Cisco states that Webex Contact Center agents provisioned with a WebRTC-enabled desktop do not have access to traditional telephony devices, which is why the desktop itself must support 911.

Checked 2026-10-02

When contact center agents or supervisors are provisioned with a WebRTC enabled desktop, they do not have access to traditional telephony devices.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Webex Contact Center
Subsystem
Agent Desktop WebRTC emergency calling
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
us and canada
Release range
current as of 2026-10-02
Checked
2026-10-02

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Emergency calling from contact center agent desktops: source note contact-center-agent-emergency-calling-wxcc-webrtc-no-phone. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/contact-center-agent-emergency-calling-wxcc-webrtc-no-phone

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-contact-center-agent-emergency-calling-wxcc-webrtc-no-phone,
  title  = {Emergency calling from contact center agent desktops: source note contact-center-agent-emergency-calling-wxcc-webrtc-no-phone},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/contact-center-agent-emergency-calling-wxcc-webrtc-no-phone},
  note   = {Source note contact-center-agent-emergency-calling-wxcc-webrtc-no-phone, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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