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The facts about conference calling

Conference calls have become one of the most preferred means of communication for businesses, especially to keep in touch with clients, investors, colleagues and other stake holders who might be spread across different parts of the world.

Conferencing services are not just for businesses but also for ordinary individuals who may want to connect with a group of friends or family members. There are so many different reasons why a group of people might want to be able to talk. The impulse to communicate is universal across mankind, so the uses of teleconferencing are practically infinite!

In this article we will discuss some basic facts that will serve as a primer for teleconferencing.

How does a conference call work?

Conference call service providers host something called a conference bridge which is a server that can connect multiple telephone lines at the same time. It is the bridge that callers dial into to get connected to the teleconference. All you need is an ordinary telephone line to start telephone conferencing with any number of people located anywhere in the world.

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Did you save £16 on your last conference call?

A quick analysis of our CDRs (Call Statistics) for April shows the average conference call duration was 40 minutes and 11 seconds.

OK, so that’s a pretty interesting number in itself but when you translate that to the cost of dialling an equivalent “free” conference call service hosted on an 08 number from a mobile phone, it represents £16.07 per person, per call. So, if there were five people on your last 30 minute conference call, all dialling in from mobiles, let’s hope you saved yourselves more than £80 by using WHYPAY?

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Modern businesses embrace conference calling

The modern world is very challenging for businesses. Customers are getting more demanding and the budgets are getting leaner with every passing year. To maintain their lead in the market place and to maintain healthy profit margins, smart companies bank on affordable yet effective technology. One such technology that comes to the aid of modern businesses is telephone conferencing.

Today’s businesses are spread all over the world. No longer are they restricted to any specific locality. With business partners, investors, customers and colleagues in different geographical locations, one would think that it is very difficult to keep in touch with everyone on a regular basis. But with call conferencing, any number of people anywhere in the world can communicate with ach other almost instantaneously.

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Conference calling is for everyone – not just for business

Conference calls have always been one of the most popular options for businesses to communicate with remote parties without anyone leaving the office. This saves on a lot of time and money, particularly if you have business partners, suppliers or colleagues who are based in different countries. Call conferencing lets you assemble everyone working on a project in different locations and get immediate feedback. A voice conference eliminates the chance of miscommunication because everyone can be present at the meeting; there is no need to relay the information from one person to the next by word of mouth.

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Conference calling – how to improve the quality of the call

Teleconferencing is fast becoming the most preferred method of communication for businesses. But as call conferencing is becoming more common, so are the frustrations due to long and unproductive calls. How can you make effective conference calls? How do you ensure that all your expectations of a voice conference are met and you get your time back for other tasks?

The first step in improving the quality of phone conferencing is to ensure that you are with the right teleconferencing service provider. Check whether the technology that he uses is the latest and that the conference bridge is robust enough for your purposes.

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How does free conference calling work?

If you are serious about the success of your business, you cannot afford to ignore communication. To discuss business proposals, make sales presentations or share financial results of the company, earlier people used to travel to meet face to face. But through conference calls, you will be able to communicate with any number of people without them being physically present with you in the same room. Travelling to business meetings not only takes time, but it is also expensive. When there are a host of free conference call solutions available, smart companies turn to them to cut the costs and yet keep the business running smoothly.

Free conference calls make business and personal communication easy. Many conferencing services provide affordable conferencing solutions, but if your teleconferencing needs are at a basic level, the free conference call services may be enough for you.

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Audio conferencing and options explained

Conference calls have revolutionised the way people communicate with others located in different geographical locations. By allowing three or more people to communicate simultaneously no matter where they are located, conference call services have truly made a difference in business and personal communications.

A teleconference works by connecting all the individual callers to a conference bridge which is a sophisticated server maintained by the teleconferencing service provider. The bridge acts like a telephone that is capable of answering multiple telephone calls at the same time. Conferencing services also include advanced features such as call recording, audience polls and surveys, in addition to the basic call conferencing facility.

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How to host a conference call

It is not that difficult to learn how to host a conference call. It is definitely something that you have to learn if you want to conduct a successful teleconferencing for your business. The best way for effective telephone conferencing is to first have the basic outline put together and then flesh out the details as it is required for each individual call.

To start phone conferencing, participants dial the number given by the conferencing services provider. A conference bridge connects everyone to a single teleconference. Depending on the nature and size of your business, the volume of conference calls expected in a month and the kind of conferencing facilities that you need, you can choose from the different conferencing solutions available.

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How to get free conference calls

Conference calls have now become so much a part of today’s business scenario that it is difficult to imagine that just a few years ago, people found it difficult to communicate simultaneously with others who were located in different parts of the globe. Call conferencing helps people connect to each other, no matter how many members there are, whenever they want, wherever they are located. That is the power of teleconferencing.

Most of the conferencing solutions offered by reputed conferencing service providers are easy to use and affordable. Telephone conferencing is so commonplace now that even free conference calls can be made through toll free numbers. Some conference call service providers give a toll free number that you can dial to start phone conferencing. Toll free conference calls can be done at a moment’s notice and there is no need to make a reservation.

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How does conference calling work?

Conference calls are nothing but telephone calls where three or more people converse at the same time. Most businesses these days use teleconferencing services to communicate with a large number of people at the same time without them having to physically be present in a single location. Conferencing services are changing the way the world communicates. There are many conferencing solutions available for businesses of all sizes – small, medium or large.

Telephone conferencing can be done using simple phone lines. So it is not that you need to have fancy and expensive equipment to make conference calls. Conference call service providers maintain something called the conference bridge to connect callers. It is a server that acts like a telephone that has the ability to answer multiple calls at the same time.

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