The Meridian Systems portfolio provides private branch exchange (PBX) solutions for enterprises requiring from 60 to 80,000 lines. This portfolio includes the Meridian 1 family, and is designed to meet voice communications needs whatever the size. Plus, the Meridian Systems portfolio enables advanced applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP), Call Center, Unified Messaging, and Mobility.

Meridian 1 enterprise communications systems provide that very technology to give you the ideal solution for your business needs. Present in over 150 countries Meridian 1 is the leading enterprise communications system in today’s market. With more that 43 million users globally, it has the largest installed base worldwide. In Europe, the installed base is also very impressive, with over 50,000 Meridian 1 systems servicing 10 million users. Over the past 25 years, the Nortel Meridian Communications Portfolio has become synonymous with quality, reliability and scalability. From remote and branch office solutions to large campus networks, customers have come to trust and depend on Meridian's profit-building advanced applications and features for their mission-critical voice communications.

The Option 11C Mini brings the power of the Meridian 1 portfolio to your small branch office. Option 11C Mini delivers to your business a compact, cost-effective, standalone or networked solution that meets your robust voice communications needs. Option 11C Mini has at its command the same desktop, security and administration features that are used on the larger Meridian 1 system options. While optimised for the small branch office between 60 and 128 ports, Option 11C Mini is also extensible. It can scale up to a maximum of 700 ports, thus making Option 11C Mini an investment that is future safe.

The Option 11C delivers all the functionality, rich applications support and reliability of the larger systems in the Meridian 1 portfolio. Option 11C deploys the same X11 Software, Intelligent Peripheral Equipment (IPE) cards, desktop telephones and provides the same applications that are used by the larger Meridian 1 systems. The modular design of Option 11C allows for it to be an off-the-shelf product. With focus on small to medium businesses, Option 11C delivers to your business robust power at great value. Option 11C services up to 800 ports.

Nortel's Option 61C and Option 81C delivers traditional voice and Voice over IP (VoIP) communications for large enterprises requiring from 200 to 16,000 lines. With five-nines reliability, the Meridian 1 Option 81C offers a broad set of applications and features, including digital and IP phones, traditional and unified messaging, IP gateways, call centers, PC-based call management, 802.11 Wireless communications, intelligent remote solutions and support for multimedia communications.