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[Gustavo Pichorim Boiko <gustavo.boiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

On 05/06/2013 10:17 PM, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> I need an application to make a conference call with GSM only (no
> other service).
> I have not found such an application and think to do it as a project
> with ubuntu-phone.
>
> Can that be done at all? It is just:
> call a number of a list
> put them on hold
> call another number of a list
> join them to a conference
> put them on hold
> call another ....
>
> Where to start?
So, we are in process of updating the designs of the phone application,
and conference call is one of the things that is being worked on right
now. They are not ready yet, but once they are, this is a good start. I
don't think there is a need for a separate application to do this, as
this is a standard phone feature.

> What to take care of?
There is actually two pieces of code that need to be updated:
- telepathy-ofono (which is also in process of rewriting): this is the
code that bridges ofono and telepathy APIs, so we need to make it aware
of conference calls (basically implementing support for multiple
contacts in the call channel).
- phone-app: this part needs the UI for actually merging calls and
managing the members of a conf call. It also needs the code to add
multiple contacts to the conference call (but that's probably the
easiest part of the job).

> Which phone would be sufficient for that task?
Any of the supported phones will work for the task.

You are very welcome to contribute to the phone application. I can give
you some guidance and help on implementing that if you want, just join
#ubuntu-apps or #ubuntu-touch on freenode, my nick there is boiko.

Cheers

Boiko