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Making Conference Calls
Your Cisco IP Phone allows you to join three or more people into one telephone conversation, creating
a conference call.
Types of Supported Conference Calls
There are two types of conference calls: Standard and MeetMe.
Standard Conference Calls
In standard (or “ad hoc”) conference calls, the conference organizer must call participants to add them
to the conference. Using your Cisco IP Phone, you can create standard conference calls in different
ways, depending on your needs and your phone’s configuration:
• 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 among 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 is an optional feature available only for shared lines, and your
system administrator must configure it for you. See the “Using a Shared Line” section on page 29
for details.
See the “Starting and Joining a Standard Conference” section on page 25 for additional instructions.
MeetMe Conference Calls
MeetMe conferencing allows participants to join a conference by calling the conference number
directly, rather than waiting for the conference initiator to call them.
To start a MeetMe conference, use the MeetMe softkey on your phone, then dial the MeetMe phone
number provided to you by your system administrator. To participate in a MeetMe conference, dial
the MeetMe phone number at a specified time. Conference participants hear a busy tone if they call
into the conference before the conference initiator has dialed in. Once the conference initiator has
dialed in, the MeetMe conference is established and can continue even if the conference initiator
disconnects. Note that MeetMe conferencing is a special feature that your system administrator must
configure for you.
See the “Starting or Joining a MeetMe Conference Call” section on page 26 for additional instructions.