for any amount in excess of the sales commissions or
           other compensation applicable to the Securities purchased through or
           by the Agent; and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent
           misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
           shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
           of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7,
           each person who controls the Agent within the meaning of the Act or
           the Exchange Act shall without duplication have the same rights to
           contribution as the Agent, and each person who controls the


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           Indemnifying Parties within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange
           Act, each officer of the Indemnifying Parties who shall have signed
           the Registration Statement and each director of the Indemnifying
           Parties shall have the same rights to contribution as the
           Indemnifying Parties, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of
           this paragraph. Any party entitled to contribution shall, promptly
           after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or
           proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for
           contribution may be made against another party or parties under this
           paragraph, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be
           sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not
           relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought
           from any other obligation it or they may have otherwise than under
           this paragraph.

8.   DUTIES OF AGENT

     In soliciting purchases of the Securities, the Agent is acting solely as
agent for the Corporation, and not as principal. The Agent will make reasonable
efforts to assist the Corporation in obtaining performance by each purchaser
whose offer to purchase the Securities has been accepted by the Corporation, but
the Agent shall not have any liability to the Corporation in the event such
purchase is delayed or not consummated for any reason whatsoever. Under no
circumstances shall the Agent be obligated to purchase any of the Securities for
its own account, except as otherwise provided in Section 2(e).

9.   TERMINATION

     This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the Agent or by the
Corporation, by written notice to the other without liability of any party to
any other party except as provided in Sections 7 and 10 hereof and except that,
if such termination shall be the act of the Corporation and at the time of such
termination an offer for the purchase of Securities solicited by the Agent shall
have been accepted by the Corporation but the time of delivery to the purchaser
of the Securities related thereto shall not yet have occurred, the Corporation
shall be obligated to pay the Agent the sales commissions in respect of such
purchase. Any Terms Agreement may be terminated only in accordance with the
terms thereof.

10.  SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION

     The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and
other statements of the Corporation and the Guarantor or their respective
officers and of the Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Agent, the Corporation or the Guarantors or any of the officers,
directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities for a period of two years
after such delivery.

11.  NOTICES

     All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Agent will be mailed, delivered or sent by
electronic transfer, including facsimile, and confirmed to the Agent at the
address specified in Schedule I hereto, or, if sent to the



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Corporation or the Guarantor, will be mailed, delivered or sent by electronic
transfer, including facsimile, and confirmed to it at, in the case of the
Corporation, Nortel Networks Capital Corporation, Nortel Networks Plaza, 200
Athens Way, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1397, Attention: Secretary (facsimile
number (615) 432-4067) and, in the case of the Guarantor, Nortel Networks
Limited, 8200 Dixie Road, Suite 100, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, L6T 5P6,
Attention: Corporate Secretary (facsimile number (905) 863-8423).

12.  SUCCESSORS

     This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and
controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will
have any right or obligation hereunder.

13.  COUNTERPARTS

     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and
hereto were upon the same instrument.

14.  APPLICABLE LAW

     This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada except that Sections 1, 5(c), (d), (e),
(f) and (g) and 7 will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York, United States.

     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this
letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Corporation, the Guarantor and the Agent.


                                Very truly yours,


                                NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED,
                                  solely in its capacity as Guarantor

                                By:
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                     Title:

                                By:
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                     Title:




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                                NORTEL NETWORKS CAPITAL
                                CORPORATION

                                By:
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                     Title:

                                By:
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                     Title:






The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date
specified in Schedule I hereto.



[Name(s) of Agent(s)]



By:
   -----------------------------------------
     Title:






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                                   SCHEDULE I

Agency Agreement dated as of ___________ __, 20__.

Registration Statement No. 333-____________.

Agent:

Address of Agent for purposes of notices:

Facsimile Number of Agent for Notices:

Description of Securities Subject to Agency Agreement:

[Description of Debt Securities:

Title:

Principal amount (including currency or composite currency):

Sinking fund provisions:

Redemption provisions:

Other provisions:]

[Description of Warrants:

Title of Warrants:

Number:

Warrant Agent:

Warrant Agreement:

Warrant exercise price and currency:

Principal amount (including currency or composite currency) of debt securities
issuable upon exercise of one Warrant:

Date after which Warrants may be exercised:

Expiration date:

Other provisions:]

[Description of Units


                                  Schedule I-1
<PAGE>   21


Detachable date (if applicable):

Other provisions:]

[Description of debt securities issuable upon exercise of one Warrant:

Title:

Principal amount (including currency or composite currency):

Sinking fund provisions:

Redemption provisions:

Other provisions:]

Expenses of Agent to be paid by the Corporation:

Closing Date (including time) and location:


Commissions to Agent

[With respect to Debt Securities:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                            % of principal amount
                                         of Debt Securities sold to
         Maturity                       purchasers through the Agent
         --------                       ----------------------------
<S>                                       <C>

[with respect to Warrants:]

[with respect to Units:]
</TABLE>

                                  Schedule I-2
<PAGE>   22



                                                                        ANNEX I


                       NORTEL NETWORKS CAPITAL CORPORATION

                        [Title of Security or Securities]

                                 TERMS AGREEMENT


                                                          ------------ --, ----


[Name(s) and address(es)
of Agent(s) purchasing Securities
as principal(s)]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         NORTEL NETWORKS CAPITAL CORPORATION (the "Corporation") proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Agency Agreement,
dated ________ __, ____, (the "Agency Agreement") among the Corporation, Nortel
Networks Limited, as guarantor, and [Name(s) of Agent(s)] (the "Agent"), to
issue and sell to ___________ the securities specified in Schedule A hereto (the
"Purchased Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Agency Agreement not
specifically related to the solicitation by the Agent, as agent of the
Corporation, of offers to purchase Securities is incorporated herein by
reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms
Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full
herein. Each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be
deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Terms Agreement, except
that each representation and warranty in Section 1 of the Agency Agreement which
made reference to the Prospectus shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty as of the date of the Agency Agreement in relation to the Prospectus
(as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of
this Terms Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
to relate to the Purchased Securities.

         A supplement to the Prospectus related to the Purchased Securities, in
the form heretofore delivered to you, is now proposed to be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").

         Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Agency
Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Corporation agrees to issue and
sell to __________, and __________ agree[s] to purchase from the Corporation,
the Purchased Securities, at the time and date (the "Delivery Date") and place,
in the [principal amount] [number] and at the purchase price set forth in
Schedule A hereto.

         The obligations of __________ hereunder may be terminated by
__________, in its absolute discretion, by notice given to and received by the
Corporation prior to the delivery of and payment for the Purchased Securities,
if, during the period beginning on the date hereof to and including the Delivery
Date, (a) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock


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<PAGE>   23


Exchange, Inc. shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have
been established on such Exchange by order of the Commission, (b) a banking
moratorium is declared by either United States federal or New York state
authorities, or (c) there shall have occurred any outbreak or material
escalation of hostilities the effect of which on the financial markets of the
United States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of __________,
impracticable to market the Purchased Securities.

         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us at _______________ a counterpart hereof, and upon acceptance
hereof by you, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including those
provisions of the Agency Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall
constitute a binding agreement between _________ and the Corporation.


                                NORTEL NETWORKS CAPITAL CORPORATION



                                By:
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                     Title:



                                By:
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                     Title:



Accepted:

[Name(s) of Agent(s)]


By:
     -----------------------------------------------
     Title:



                                   Annex I-2
<PAGE>   24


                                                          Schedule A to Annex I

Description of Purchased Securities:

[Description of Debt Securities:

Title:

Principal amount (including currency or composite currency):

Indenture: Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2000, among the Corporation as
Issuer, Nortel Networks Limited, as Issuer and Guarantor, and Citibank, N. A.,
as Trustee.

If Debt Securities are not to be purchased with Warrants as units, purchase
price (include accrued interest or amortization, if any), public offering price,
if any, and underwriting discount:

Sinking fund provisions:

Redemption provisions:

Closing Location:

Other provisions:]

[Description of Warrants:

Title of Warrants:

Number:

If Warrants are not to be purchased with Debt Securities as units, purchase
price, currency, public offering price, if any, and underwriting discount:

Warrant Agent:

Warrant Agreement:

Warrant exercise price and currency:

Principal amount (including currency or composite currency) of debt securities
issuable upon exercise of one Warrant:

Date after which Warrants may be exercised:

Expiration date:

Closing Location:

Other provisions:]


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<PAGE>   25




[Description of Units:

Purchase price and currency:

Public offering price, if any, and underwriting commission:

Detachable date (if applicable):

Closing Location:

Other provisions:]

[Description of debt securities issuable upon exercise of Warrants:

Title:

Principal amount (including currency or composite currency):

Sinking fund provisions:

Redemption provisions:

Other provisions:]

Delivery Date and time:

Closing location:

Documents to be delivered:

The following documents referred to in the Agency Agreement shall be delivered
with appropriate modification:

(1)  The opinion of Roger A. Schecter  referred to in Section 6(c).

(2)  The opinion of Nicholas J. DeRoma referred to in Section 6(e).

(3)  The accountants' letter referred to in Section 6(i).

(4)  The officers' certificate referred to in Section 6(k).

Whether similar securities may not be sold pursuant to Section 5(l) of the
Agency Agreement from the date hereof to the Delivery Date and exceptions
thereto:

Other provisions:


                                   Annex I-4







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