Nortel Meridian
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| A Meridian 1 at Parkway North High School |
Nortel Meridian is a private branch exchange. It provides advanced voice features, data connectivity, LAN communications, computer telephony integration (CTI), and information services for communication applications ranging from 60 to 80,000 lines.[1]
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[edit] History
It was first introduced in 1976,[2] based on Nortel's exsting SL1[3] and was one of the industry's first fully digital PBXs.[4]
[edit] Impact
The Meridian has 43 Million installed users worldwide, making it the most widely used PBX.[5]
The Meridian is one of the few PBX's still available from a major communications supplier that can be configured as non-VOIP PBX. [6]
[edit] Models
The Meridian 1 range currently consists of several models
- Meridian 1 Option 11C (60-800 lines)[7]
- Meridian 1 Option 11C Mini (60-128 lines)[8]
- Meridian 1 Option 61C (600-2000 lines)[9]
- Meridian 1 Option 81C (200-16,000 lines)[10]
Additionally, other products have been sold using the Meridian brand:
- The Norstar Key System was sold as the Meridian Norstar in some markets, until the mid 1990s
- A large-scale switch based on the DMS-100 is sold as the Meridian SL-100
Resellers, and accessory manufacturers frequently but erroneously use the phrase "Meridian Option" to refer to the Meridian 1 range, to distinguish it from the smaller and larger Norstar and SL-100
[edit] Evolution Path
The Nortel Meridian 1 can be upgraded to support VoIP in two forms:
- VoIP Trunking, the Meridian 1 can have ITG-Trunk cards added to it to support PBX-to-PBX voice trunking using H.323 [11]
- VoIP Sets, the Meridian 1 can have IP Line cards added to it to support VoIP sets. [12]
The introduction of CS1000 Release 3.0 also provides an upgrade path for the existing customer base to upgrade a Meridian 1 to an IP-PBX
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Meridian Systems Portfolio. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on August 29, 2006.
- ^ Meridian 1 System Software Release History. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on August 29, 200.
- ^ Nortel History
- ^ Nortel (Northern Telecom) Modern Telephone Systems
- ^ Meridian 1 brochure. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 17 January 2007.
- ^ Phone Systems. BT.com. Retrieved on 17 January 2007.
- ^ Meridian 1 option 11C overview. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 17 January 2007.
- ^ Meridian 1 option 11C Mini overview. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 17 January 2007.
- ^ Meridian 1 option 61C overview. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 17 January 2007.
- ^ Meridian 1 option 81C overview. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 17 January 2007.
- ^ IP Trunk overview. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 23 September 2007.
- ^ IP Line overview. Nortel Networks website. Retrieved on 23 September 2007.
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