Nortel Norstar

It is visible worldwide with installations at major retail chains, educational environments, medical institutions, government facilities, and many places where key telephone systems are required.

That is, the oldest Meridian M7000 telephones can be used on the newest Business Communication Manager system.

The telephones were rugged in design, available in grey, ash and black colors, and featured LCD displays, color-coded keys with easy to read fonts, a high quality speaker phone, and a quick reference card located underneath the handset.

The Feature key present on each telephone model allowed for access to both advanced features (including paging, transfer, conferencing, and voicemail) and local settings (such as language, display contrast, ring tones, and speed dial).

The recommended migration path from the Norstar to a full VOIP/SIP system is the Avaya IP Office, although it was previously the Nortel BCM which is short for Business Communication Manager.

Avaya rolled out cards that supported the Nortel sets on the IP Office platform.

Nortel T7316 Telephone, compatible with newer BCM and older Norstar systems
Later model Northern Telecom Norstar M7324 switchboard telephone
Current 1140E IP set for use on BCM and CS1000/2100 Nortel/Avaya systems
Model i2004 IP set that can be used on BCM and CS1000/2100 Nortel/Avaya systems