call duration

How long connected

Call duration is the length of time a phone call lasts, measured from connection to disconnection.

The term appears in billing statements, call logs, and telecommunications analytics: The average call duration was three minutes.

In customer service contexts, call duration often serves as a performance metric.

Related

cell phone · conversation · talk time · billing · talking · ringing · hold music · hangup · timeout · clock · meter · elapsed · on the line · long distance · airtime · voicemail · recorded · brief

Opposites
temporal measurement

call durationmissed call

Phone contact attempt failed

dropped call · hold time · call volume

call phase

call durationwait time

hold time · queue time · connection time

Family

call, calls, called, calling, caller, callers, callback, callbacks, duration

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