What Is The Cell Phone Conference Calling Feature?

Cell phone conference calling is a way for a person to speak to two or more people at a time, all on a single line.

Also known as “3-way calling”, cellular phones conference calling has been heralded by teenagers all over the world as the single greatest advancement in telephone technology since the advent of multiple lines.

By putting your call on hold and dialling out to another number, multiple extra contacts can be added to a call, allowing everyone on the phones line to talk at once. Depending on the cell phones plan, the multiple could be as little as three or could encompass many different people in many different places.

Originally intended as a way for businesses to contact multiple people simultaneously as in a board room conference, allowing meetings to be held with different people all over the world, cellular phone conference calling has found a comfortable second home as a hugely popular cell phone service for younger people.

A great way for friends and family to get together and all talk together, you can see why many cellular phone companies such as ALLTEL, or companies such as Liberty Wireless and their competitors over at Tracfone offer either free conference calling or reduced rates on their cell phone plans.

Anyone interested in making use of cellular phone conference calling should be forewarned, however, that some companies advertising free conference calling or 3-way calling may still make the user pay for activated minutes, meaning that though technically the service is free, one or all of the people involved in the cell phones conference call may end up paying extra due to the amount of minutes used.

Some cell phone contracts can even charge you for up to twice the minute airtime for each person connected to the cell phone conference call!

Also see; cell phone glossary.

Author Notes:

Bill Schnarr contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.cell-phones-n-plans.com. A cell phone industry resource that features service plan comparisons, cellular phone reviews and articles.