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'''Meridian Mail''' |
'''Meridian Mail''' is one of the early all-digital [[voicemail]] systems, running on [[Nortel_Meridian|Meridian1 / SL-1]] digital [[Private branch exchange|PBX]] systems from [[Northern Telecom]] (later known as Nortel). |
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In the early 1980s Northern Telecom introduced the '''Norstar'''. The Norstar was the first all-digital system suitable for small-sized offices (up to 192 lines), and became one of their major product lines. |
In the early 1980s Northern Telecom introduced the '''Norstar'''. The Norstar was the first all-digital system suitable for small-sized offices (up to 192 lines), and became one of their major product lines. |
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The Norstar |
The Norstar is powered by a 16 MHz [[Motorola 68000]], and uses only a fraction of the CPU's power. Nortel executives were interested in finding ways to use that excess power, as long as their customers paid for the privilege. Nortel asked their research arm, [[Bell Northern Research]] (BNR), to look for ways to spend those cycles. Meridian Mail was developed as a result.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} |
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Meridian Mail was discontinued by Nortel,<ref>[http://www.nortel.com/products/announcements/eol2007d/meridian_mail_md_bulletin.pdf Retirement notice, 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207104159/http://www.nortel.com/products/announcements/eol2007d/meridian_mail_md_bulletin.pdf |date=2008-12-07 }} Discontinued</ref> and has been replaced by [[CallPilot]], which in fact uses the same features and codes as Meridian Mail, but unlike Meridian Mail, allows newer features such as Unified Messaging. Unlike older Nortel systems, where the Meridian PBXs were assigned Meridian Mail and the Norstar systems were assigned Norstar VoiceMail or Startalk Flash VoiceMail, CallPilot was branded for both the Communication Servers PBX and Business Communication Manager Hybrid/Key telephone systems. |
Meridian Mail was discontinued by Nortel,<ref>[http://www.nortel.com/products/announcements/eol2007d/meridian_mail_md_bulletin.pdf Retirement notice, 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207104159/http://www.nortel.com/products/announcements/eol2007d/meridian_mail_md_bulletin.pdf |date=2008-12-07 }} Discontinued</ref> and has been replaced by [[CallPilot]], which in fact uses the same features and codes as Meridian Mail, but unlike Meridian Mail, allows newer features such as Unified Messaging. Unlike older Nortel systems, where the Meridian PBXs were assigned Meridian Mail and the Norstar systems were assigned Norstar VoiceMail or Startalk Flash VoiceMail, CallPilot was branded for both the Communication Servers PBX and Business Communication Manager Hybrid/Key telephone systems. |
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CallPilot |
CallPilot is one of the products acquired by [[Avaya]] in their purchase of Nortel Enterprise Solutions in 2009. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://archive.today/20070729231632/http://products.nortel.com/go/product_content.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&prod_id=8981&locale=en-US Meridian Mail] |
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Meridian Mail is one of the early all-digital voicemail systems, running on Meridian1 / SL-1 digital PBX systems from Northern Telecom (later known as Nortel).
In the early 1980s Northern Telecom introduced the Norstar. The Norstar was the first all-digital system suitable for small-sized offices (up to 192 lines), and became one of their major product lines.
The Norstar is powered by a 16 MHz Motorola 68000, and uses only a fraction of the CPU's power. Nortel executives were interested in finding ways to use that excess power, as long as their customers paid for the privilege. Nortel asked their research arm, Bell Northern Research (BNR), to look for ways to spend those cycles. Meridian Mail was developed as a result.[citation needed]
Meridian Mail was discontinued by Nortel,[1] and has been replaced by CallPilot, which in fact uses the same features and codes as Meridian Mail, but unlike Meridian Mail, allows newer features such as Unified Messaging. Unlike older Nortel systems, where the Meridian PBXs were assigned Meridian Mail and the Norstar systems were assigned Norstar VoiceMail or Startalk Flash VoiceMail, CallPilot was branded for both the Communication Servers PBX and Business Communication Manager Hybrid/Key telephone systems.
CallPilot is one of the products acquired by Avaya in their purchase of Nortel Enterprise Solutions in 2009.
See also
[edit]- Unified messaging
- LANstar - Northern Telecom's foray into twisted-pair PC networking
References
[edit]- ^ Retirement notice, 2006 Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine Discontinued