teleconference

thumb|300px|Russian president Dmitry Medvedev held a teleconference with [[Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin on the consequences of the 2009 Nevsky Express bombing.]]

A teleconference, also known as a telecon, is a real-time exchange of information among multiple participants who are geographically separated but connected through a communications system. Terms such as audio conferencing, telephone conferencing, and phone conferencing are also sometimes used to refer to teleconferencing.