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Making Conference Calls
Your Cisco Unified IP Phone allows you to join three or more people into one telephone 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 (ad hoc) 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 32 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 34 for additional instructions.
Starting and Joining a Standard Conference
A standard conference allows at least three participants to talk on a single call.
If you want to... Then...
• Create a conference by
calling participants
• Add new participants to
an existing conference
1. From a connected call, choose Options > Confrn.
2. Enter the participant’s phone number.
3. Wait for the call to connect.
4. Choose Options > Confrn again to add the participant to your
call.
5. Repeat to add additional participants.