RFC 4733 specifies how DTMF signalling, other tone signals and telephony events are carried in RTP packets, and it obsoletes RFC 2833.

Checked 2026-09-30

This memo describes how to carry dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) signalling, other tone signals, and telephony events in RTP packets.
Vendor
IETF
Product
RTP telephone-event payload
Subsystem
dtmf-transport
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 4733, December 2006
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-rfc4733-dtmf-rtp. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-rfc4733-dtmf-rtp

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ivr-modernization-rfc4733-dtmf-rtp,
  title  = {Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-rfc4733-dtmf-rtp},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-rfc4733-dtmf-rtp},
  note   = {Source note ivr-modernization-rfc4733-dtmf-rtp, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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