Meridian Norstar

Business Communication

Meridian Norstar, a brand from the Nortel Corporation (sometimes know as Meridian Phones), has a history of developing high quality business phone systems which can be expanded easily. The range of Nortel office phones, integrated communication systems, door entry systems and peripherals provides companies of all sizes with the telecoms devices they need.

Nortel and the Meridian phone brands stand for cost effective quality and flexibility – a range of office phones and related systems that will stand the test of time as well as changing business needs. Browse the various Nortel products on the connected pages to find the latest in business telephone systems, door entry systems and voicemail setups.

Norstar Compact Plus

Business Telephone System

The Compact Plus is a flexible, cost-effective system which meets all immediate requirements of small businesses – but also equips them for new technology or changes in the way they operate.

The Compact Plus office phone system offers 4 lines and 16 extensions, but with the option of being expanded to 8 lines and 16 extensions by utilizing ISDN 2e technology.

There are two main Compact Plus business telephone systems:-

  1. Compact Plus Analogue: All external calls come into one central number, before calls are forwarded to internal extension numbers.

  2. COMPACT Plus Digital: For use with ISDN2e office phone lines. Each extension can have a direct line for external calls.

 Norstar Modular Plus

Business Phone System


The Modular Plus is a flexible office phone system with significant capacity to grow. It is aimed at businesses that use over 16 telephones. It can support from 8 lines and 32 extensions for analogue or digital systems (including ISDN2e and ISDN30), up to 80 lines for analogue systems and 60 lines and 128 extensions for digital systems.

There are two main options with the Modular Plus office phone system:-

  1. Modular Plus Analogue: All external calls come into one central number before calls are forwarded to internal extension numbers.

  2. Modular Plus Digital: Each extension can have a direct line for external call.