General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

Base

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic casing; metal screws and components

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

22.0 cm

Width

7.5 cm

Height

3.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Northern Telecom

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Mississauga

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Founded in 1895 to Mfr. Telephone & Other Eq. for Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Northern Electric & Manufacturing Company Limited became Northern Electric Limited in 1914, Northern Telecom Limited in 1976, Nortel in 1995, Nortel Networks in 1998. On January 14th, 2009, Nortel filed for protection from creditors in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom, and, in so doing, became the first major technology company to seek bankruptcy protection during the financial crisis of 2007-2008.

Function

Used to transmit and receive telephone signals for voice communication.

Technical

Although push-button touch-tone phones made their debut to the general public in 1963, the rotary dial telephone remained common into the 1970s. Adoption of the push-button phone was steady, as it gained popularity within the workplace first, and then within homes; by the 1990s it was the overwhelming majority. Between 1976 and 1990, Northern Telecom manufactured 25 different types of home phones; phones made after 1980 were touch tone.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Label on front: "SOLO/ Code-dial"/ Numbers 1 through 9 and 0 down the proper right of the label, and instructions on the bottom for botton use/ On front: "nt/ northern/ telecom"/ On back: sticker "Communications/ Canada/ 332 1725 A"/ label: "MADE IN - FABRIQUÉ AU/ CANADA/ QUALITY BY DESIGN/ CONCEPTION DE QUALITÉ/ nt/ northern/ telecom"/ Printed in ink: "NT0023AA 07/ LN10/ 9007 CSA"/ Embossed in the plastic: "nt/ northern/ telecom/ Rd.1986"

Missing

Missing cord

Finish

Off-white body with grey bottom

Decoration

N/A