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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 Meet-Me.
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 28
for details.
See the “Starting and Joining a Standard Conference” section on page 25 for additional instructions.
Meet-Me Conference Calls
Unlike a standard conference, where the conference organizer must call participants, Meet-Me
conferencing allows participants to join a conference by dialing a Meet-Me conference number and
entering a participant passcode. The Meet-Me organizer joins the conference by entering a unique
chairperson passcode.
You can establish a Meet-Me conference using the Meet-Me softkey on your phone. See the “Starting
or Joining a Meet-Me Conference Call” section on page 26 for additional instructions. Note that
Meet-Me conferencing is a special feature that your system administrator must configure for you.