Standard Conference Calls

A standard conference call involves three parties.

You can create a standard conference in different ways, depending on your needs and the soft keys available on your phone:

• Confrn—Use this soft key to establish a standard conference by calling each participant. Standard conference calling is a default feature available on most phones.

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

 

Place a Conference Call

To place a three-party conference call, use the following method:

1. During a call, press the more soft key and then the Confrn soft key to open a new line and put the first party on hold.

2. Place a call to another number.

3. When the call connects, press the Confrn soft key again to add the new party to the existing call with the first party.

To establish a conference call between two callers to a Cisco Unified IP phone, one active and the other on hold, press the Confrn soft key on the Cisco Unified IP phone.

To establish a conference call between two callers already present on a Cisco Unified IP phone, using separate line buttons, one active and the other on hold, use the following method:

1. Press the Confrn soft key on the Cisco Unified IP phone.

2. Press the Line button of the call you want to add to the three-party conference.

End a Conference Call

To end the conference call, use one of the following methods:

• Hang up the handset.

• Press the EndCall soft key.
  

Alternate Methods to End a Conference Call

Call initiators may use one of the following methods (functions vary according to your system configuration):

• To end the conference and remain connected to the most recent call, press the Confrn soft key. The older call is placed on hold.

• To disconnect from the conference, hang up the handset. The other parties remain on the conference call.

 

Start a Conference Call

To add new participants to an existing conference, use the following method:

1. From a connected call, press Confrn. (You may need to press the more soft key to see Confrn.)

2. Enter the participant's phone number.

3. Wait for the call to connect.

4. Press Confrn again to add the participant to your call.

5. Repeat to add additional participants.