Can someone join by phone instead of video?

Yes. Meetings can include an audio dial-in number, which is useful for clients on the road, on weak connections or simply not set up for video.

Can I record a meeting?

Yes. Recordings can be started by the host and shared afterward. Let participants know they are being recorded and follow your own policy for storing and sharing the files.

How is this different from a webinar?

Meetings are conversational, with everyone able to speak and share. Webinars are structured one-to-many sessions with registration and presenter controls; see the Webinars page for that format.

Does it work well on a modest internet connection?

Video needs more bandwidth than voice, so quality follows the connection. Participants can turn off their camera to stay in the conversation, or dial in by phone if the link is poor.

Can I schedule meetings from my calendar?

Yes, where an integration with Outlook or Google Calendar is available. We scope the calendar connection during planning and confirm what your environment supports.

Video Meetings for Business, Included With Your Phone

3CTel Video Meetings is the video conferencing part of the business phone platform. Meetings start from the same desktop and mobile app staff use for calls, guests join from a browser link without an account, and an audio dial-in number is available for anyone without video. Hosts can share screens and record sessions. Calendar scheduling is available where an integration is confirmed during planning.

What changes for your business.

One app instead of three

Calls, meetings and chat run from the same window, so staff stop hunting for which tool a given client uses.

The client who cannot join online still joins

Every meeting can carry a dial-in number, so a customer in a truck or on a weak connection hears the whole conversation.

Explaining is faster than describing

Share a quote, a drawing or a screen mid-call and the fifteen-minute back-and-forth becomes a two-minute look.

Nobody has to take perfect notes

Record the session so the person who missed it — or the person who has to build what was agreed — can watch the part that matters.

Core capabilities.

Meetings from the calling app

Start ad hoc or escalate a live call into video without moving anyone to a different platform or asking for another login.

Browser join for guests

Send a link and clients join from a browser. No account to create, no software to install before a meeting they did not schedule.

Screen and window sharing

Share a full screen, a single window or a document, with remote control available where the participants allow it.

Dial-in by phone

Audio dial-in numbers let participants join by voice when video is not practical, and they stay in the same room as everyone else.

Recording and playback

Record meetings for training, handover or absent stakeholders, and share the file with the people who need it.

Scheduling from your calendar

Meeting links can be added from Outlook or Google Calendar, where an integration is available and scoped during planning.

Chat, hand raise and participant control

In-meeting chat, mute controls, waiting rooms and host tools keep a client-facing session orderly.

Join from a phone or tablet

The mobile app carries meetings as well as calls, so a site visit does not mean missing the review.

Common use cases.

Client review without a separate meeting licence

Professional services firms run proposal walkthroughs on the platform they already pay for as their phone system.

Distributed team stand-ups

Daily check-ins start from the same app people answer calls in, with dial-in for anyone driving between sites.

Remote troubleshooting

Support staff share screens with a customer instead of talking them through eleven clicks blind.

Training a new hire across locations

Record the session once and reuse it, rather than repeating the same walkthrough at each branch.

AI summaries and follow-ups after each meeting

Conversation intelligence produces a summary and transcript of a recorded meeting, and an AI workflow drafts the follow-up email, logs the notes against the account in your CRM and schedules the next step, each in the approval mode you set.

Setup and migration.

Meetings are part of the same platform as your phone service, so setup is mostly about who hosts, how guests join and where recordings go.

Decide who hosts
We identify which users need host rights, meeting rooms or a personal meeting link, and which only ever join.
Set meeting defaults
Waiting rooms, guest permissions, recording rules and whether dial-in is attached to every meeting are configured to your preference.
Connect calendars
Scheduling from Outlook or Google Calendar is set up where an integration is available, so links are created from the invite itself.
Test with a real client scenario
You run one meeting end to end — guest link, screen share, phone dial-in — before it goes in front of a customer.

AI in this product

AI in video meetings

Meetings produce notes, action items and follow-ups on their own, with participants told when recording and transcription are on.

Transcripts and summaries

With participants informed, meetings are transcribed and summarized into decisions, open questions and a short recap that is shared with attendees or filed to a connected system.

Action items assigned from the conversation

Commitments made during the meeting are extracted as action items with an owner and a suggested due date, ready for approval before they are sent or logged.

Scheduling and follow-up drafts

The AI can propose the next meeting time from connected calendars and draft a follow-up email or message for a person to review and send.

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Common questions, answered directly.

How do guests join a video meeting?

Guests receive a link by email or calendar invitation and open it in a browser. No account or download is required, though a desktop or mobile app is available for frequent users. A host can admit guests from a waiting room, and anyone unable to use video can join by dialling the meeting’s audio number from a phone.

Can video meetings replace a separate conferencing subscription?

For many teams, yes. Because meetings, calls and messaging share one app and one login, staff have one fewer tool to learn and one fewer invoice to pay. Whether it covers every case depends on features such as capacity and recording, which are confirmed with you during planning rather than assumed.

Is a video meeting the right format for a client presentation?

Usually. A meeting suits a presentation where the client may interrupt with questions, share their own screen or bring colleagues into the discussion. If the audience is large and should mostly watch, with questions handled through moderated Q&A and registration in advance, a webinar is the better fit and is offered as a separate product.

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Works with the tools you already use.

Integrations are scoped during planning based on your systems; availability is confirmed before activation.

Microsoft 365Productivity
Google WorkspaceProductivity
Outlook / Google CalendarCalendar
Microsoft TeamsCollaboration
SlackCollaboration
HubSpotCRM

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Frequently asked questions.

No. Guests open the link and join from a browser. A desktop or mobile app is available for people who host or attend meetings regularly.

See how meetings fit alongside your phone system.

Answer a few questions and get a setup that covers calls, meetings and how guests join.

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Meetings that start where your calls already live.