Tracing Suspicious Calls

If you are receiving suspicious or malicious calls, your system administrator can add the Malicious Call Identification (MCID) feature to your phone. This feature enables you to identify an active call as suspicious, which initiates a series of automated tracking and notification messages.

If you want to...

Then...

 

 

Notify your system

Press MCID.

administrator about a

Your phone plays a tone and displays the message, “MCID

suspicious or harassing call

successful.”

 

 

Prioritizing Critical Calls

In some specialized environments, such as military or government offices, you might need to make and receive urgent or critical calls. If you have the need for this specialized call handling, your system administrator can add Multilevel Precedence and Preemption (MLPP) to your phone.

Keep these terms in mind:

Precedence indicates the priority associated with a call.

Preemption is the process of ending an existing, lower priority call while accepting a higher priority call that is sent to your phone.

If you...

Then...

 

 

Want to choose a priority

Contact your system administrator for a list of

(precedence) level for an outgoing call

corresponding precedence numbers for calls.

 

 

Want to make a priority (precedence)

Enter the MLPP access number (provided by your system

call

administrator) followed by the phone number.

 

 

Hear a special ring (faster than usual)

You are receiving a priority (precedence) call. An MLPP icon

or special call waiting tone

on your phone screen indicates the priority level of the call.

 

 

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