RFC 7874 allows DTMF event durations of 40 to 8000 ms (100 ms recommended) with a minimum 30 ms gap between events (70 ms recommended).

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
WebRTC protocol suite
Subsystem
dtmf
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 7874
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). WebRTC in modern contact centers: source note webrtc-deployment-rfc7874-dtmf-timing. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/webrtc-deployment-rfc7874-dtmf-timing

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-webrtc-deployment-rfc7874-dtmf-timing,
  title  = {WebRTC in modern contact centers: source note webrtc-deployment-rfc7874-dtmf-timing},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/webrtc-deployment-rfc7874-dtmf-timing},
  note   = {Source note webrtc-deployment-rfc7874-dtmf-timing, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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