Telephone Audio Conferencing

Users at Duke have several telephone audio conferencing options available.

  • Telephone audio conferencing is available from every Duke Cisco IP phone at no additional charge (see the instructions below).
  • Operator-assisted, pay per use telephone audio conferencing is available from third party service providers PGi (Premiere Global Services, Inc.) and Verizon Business Conferencing. A Duke p-card is required for payment. Note that these providers also provide pay per use, ad hoc Web conferencing services. To learn about all your audio/visual conferencing options, visit visit OIT's AV Conferencing page.
  • Free telephone audio conferencing is available from InstantConference. Note that long distance charges may apply for participants, and no operator support is available.

Audio conferencing from a Duke (Cisco IP) phone

Duke's phone system allows you to set up a free conference call for up to 10 parties using your phone's menus and buttons. To establish a conference call, do the following:

  1. Dial the first party.
  2. Once connected, select More. (More appears in the display. To select this option, press the corresponding button below the display.)
  3. Select CONFRN (Conference).
  4. Dial the next party.
  5. Once connected, press CONFRN. All parties are connected.

To add additional parties, repeat steps 3 - 5.

For complete phone instructions, see Using Your Phone.