Group Collaboration Solutions - Smoothstone Audio Conferencing
Need to include someone else in an important conversation? Users at Smoothstone clients can, with just a few key strokes on their handsets. *
Need to set up a conference bridge at a specific time in the future, with a number and PIN for each conference call participant? Smoothstone clients can, through an easy to use conference bridge.
Need to set up larger, "broadcast" conference calls for dozens or even hundreds of users -- where a moderator can allow individuals to speak as needed? Smoothstone clients can do this, too, through a convenient Web portal.
Smoothstone offers three different levels of conference calling, so there is always a solution that meets users' needs for timeliness, convenience and number of participants.
TDM IP Trunking and IP PBX Trunking clients have access to Meet Me Conference Calling and Smoothstone Audio Auditorium, but their access to On Demand Conference Calling depends on their IP PBX's capabilities. Fully Managed IP to Desktops (SmoothstoneCOMPLETE™) clients have access to all three.
Note: Smoothstone also offers an easy to use, always available, personal and private conference bridge for busy executives, called Smoothstone Personal Conference Line. It is available to anyone in any organization, including those that are not currently Smoothstone clients.
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Individual users can initiate On Demand Conference Calls (also known as "Ad Hoc Conference Calls") right from their Smoothstone IP handsets, while they are on a connected call. On Demand Conference Calls are limited to five parties total, including the conference initiator.
Meet Me Conference Calls are for small, 4-10 participant conference calls scheduled in advance. Users set them up using their Smoothstone Phone Control Web Portal. Through this portal, they can choose the date and time of the call, its length, the number of participants and whether or not the call is a one-time or a recurring event. The portal also enables users to send an email to the other conference participants informing them of the date, time, phone number to call and guest ID to use to join the conference. All participants are able to both hear and speak.
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Smoothstone Audio Auditorium.
Smoothstone Audio Auditorium conference calls are for larger, 10 to 100 participant conference calls. The key difference between this service and Meet Me Conference Calling is that during a Smoothstone Audio Conference Call, a client moderator controls which participants are able to speak. This prevents participants from talking over each other and background noise from one participant (perhaps on a cell phone) from interfering with everyone else's sound quality. The client moderator controls speaking access through a Web portal that shows the status of each participant - whether or not they can speak and which participants are "raising their hands." The moderator mutes and un-mutes individual participants at
their discretion.
To learn more about On Demand Conference Calling, Meet Me Conference Calling, and Smoothstone Audio Auditorium, contact us at 1(888)872-5619 or smoothstone@alliancedatacom.com.
Available only to users with Smoothstone IP Communications' or other approved IP phones on their desktops.
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For more information about our solutions, contact us
at 1(888)872-5619 or smoothstone@alliancedatacom.com.
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