Cisco Systems 7941G-GE, 7961G-GE Making Conference Calls, Understanding Types of Conference Calls

Basic Call Handling

Making Conference Calls

Your Cisco Unified IP Phone allows you to combine three or more separate calls into one conversation, creating a conference call.

Understanding Types of Conference Calls

There are two types of conference calls: Standard and Meet-Me.

Standard Conference Calls

You can create a standard conference in different ways, depending on your needs and the softkeys available on your phone:

•Confrn—Use this softkey to establish a standard conference by calling each participant. Standard conference calling is a default feature available on most phones.

•cBarge—Use this softkey to add yourself to an existing call on a shared line and to turn the call into a standard conference call. This feature is available only on phones that use shared lines.

See the “Starting and Joining a Standard Conference” section on page 31 for additional instructions.

Meet-Me Conference Calls

You can create a Meet-Me conference by calling the Meet-Me phone number at a specified time.

See the “Starting or Joining a Meet-Me Conference Call” section on page 33 for additional instructions.

Starting and Joining a Standard Conference

A standard conference allows at least three people to participate in a single call.

If you want to... Then...

•Create a conference by 1. From a connected call, press Confrn. (You may need to press the

calling participants more softkey to see Confrn.)

•Add new participants to 2. Enter the participant’s phone number.

an existing conference	3.	Wait for the call to connect.
	4.	Press Confrn again to add the participant to your call.
	5.	Repeat to add additional participants.
Participate in a conference	Answer the phone when it rings.
Create a conference by	Highlight a call on a shared line and press cBarge. (You may need to
barging a call on a shared line	press the more softkey to display cBarge.)
	See the “Using a Shared Line” section on page 36.

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