Nortel payphones

Nortel payphones

N233H 3 Slot Pay Phone

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QSD3A 3 Slot Pay Phone

Centurion

Nortel payphones are the type of Payphones used in Canada.

Nortel has manufactured several types in Canada:

Early payphones

• N213H-3
• N233H

Series 200/ QSD-3A

Northern Electric, Nortel's previous name made chrome payphones in the 1950s. The same phone was also made by Western Electric.

Centurion

Nortel Centurion were made in the 1970s-1980s and used coins only. They came in black, brown, or green cases. Initial units used a rotary dial system and later units were touch tone key pad.

Centurions had a coin return button.

Centurion were used by Bell Canada, MTS, Telephone Milot and other local phone companies in Canada. Additionally, Centurions were used by companies in the United States such as Embarq, and a number of other independent telephone companies.

Millennium

The Nortel Millennium were introduced in the 1990s and allowed the use of coins and cards (credit card or phone cards as well as "smart" chip cards.) These units came with touch tone key pad only. A display screen allowed user to view the number dial and change the language from French to English.

These units were used by:

• Bell Canada
• Telus
• Qwest
• Sprint
• Sasktel
• Telebec
• Telephone de Nantes
• Telephone de Warwick

For coin return, Millennium users must hang up the receiver first.

The copyright to this unit was sold to QuorTech when Nortel moved away from manufacturing phone devices.

Vista 350 with card reader

Nortel made a variant of their Vista 350 with a card reader attached to the right side of the device. Users would insert a credit card or phone card to make calls. These types of phones are found in malls, hotels & hospitals in Canada & The United Kingdom.

See also

• Nortel business phones
• Northern Electric home phones
• Northern Telecom home phones