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VODIA ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH TEAMMATE TECHNOLOGY

The TeamMate Connector is now available with Vodia’s best-in-class, feature-rich cloud PBX. TeamMate is the perfect Vodia ecosystem partner: TeamMate’s PBX Connector enables the use of Microsoft Teams as a softphone on a Vodia Cloud Phone System. TeamMate’s SIP Trunk Connector allows a Trunk from Microsoft Teams to be registered to Vodia.

April 6, 2022

Planning a Vodia Cloud Phone System Configuration

If you're thinking about moving your phone system to the cloud, now is the perfect time, especially since the FCC's retirement of POTS lines goes into effect in August 2022. Cloud systems offer incredible features legacy systems don't, and Vodia is the ideal solution for businesses of any size. With up to 80 percent potential cost savings and enhanced collaboration for remote teams, Vodia’s cloud PBX offers everything from call queues to CRM integration. By using features like extension numbering, ring groups, and advanced call queues, businesses can create efficient, user-friendly phone experiences. Find out how to get your phone registered today.

April 4, 2022

WebRTC: A Business Communications Game-Changer

In this March 24, 2022 podcast, Christian Stredicke, CEO of Vodia, discusses the company's use of WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) to enhance business communication systems. WebRTC enables voice and video directly through browsers, solving interoperability issues common in VoIP. Christian highlights the flexibility of Vodia’s cloud phone systems, allowing seamless communication between various devices, including browsers, desktop phones, and SIP trunks. WebRTC's secure, low-latency environment is essential for improving user experience, and Christian sees it as a game-changer for future communications.

April 3, 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) and VoIP

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming how businesses operate, particularly those already using cloud-based VoIP systems. IoT connects physical objects—anything from industrial tools to home appliances—via the internet, allowing seamless data exchange. Integrated with VoIP, IoT brings automation, asset management, remote security control, and workflow improvements. For businesses, it enhances flexibility, enabling employees to access office systems from anywhere while optimizing security. This fusion helps organizations achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, and adaptability, contributing to digital transformation in industries like agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation.

March 31, 2022

Attention Medical Offices and Hospitals: Vodia is HIPAA Compliant

Vodia’s feature-rich cloud phone system has been HIPAA-compliant since 2020. We give you a full suite of robust business telephony tools, including auto attendant, SMS, paging, separation of personal and work calls, conference calls, call recording, CRM integration and Microsoft Teams integration. You can move your phone system to the cloud without having to duplicate your IT infrastructure. We partner with managed service providers (“MSP”) across the USA who specialize in providing our cloud phone system to companies and organizations in healthcare – they know exactly what you need, and they know how to install it, deploy it and maintain it for you.

March 28, 2022

Tug of Work: Companies Seek Balance Betwenn Remote Hybrid and Office

Remote and hybrid work have become a lasting feature of the post-pandemic workplace, with major companies like Citigroup and Google opting for flexible models rather than mandating full-time office returns. This shift presents challenges for cities like New York, where commuter activity once fueled the economy. Mayor Eric Adams has emphasized the importance of office workers in supporting local businesses. With many workers favoring remote options, businesses must adapt by using tools like the Vodia cloud phone system, which supports dispersed teams while reducing telephony costs by up to 80%. Find out how to get your phone registered.

March 21, 2022

Fanvil X4 and X4U Models Provisioning

Vodia’s cloud PBX system seamlessly integrates with Fanvil devices, offering a robust communication solution for businesses. Whether using older models like the Fanvil X4 or newer ones like the X4U, Vodia ensures smooth provisioning for each phone model. For the Fanvil X4, provisioning requires setting the "Configuration File Name" as "prov/fanvil.xml", which is easily configured through the RPS (Redirection and Provisioning Service) interface. This setup, though simple, may require multiple factory resets during the process to ensure everything functions correctly.

March 21, 2022

VODIA PARTNER SPOTLIGHT – TE-SYSTEMS: THREE DECADES OF SUCCESSFUL TELECOMS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Based in Stoneham, MA, northwest of Boston, Microsoft Gold Partner and the U.S. home of anynode SBC, IT pioneer TE-SYSTEMS has been on a mission for three decades “to globally connect all devices while enabling unified ways of sharing data, information and making it accessible to everyone.”

March 17, 2022

The End Is Nigh – for Copper Wires

As of 2 August 2022, this summer, telecom services providers will forever retire POTS lines, per the FCC, and their customers will have to find another type of service. In August 2019, the FCC issued order 19-72A1, mandating the replacement of all U.S. POTS lines with an alternative service by August 2, 2022.

March 14, 2022

SIP HARMONY + VODIA = TRUE LOVE

SIP HARMONY is a business and residential VoIP provider. The company provides VoIP services to businesses, residences, schools, hotels and Airbnb’s, giving every one of its customers telephone systems that bring together standard SIP devices and services with proprietary clients for standard mobile and PC clients. And they do it all with TLC.

March 11, 2022

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENTS: WHEN YOUR TEAM IS RELUCTANT TO RETURN TO THE OFFICE

Fallout from COVID-19? The landscape hasn’t just changed, it’s almost as if it’s been dynamited and reconstructed, and dispersed teams, necessitated by the virus, are becoming the norm. Like it or not we are now in the hybrid work era, and the term “everywhere enterprise” seems to apply to almost every business and organization. The digital transformation, accelerated by the pandemic, seems to continue apace with no signs of slowing down.

March 9, 2022

What is a PBX

A PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is essentially a company's private phone network system, allowing internal and external communication. Traditionally, businesses were connected to the public telephone company's central office for all call-related activities. Advancements, however, led to companies bringing this system in-house, creating the PBX. This setup allowed businesses to manage calls internally without needing separate external phone lines for every phone. Over time, these systems became automated, and now many PBX systems are hosted in the cloud, operating over the internet rather than traditional phone lines.

February 22, 2022
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