Nortel business phones explained

Nortel (previously Northern Telecom) manufactured telephones for business users from the 1980s to 2001, beginning with the Meridian series.

Current phones

Nortel no longer exists. There are no phones being manufactured for, or by, Nortel. Since 2001, phones with the Nortel brand are made by Aastra Technologies Limited of Concord, Ontario.

Previous phones

Nortel's previous phones include:

• Nortel DisplayPhone - early concept business phone
• Nortel SL-1 Digital Office Phone - early concept business phone
• Nortel Venture
• Nortel Maestro
• Nortel Vista 100
• Nortel Vista 200
• Nortel Meridian 9009
• Nortel Vista 350
• Nortel Vista 390
• Nortel Vista 2000
• Nortel Nomad 6000
• Nortel Nomad 6500
• Nortel Meridian M2616
• Nortel Meridian 9216
• Nortel Meridian 9316
• Nortel Meridian 8417
• Nortel Meridian Aastra 9417 CW
• Nortel Meridian 9516
• rotary outdoor telephone - for call boxes
• Nortel Meridian M3000 Touchphone - world's first production touchphone - a telephone with all indicators and functions managed by a touchscreen.

Switching to VoIP

Due to proprietary digital signalling, VoIP ATA cannot be used for VoIP Enable this Phone. Portico TVA allows these phones to seamlessly integrate with softswitches .^[1]

See also

• Nortel payphones
• Northern Telecom home phones
• Portico TVA

Notes and References

1. Web site: Types of Phones . 2010-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901210441/http://astbook.asteriskdocs.org/en/2nd_Edition/asterisk-book-html-chunk/asterisk-CHP-2-SECT-4.html#asterisk-CHP-2-SECT-4.1.2 . 2010-09-01 . dead .