Forwarding Your County Desk Phone Number to Your Cell Phone

Posted on by Jeff Feiertag

Do you have a dedicated phone line at work, and would you like to be able to forward it to your cell phone?

To have this set up for you, please fill out a TSR.

  • Nature of Problem: Telecomm Services & Hardware
  • Comments: Please cite your name and Avaya desk phone number

The FRS telecom manager will need to have this capability enabled on the server. Thereafter, return to this TechTip and see below for forwarding instructions.

To turn on auto-forwarding, once it is available to you:

  • Dial *2, 9 and then the phone number to which you would like to send the calls. (Notes: If the area code is not 202, 240 or 301, you must include the number 1 before the area code.)
  • Examples:
    • For the number 240-555-1212, you would enter: *292405551212.
    • For the number 614-555-1212, you would enter: *2916145551212.

To turn off auto-forwarding:

  • Dial #2.

Final thoughts:

  • Turning the auto-forward on and off must be done from your desk phone.
  • The caller ID (on your second device) should show the number of the caller, not the phone number of your desk phone.
  • If you have any questions or concerns, please submit a TSR with the category Telecomm Services & Hardware.