The Meridian 1
Option 51c, 61c, or 81c

Nortel's Meridian 1 portfolio of private digital communication systems is a leader in the world marketplace. It is currently used by more business people than any other digital communications system. If you're asking yourself, what makes Meridian 1 an industry leader - here are just a few of the reasons!

· Modular client/server architecture that provides inherent flexibility and cost savings
· Commercial processors for scalable real-time processing capacity
· Real-time, multi-tasking commercial software operating system and server-based software functionality
· Scalable, distributed platform for "seamless" growth from 30 to 16,000 ports
· Comprehensive, feature offerings across the entire system portfolio · Powerful networking features for Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN), private and virtual private network access
· Sophisticated Windows® '95 PC-based Meridian Administration Tools
· Evergreen by design to facilitate future technology and feature enhancements

Whether your enterprise is large or small, the Meridian 1 portfolio has a system Option to meet your specific communications requirements while providing an optimum return on your investment. The modular client-server architecture of every Meridian 1 system provides inherent flexibility and cost savings. Its scalable, distributed processing and open standards adherence allows you to add capacity and features as you need them, and accommodates future advances in technology cost-effectively and efficiently with built-in Evergreen investment protection.

Meridian 1 is available in several system Options: Meridian 1 Options 11C Compact, 11C, 51C, 61C, and 81C. These Options are built on a foundation of state-of-the-art digital switching equipment and software stored program control. As a platform for integrated voice, data and video, each Meridian 1 Option delivers sophisticated messaging, call center, and computer telephony integration (CTI) applications for improved customer service; mobility and wireless technologies for "anywhere, anytime" information access; and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology to support WAN bandwidth consolidation, transport and delivery of multimedia communications. The Meridian system portfolio can support businesses ranging in size from 30 to 16,000 users.

You can start small easily adding lines and applications as your business grows or your needs change. No matter which line size option you choose, the same powerful Meridian 1 features and capabilities are available to you. Meridian 1 systems feature high port density to minimize equipment, power and floor space requirements. Digital Line Cards with 32 ports can support 16 Meridian Digital Telephones for voice and data communications, over a single twisted-pair wire. Software-programmable Universal Trunk cards can be configured on site to support a variety of Central Office trunks such as CO, FX and WATS, and other trunk types including TIE, DID, Recorded announcement and Paging trunks. In addition, Intelligent Peripheral Equipment (IPE) Cards in the Meridian 1 off-load call processing tasks and perform self diagnostic tasks resulting in reduced installation costs and improved operations. Nortel systems meet the highest standards for quality and reliability. They are built with the most advanced manufacturing processes, use state-of-the-art components and incorporate the latest technological innovations to provide maximum system performance. The Meridian 1 offers you hundreds of software features and services, including basic and advanced voice and data communications, easy-to-use system administration capabilities and an extensive array of call management, networking and voice messaging features. Meridian 1 provides a platform for applications such as Unified Messaging with CallPilot, Meridian Call Center, Companion Wireless Business Systems, Symposium, Meridian Link, Data Services, and ISDN networking with Primary Rate and Basic Rate Interface.

The value-added software features on Meridian 1 offer a wide selection of options and a modular format that permits you to tailor the system software to your day-to-day operations and applications. From education to finance organizations, hospitals to government agencies, hotels and motels or multi-tenant services - organizations of all types and sizes benefit from the advanced capabilities of Meridian 1. The software feature options provide management tools to help you allocate resources in a cost-effective manner and improve productivity and time management.