<s>
The	O
Nortel	B-Device
Norstar	I-Device
,	O
previously	O
the	O
Meridian	B-Device
Norstar	I-Device
,	O
was	O
a	O
small	O
and	O
medium-sized	O
business	O
digital	O
key	O
telephone	O
system	O
introduced	O
by	O
Nortel	O
(	O
formerly	O
Northern	O
Telecom	O
)	O
and	O
later	O
sold	O
to	O
Avaya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
British	O
Telecom	O
,	O
rebadged	O
as	O
the	O
BT	B-Device
Norstar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
SL1	B-Device
system	O
,	O
the	O
Vantage	O
system	O
did	O
not	O
catch	O
with	O
the	O
business	O
environment	O
and	O
the	O
Meridian	B-Device
Norstar	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
as	O
its	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Nortel	O
developed	O
the	O
Meridian	B-Device
Norstar	I-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
earlier	O
Vantage	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
Norstar	B-Device
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
telephone	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Norstar	B-Device
system	O
went	O
further	O
than	O
the	O
other	O
systems	O
in	O
similarity	O
to	O
a	O
PBX	O
system	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Meridian	O
SL-1/Meridian	O
1	O
system	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
Direct	O
Inward	O
Dial	O
,	O
Caller	O
ID	O
,	O
Automatic	O
Call	O
Distribution	O
,	O
and	O
Call	O
Accounting	O
were	O
designed	O
off	O
the	O
larger	O
Meridian	O
1	O
PBX	O
,	O
DMS-100	B-Protocol
and	O
Meridian	O
SL-100	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
being	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
were	O
many	O
hardware/design	O
similarities	O
between	O
the	O
Norstar	B-Device
systems	O
and	O
larger	O
Meridian	O
1/Meridian	O
SL-100	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
telephones	O
themselves	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
interchangeably	O
between	O
the	O
key	O
system	O
and	O
PBX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
on	O
their	O
respective	O
switch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
T7000	O
series	O
telephones	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
an	O
older	O
Norstar	B-Device
system	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
DR5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
introduced	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
Norstar	B-Device
telephones	O
were	O
developed	O
with	O
highly	O
advanced	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
telephones	O
were	O
rugged	O
in	O
design	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
grey	O
,	O
ash	O
and	O
black	O
colors	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
LCD	B-Device
displays	I-Device
,	O
color-coded	O
keys	O
with	O
easy	O
to	O
read	O
fonts	O
,	O
a	O
high	O
quality	O
speaker	O
phone	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
quick	O
reference	O
card	O
located	O
underneath	O
the	O
handset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Norstar	B-Device
system	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
produced	O
by	O
Nortel	O
and	O
branded	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Nortel	B-Device
Norstar	I-Device
"	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recommended	O
migration	O
path	O
from	O
the	O
Norstar	B-Device
to	O
a	O
full	O
VOIP/SIP	O
system	O
is	O
the	O
BCM	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
short	O
for	O
Business	O
Communication	O
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Avaya	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Nortel	O
's	O
Enterprise	O
Division	O
,	O
it	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Norstar	B-Device
and	O
BCM	O
systems	O
would	O
continue	O
being	O
manufactured	O
,	O
but	O
under	O
the	O
Avaya	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Avaya	O
,	O
the	O
Norstar/BCM	O
systems	O
and	O
telephone	O
sets	O
would	O
eventually	O
integrate	O
with	O
the	O
Avaya	O
IP	O
Office	O
via	O
Avaya	O
Aura	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
clients	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
move	O
from	O
the	O
Norstar	B-Device
digital	O
system	O
format	O
to	O
a	O
VOIP	O
format	O
,	O
Nortel	O
BCM	O
is	O
the	O
replacement	O
product	O
recommended	O
by	O
Nortel/Avaya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCM	O
uses	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
feature	O
codes	O
,	O
and	O
calling	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
older	O
Norstar	B-Device
systems	O
and	O
integrates	O
them	O
into	O
a	O
Digital/VOIP	O
format	O
that	O
with	O
RLS3.0	O
and	O
further	O
,	O
allows	O
SIP	O
trunking	O
,	O
Unified	O
Messaging	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Nortel	O
M7000	O
digital	O
telephones	O
,	O
"	O
T	O
"	O
Series	O
Business	O
Sets	O
,	O
i2004	O
sets	O
,	O
series	O
1200	O
VOIP	O
sets	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
high	O
end	O
1100E	O
VOIP	O
series	O
sets	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Bluetooth	O
compatible	O
Nortel	B-Device
IP	I-Device
Phone	I-Device
1140E	I-Device
SIP	O
telephone	O
series	O
VOIP	O
telephones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
past	O
where	O
M7000	O
Meridian	O
telephones	O
were	O
dedicated	O
for	O
the	O
smaller	O
Norstar	B-Device
system	O
and	O
M2000/M3900	O
Meridian	O
telephones	O
were	O
dedicated	O
to	O
the	O
larger	O
Option	O
11E/61C/81C	O
PBX	O
,	O
the	O
i2000/1200/1100E	O
series	O
IP	O
telephones	O
function	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
small-medium	O
business	O
(	O
SMB	O
)	O
BCM	O
platform	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
larger	O
Enterprise	O
Communication	O
Server	O
1000/Avaya	O
Communication	O
Server	O
2100	O
platforms	O
,	O
both	O
taking	O
on	O
the	O
features	O
and	O
codes	O
on	O
the	O
display	O
from	O
their	O
respective	O
switch	O
.	O
</s>
