Cisco Systems 7970 Making Conference Calls, Standard Conference Calls, Meet-Me Conference Calls

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 (ad hoc) 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.

•Join—Use this softkey to establish a standard conference by joining several calls already on one line.

•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 Starting and Joining a Standard Conference, 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 Starting or Joining a Meet-Me Conference Call, page 33 for additional instructions.

Starting and Joining a Standard Conference

A standard (ad hoc) conference allows at least three people to participate in a single call.

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