Meridian means many things to many people. When people tell me they have a Meridian phone, they feel like they’ve fully identified their product and our discussion can build from there. Not so.
Unfortunately, Nortel and Northern Telecom used ‘Meridian’ for much of their product line. If you have a Northern Telecom or Nortel phone system at your office, it may say Meridian. You still need to find out what the actual model number is and what system it is running on.
Nortel Networks, Nortel, and Northern Telecom have manufactured central office telephone switches that provide telephone, Centrex, T-1, and PRI lines. They also make Norstar and Meridian phone systems for business offices.
Identifying your phone is the first thing to do when you want to upgrade your system or replace a faulty phone.
Look on the bottom of the phone for a model number such as M7324, M7310, M7208, M7100, T7316, T7316e, or T7100. Any of these identifies you as part of a Norstar telephone system.
Meridian, Option One, and SL-1 PBX have phones like the M2008, M2616D, M3901, M3902, M3903, M3904, and M3905. Nortel and Aastra also have Meridian phones. Some of these are M5316, M5208, M5008, M5312, M5216, M5212, M5209, M5112, M5009, M9417CW, M9316CW, M9110, M9116, M9120, M8004, M8009, and M8314.
If you can’t find the model number, look up the part number. It will almost always start with NT for Nortel or Northern Telecom or an A if it’s Aastra. This is followed by several more alphanumeric characters.
Remember, Meridian-labeled phones can be on a Norstar system, a Meridian PBX, or as part of your Centrex.
Hope this helps you identify your Meridian phone.