Audio Conference call

Conference call

Conference call is a call when the subscriber wants to have more than one called party listen to the audio conversation. Conference may be suitable for the person called to participate in the call or a call can be set are calling simply listens to the call and can not speak. This is often referred to as ATC (Audio Tele-Conference).

Conference calls can be designed so that a subscriber requests of other participants and adds them to call - however, participants were able to meestal zelf in a conference call, the call is a separate phone number connected to the conference bridge "(a specialized type of equipment that links telephone lines) .

Companies often use a specialized service provider, which supports a conference bridge, or for providing telephone numbers and PIN codes that participants dial to access the meeting or conference.

Three-way call, you can (usually for a fee) for many customers at home or office phone. For the three-way conversation, the first person you have chosen. Then click Hook flash (known as "Memory button in the United Kingdom and elsewhere), and click the phone number of another person, which is marked. Although it is about, is to click the flash / recall once again to bring three people. This option enables people to through outbound calls to add a call is already connected.

Business

Companies use conference calls daily to meet others, both within and outside your company. General application meetings with clients or presentations, meetings and projects and conduct regular staff meetings, training classes and communication to employees working in different places. Conference calls are considered as the primary means of reducing travel costs and workers more productive, that does not go beyond the office for meetings.

Conference calls are used in almost all U.S. public companies to submit their quarterly results. These calls usually allow security issues, analysts and are called earnings calls. The usual conference begins with a warning that everything written in call duration can be forecast and actual results may vary significantly. CEO, chief financial officer or official investor relations company, read the quarterly reports. Finally, the call for questions from analysts.
Conference calls are increasingly used in connection with web conferences, presentations or documents are shared via the Internet. This allows people to call to see the content, such as company reports, sales and business information submitted by a participant. The main advantage is that the presenter of the document can give clear explanations about the details in the document, while others simultaneously with the presentation.

Conference calls are also beginning to cross into the world of podcasting and social networks, which in turn stimulates new forms of interaction patterns. Live streaming or broadcasting of conference calls to a wider public access to the call without having to make a bridge. Moreover, the organizers of the conference call, a telephone number alongside the audio track, publication creation potential audience members to dial in case you want to cooperate.