Using Added Features to Make Efficient Phone Calls
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Answering Call Waiting
You are in a call and hear the call waiting tone. Someone is urgently trying to reach you.
You can either answer, deflect or reject the call.
Call Waiting on an Internal Subscriber
You want to talk to an internal subscriber. However, the person is busy.
As a result of your call waiting, the person hears a call waiting tone and your phone number or name
appears on his display. The person can either answer or reject your call.
Answer
Answering the call: Press the "Answer" Foxkey.
1. Your original call partner is put on hold. You are now connected with
the party who initiated the call waiting.
– or –
Deflection
Press the "Deflect" Foxkey.
Enter destination subscriber as defined in the Chapter "Deflect a Call During
the Ringing Phase".
– or –
Reject
Rejecting the call: Press the "Reject" Foxkey.
You remain connected with your original call partner. The call-waiting
party hears the busy tone.
– or –
Exit
Ending the current call and answering the call-waiting call: Press the "Exit"
Foxkey.
1. The first call is terminated. You are now connected with the party who
initiated the call waiting.
Call waiting
Press the "Call waiting" Foxkey.
You hear the dialling tone.
Note
If the person rejects your call request or if call waiting is not possible, the call
is disconnected (busy tone).
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