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How to Make a Conference Call on the Nortel T7316E Phone

 

Conference calls can help businesses save time and money by enabling meetings over the phone. Rather than traveling to meet in person, employees and business partners may conveniently holding meetings over the phone.

The Nortel T7316E business phone enables conference calling, among other beneficial features. Do you own a Nortel T7316E phone? Do you know how to make a conference call on your phone? Fret not – we will show you how to make a conference call, simply follow these steps.

Before we begin, your phone may be equipped with short codes. Short codes are numbers you may dial for certain functions from any types of phones within your telephone system. The short code for Conference Held Calls is *47, and it may be enabled on your system. By dialing *47, you may start a conference with the callers you have on hold.

If you have a connected call and any held calls, you may start a conference between yourself and those calls by pressing FEATURE 3. Otherwise, you may follow these steps to start a conference call.

Begin by placing a call to the first party, or answer an incoming call. Next, place this call on hold by pressing the HOLD button, or FEATURE 3. Now you may dial the second party that you would like to add. Once they answer and consent to joining the conference, press FEATURE 3.

Should the second party not answer, or decline to join the conference, you may hang up the handset or press the RELEASE (Rls) button. To return to the first party on hold, press its call appearance, or the button next to the flashing icon.

Already engaged in a conference call, but want to add more parties? It’s simple – press the HOLD button or FEATURE 3 and the appearance key for the conference call will show a fast flashing icon. If the conference call is hosted on another telephone system, the conference will hear your music on hold. If the conference call was made on your system, the conference will continue while you dial the party you wish to add.

When you get a hold of the new party and they consent to join the conference, you may press FEATURE 3. If the part doesn’t answer or declines to join the conference, you may press the RELEASE (Rls) button or hang up the handset. Return to the conference by pressing the appearance key/fast flashing icon.

And that’s how you make conference calls on the Nortel T7316E phone. If you have any questions regarding these steps, please contact us. You may visit us online or call 1-800-564-8045.

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Nortel T7316E Display Phone
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