Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Expected and Unexpected Gizmos from CES
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 6:18 PM EST
Pardon for a short digression from our usual VoIP trip here, but we were at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this month. Vegas is always fun, but CES makes it particularly a blast. Here were some of the toys we saw that you might want. Drop the Glasses – It’s A New Look At [...]
Blocking Nuisance Calls Using Phone.com Virtual Office Features
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 12:48 PM EST
Is your business day annoyingly and repeatedly interrupted by unsolicited sales or “cold calls” from other businesses or industry suppliers? Have you ever calculated how much time your business loses every week answering the phone for useless callers? It can add up fast. Since these calls often originate at the same place, but are made [...]
EASIER CALL FORWARDING SOLUTIONS
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 11:17 AM EST
It’s hard to imagine a world without call forwarding, a necessary service in today’s increasingly mobile society. If you’re lucky, you’re not stuck in a cubicle waiting for your phone to ring like employees of a few decades ago. Most people are out in the field trying to make business happen. That’s why call forwarding [...]
LARGE SOLUTIONS FOR LARGE COMPANIES
Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 12:21 PM EST
Phone.com is best known for helping its small or very small businesses cut communication costs while presenting a professional, big business image. But what’s not as well known is that medium and large companies are turning to the company to provide virtual phone services. Phone.com isn’t a one fits all kind of company. The beauty [...]
HOW PHONE.COM MAKES YOUR MOVE GO A BIT SMOOTHER
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 12:18 AM EST
Think of all the people who have your phone number. It’s in friends’ address books and e-mail signatures, and on your business cards. Now think of the headache you’d have by having to tell everyone you know – family, friends, coworkers, employees and past clients – that you have a new phone number. It would [...]
3 WAYS TO MIGRATE TO A VIRTUAL PHONE SERVICE
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 3:22 PM EST
Changing your communications system is a leap of faith, especially when you’re considering moving to a new technology. And since communication is the lifeblood of every business, moving to a new system is a scary prospect with all the unknowns. Once you’ve decided to switch to a virtual phone service, you have to decide best [...]
10 WAYS VIRTUAL PHONE SERVICES PROFESSIONALIZE YOUR COMPANY
Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 5:53 PM EST
You wouldn’t think twice to change your company’s letterhead to make sure it looks professional, so why would you overlook a critical aspect like your communications system? Most companies have learned that communications is a critical part of their business and have flocked to VoIP providers like Phone.com. More specifically, many companies have signed on [...]
Put texting to good and important use: text “haiti” to 90999
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 11:11 AM EST
You can donate $10 from your phone to the Red Cross earthquake relief in #Haiti by texting “haiti” to 90999. See also: Redcross.org and www.twitter.com/redcross
Who will be the winning Mobile OS of the future?
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 10:17 PM EST
iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian (Nokia) or another new operating system (OS)? Which platform will prove to be the winner in the mobile OS war? As mobile phones are becoming anything but a phone, the simplicity of the OS and the ability of third parties to easily develop applications will be key. Since its launch, [...]
How to Solve the Biggest Challenge to Building a Public HD Voice Network
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 11:15 PM EST
By: Alon Cohen, EVP & CTO, phone.com Inc At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week, Ari and I participated in the HD Voice Summit. As you might recall, Phone.com was the first enterprise VoIP provider to announce HD Voice support, and others have since joined the HD Voice bandwagon. Both Ari and I feel [...]