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title: Communication channel definition
description: You can define a communication channel for each communication task. The communication channel determines which mode of communication to use for the task when a plan is attached to an incident. The modes of communication available are: email, SMS, conference, and Slack.
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canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/incident-communications-management/communication-channel-definition.html
release: australia
product: Incident Communications Management
classification: incident-communications-management
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Managing Incident Communications, Incident Communications Management, IT Service Management]
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# Communication channel definition

You can define a communication channel for each communication task. The communication channel determines which mode of communication to use for the task when a plan is attached to an incident. The modes of communication available are: email, SMS, conference, and Slack.

For information on how to create a communication channel definition, refer to [Create communication channel definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/create-comm-channel-definition.md) .

**Parent Topic:**[Managing Incident Communications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/incident-communications-management/working-with-inci-comm-mgmt.md)