Hot desk only devices can call the regional emergency numbers without anyone starting a hot desk session, which Cisco describes as making them Kari's Law compliant.
Checked 2026-10-02
Emergency calling from hot desk only devices doesn't require a person to initiate a hot desk session on the device before calling.
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Webex Calling
- Subsystem
- emergency-calling
- Deployment
- multi-tenant
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- current as of 2026-10-02
- Checked
- 2026-10-02
Sources
- Add and manage hot desk only devices — Cisco Webex Help Center · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Add and manage hot desk only devices: emergency calling
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Setting up Webex Calling workspaces for common-area phones: source note webex-calling-workspace-setup-hdo-emergency-no-signin. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/webex-calling-workspace-setup-hdo-emergency-no-signin
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-webex-calling-workspace-setup-hdo-emergency-no-signin,
title = {Setting up Webex Calling workspaces for common-area phones: source note webex-calling-workspace-setup-hdo-emergency-no-signin},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/webex-calling-workspace-setup-hdo-emergency-no-signin},
note = {Source note webex-calling-workspace-setup-hdo-emergency-no-signin, checked 2026-10-02}
}