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How to Use Framework IT Hosted VoIP

Installation

Making Calls

Making International Calls

Extension Dialing

Intercom

Receiving Calls

Making Calls

Making a call with your phone does not require a leading 9. You can dial on-hook or off-hook.

To dial on-hook:

  1. Dial the phone number.
  2. Pick up the handset, headset, or speaker.

To dial off-hook:

  1. Pick up the handset, headset, or speaker.
  2. Dial the phone number.

Making International Calls

To dial an international call:

  1. Dial the international call code 011.
  2. Dial the country code.
  3. Dial the local number.

International calling is commonly disallowed to prevent toll fraud.

Extension Dialing

Extensions on your system can be dialed using their 3-to-4 digit extension or by pressing the button on your phone corresponding to the desired extension.

Intercom

VoIP phones provide an intercom feature that allows you to instantly connect to other phones within your office. Intercom functionality is ideal for announcing visitors or asking a quick question.

When one phone intercoms another extension, it does not ring the other phone. Instead, the other phone will beep, and then its microphone and speaker turn on.

To intercom

  1. Dial 99 ext. For example, to intercom extension 100, dial 99100.

Receiving Calls

When a call comes in, you can answer it via a headset, speakerphone, or handset.

  1. To answer a call using a handset
  2. Lift the handset off-hook.
  3. To answer a call using a speakerphone
  4. Press the Speaker
  5. To answer a call using a headset
  6. Usage depends on how the headset is connected. Often, you'll press the button on the headset or press the headset button on the phone.

Handling Calls

Attended Transfer

Blind Transfer

Transfers to External Numbers

Voicemail Transfer

Park and Hold

Directed Call Pickup

Do Not Disturb/DND

3-Way Conference

Attended Transfer

Attended transfer allows you to speak to the transfer recipient prior to completing the transfer while the caller is on hold.

To perform an attended transfer using Polycom and Yealink phones:

  1. Press the Transfer key/softkey on your phone.
  2. Dial the recipient's extension or press their BLF.
  3. Speak to the recipient, and then either press Transfer again to complete or cancel if the recipient cannot take the call.

Blind Transfer

To blind transfer using Polycom phones with older firmware

  1. Press Transfer.
  2. Press the Blind (if there is no Blind softkey see directions for new firmware)
  3. Enter the extension of the recipient or the recipient's BLF.

To blind transfer using Polycom phones with newer firmware

  1. Press and hold the Transfer button.
  2. Select Blind from the on screen menu
  3. Enter the extension of the recipient or the recipient's BLF.

To blind transfer using Yealink phones

  1. Press Transfer.
  2. Dial the extension of the recipient
  3. Press Transfer.


A transfer can also go to an external number such as a cell phone. Follow the transfer directions above but instead of dialing an extension, dial a 10 digit phone number.

Voicemail Transfer

Voicemail transfer goes straight to the recipient's voicemail box without ringing the recipient's phone.

  • Perform a blind transfer with a 78 prefix before the extension. For extension 111's voicemail, for example, blind transfer to 7111.

Park and Hold

On your phone system, hold is a local function. This means a call held on your phone cannot be picked up at another station. Park is a system-wide function. This means a call parked at one phone may be picked up by any phone.

  1. Dial *** in an active call from any phone. The system says, "The call is parked at 7xx."
  2. Hang up.

To retrieve the parked call, dial 7xx where xx is the number stated by the system.

Directed Call Pickup

Directed call pickup (DCP) allows you to answer a call ringing at another station.

  • Dial 55ext. If 111 is ringing, for example, dial 55111 to pick up that call.

Phones with BLFs to the ringing station can also press the corresponding BLF.To use SMS/texting features with an external phone number a 10DLC Brand and Campaign registration must be completed. A direct dial phone number assigned to the extension/user is needed as well. Please reach out to the Telephony Team to complete the 10DLC registration process and assign a direct phone number.

Do Not Disturb/DND

To enable DND and prevent incoming calls to the ConnectUC app, click on your profile picture on the top right of the app from the main screen.

3-Way Conference

  1. Call or be called by the first participant in the conference.
  2. Press the Conference key/softkey, and then dial the second participant.
  3. After the second participant picks up, press Conference again to connect everyone