Conference Calling Guide
Posted on 14. Nov, 2008 by admin in General
As you may or may not know, conference calling is a telephone call involving 3 or more individuals. Conference calls are often used in business to connect 3 or more company representatives together so a three way (or more) conversation can take place as opposed to a standard two way phone conversation and then the details needing to be relayed and relayed to all parties. Not all conference call systems allow all parties to participate in the call, some systems only allow a two way conversation but multiple parties can listen in on the audio. To add parties to the conversation, the individuals simply need to call in or the conference call holder can in turn call each party and add them to the chat.
Companies wishing to make a conference call often turn to specialised service providers who handle the conference call on their behalf. The company will provide a phone number and pin code for the participants to dial into and access allowing all dialed in parties to communicate.
Third party conference call (bridging) services are extremely low cost when compared to installing such facilities in your own office building and as a result, many small, medium and large business are turning towards these providers.