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The Vodia Desktop App for Windows 10 is a powerful softphone solution tailored for seamless communication and collaboration in today’s fast-paced business environments. With an intuitive interface, users can easily make and receive calls, manage voicemail and access advanced features like call transfer and conference calling — all from their desktop. This application integrates effortlessly with the Vodia PBX, providing users with robust functionalities such as presence status, messaging and the ability to access company directories. The Vodia Desktop App not only enhances productivity but also supports a flexible working environment by allowing users to stay connected from any location.

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Vodia has introduced new handcrafted ringtones for Vodia PBX systems which are available for download. You can also upload custom audio files for ringback tones or general use. To upload, click "Add," provide a description, select options and upload a mono, 8kHz .wav file. For ring patterns, the system can generate variations or leave your file unchanged. After uploading, you can test the file by playing it back. Additional ringtones are available for download, including options like Chirp 1 through Chirp 8.

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Integrating Prometheus with Vodia PBX enables effective monitoring of your phone system’s performance. Start by creating an API account on Vodia PBX to grant access to Prometheus, followed by the installation of Prometheus on DigitalOcean. Update the prometheus.yml file to include your PBX as a target by configuring the DNS, username, and password. Explore the Vodia API for available system stats, such as CPU usage and memory. Finally, create custom stat panels in Prometheus to visualize and track these key performance metrics in real time.

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This guide outlines configuring Poly Edge B20 phones with the Vodia Phone System. Ensure your Vodia PBX is version 69.0.3 or higher, reset the Polycom phone to factory defaults, bind its MAC address to the PBX and set up auto provisioning. The process also involves obtaining the phone's IP address and logging in to the web interface. After rebooting, the phone seamlessly integrates with the Vodia PBX for efficient communication.

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An Automatic Call Distributor (ACD) is a telephony system or software application used in call centers and contact centers to efficiently route and manage incoming calls. The primary purpose of an ACD is to distribute incoming calls to the most appropriate and available agents or employees, ensuring that callers are connected to the right person or department to address their needs effectively. Find out how you can send an SMS from your Vodia ACD agent group.

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Vodia gives users the ability to dial other tenants within the system using full NANPA numbers, extensions or extension alias numbers. To access this feature, a multi-tenant license is essential; it empowers you to establish multiple tenants within the system, each resolving to its designated domain. This functionality streamlines communication and fosters an interconnected network within the Vodia Phone System, ensuring efficient and flexible calling across tenants.

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The Vodia PBX offers a wide array of call center codes that can streamline your operations and enhance your team's productivity. In this comprehensive guide, we'll take you through the various call center codes provided by Vodia; these codes enable you to harness the full potential of this robust communication tool. Whether you're looking to improve call handling, set up call forwarding, or you're looking to enhance your call center's performance, this guide will empower you with the knowledge and expertise needed to make the most of the Vodia PBX's call center codes.

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This comprehensive guide outlines the setup of a secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection between Vodia and Telnyx, emphasizing the crucial aspects of data confidentiality and integrity. By following the steps provided, users can establish a secure SIP trunk connection. This TLS connection guarantees encrypted and secure communication, enhancing data protection and privacy for your business.

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In the realm of network optimization, disabling the Application Layer Gateway (ALG), a critical component in network routers responsible for translating network traffic for specific applications, takes center stage. Focusing on the ZXHN H167A router model, this blog post sheds light on the importance of turning off ALG for VoIP connectivity. By deactivating ALG, you can enhance the performance of your VoIP system, ensuring it operates smoothly without any interference from the router.

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The Vodia PBX gives businesses a powerful cloud phone system that's easy to deploy and manage, and it's now available on AWS Marketplace. This system caters to businesses of all sizes, providing a user-friendly web interface for management from anywhere. The deployment process is straightforward, allowing businesses to scale their phone solutions as needed. The Vodia PBX ensures reliability and flexibility while being cost-effective, making it an ideal choice for organizations seeking efficient communication solutions. With its robust features and support, the Vodia PBX enhances business connectivity and operational efficiency.

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SMS is cool when you can send SMS and MMS messages directly to customers from your user portal. To configure your Skyetel SMS, log in to your Skyetel portal and navigate to the 3 cog wheels in the right-hand corner (shown below). This will bring you to the API section.

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snom phones are highly customizable and work seamlessly with the Vodia phone system, making deployment simple. In certain cases, however, like configuring the internal directory on a line key, special settings may be needed. To achieve this, Vodia's snom mode allows users to define and provision settings for snom phones. For example, by using the keyevent F_ADR_BOOK, you can assign a line key for the internal directory. After saving, Vodia will automatically push the new configuration to the phone, eliminating the need for manual reboots.

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The Vodia call queue number feature allows businesses to efficiently add DID numbers to call queue accounts. Each DID can be assigned a label that displays on the agent's phone, helping them identify which service or department the caller needs. Additionally, an audio prompt can be set up to inform the agent how to greet the caller, ensuring the right approach for different businesses. This feature streamlines call management, particularly for companies handling multiple departments or brands under a single PBX system. It enhances professionalism and response accuracy for customer interactions.

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Vodia’s all-in-one contact center solution improves agent productivity and customer experience by providing call centers with platform integration, reporting and unified tracking, all to streamline engagement for customers and processes for agents.

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First if all, for those do don’t know it: what is Microsoft Azure? In short, it’s Microsoft’s cloud platform: a growing collection of integrated services—compute, storage, data, networking, and app—that help you move faster, do more, and save money. But that’s just scratching the surface. Here’s what else Azure is: Vodia PBX can easily be installed onto the Azure Server.

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Vodia Networks, one of the leading providers of IPPBX and Contact center software, announced the much anticipated integrated billing functionality for its Vodia PBX software that will enable service providers to connect their Vodia PBX servers to Freshbooks; a popular cloud based accounting software, and automatically invoice their clients based on usage. This functionality will further allow service providers to track invoices and receive payments from their customers more efficiently through an online payment system.

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To set up the Vodia PBX on Google Cloud, start by creating a VM instance in Google Cloud's Compute Engine - choose a region, zone and a compatible operating system, like Debian. Once the instance is running, configure firewall rules to allow essential ports, such as 80, 443 and SIP-specific ports (5060/5061) to enable communication. Use SSH to install the Vodia PBX by downloading and executing the installation script. After installation, configure the Vodia PBX login, then adjust IP routing settings to recognize the Google Cloud NAT by specifying internal and external IPs. This setup helps you effectively run the Vodia PBX in a cloud environment with secure, remote access and full functionality.

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The simple filter on our PBX for the domain name was that we were throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It was simply not possible to define exceptions. That made it practically impossible to use the feature in a real deployment. If the system administrator white-listed IP addresses, traffic from there would still be ignored if the domain name did not match. Adding that back in to the filter solves many of the trunk related problems, as admins can just add the IP addresses for the trunks.

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Thus the move with MongoDB. Although it is latest technology (and maybe just because of that), writing natively into the database was actually relatively simple. MongoDB can deal with very large amounts of data, so the PBX does not have to bother with it. Down the road we might be even able to use the DB for reading as well, e.g. when the user is using the call history from the web interface.

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Once we have the PCAP, finding a problem is becoming almost a pleasure. Because the files are small, and everything is in the same place. It becomes easy to find jitter problems, missing RTP packets and so on. Last week I saw how another external tool took the PCAP idea to the next level. Using an Ethernet switch with port mirroring, all the traffic that hits the PBX also hits the monitoring server, which also sorts the traffic by calls and then puts them into different files. There were nice logs of SIP packets, RTP analysis and other things you want to know about a call.

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Usually every domain needs their own telephone number or numbers that link the world of VoIP with the good old telecom industry. This is done using SIP trunks. While it is possible to share a SIP trunk with several domains, most hosted providers prefer one trunk per domain. But how does the SIP trunk provider know which trunk is being addressed when there is a call coming in?

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Vodia Networks utilizes Stripe as its payment processor for billing on its hosted PBX services, enabling both postpay and prepaid billing options for customers. This integration allows for seamless electronic transfers between a customer’s bank and Vodia, simplifying the payment process for users. By setting up various billing plans and assigning them to domains, administrators can effectively manage customer payments while ensuring sensitive payment information, such as credit card details, are securely handled through Stripe's infrastructure. This approach not only enhances billing efficiency but also strengthens data security and compliance with payment regulations.

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The work from home trend has gained quite a bit of traction over the years. Considering how many companies are going global and employing talent in remote places, it was only a matter of time before this happened. With that said, this trend isn't only gaining traction because of necessity, it's also because of the benefits. 2020 is a tech savvy time to be alive, and provided that companies give their employees the proper tools to do it, working from home can prove to be a catalyst for surprisingly high productivity, compared to working in the office.

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The Vodia Phone app is a free add-on that enables users to connect to their Vodia PBX accounts, providing an intuitive interface for managing contacts and call history. Utilizing WebRTC technology, the app allows VoIP calls over WiFi or 3G without additional costs, ensuring high audio quality for mobile communications. Key features include multi-call support, call transfer, DTMF sending and user presence indicators. It's important to note that while the app enhances mobile VoIP capabilities, it's not a substitute for emergency calls like 911, and users should ensure proper access to emergency services on their mobile devices. For enhanced security, a valid SSL certificate is recommended for both the PBX and the app.

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There are many benefits to telecommuting. Telecommuting allows a worker greater freedom regarding his or her work hours and work location. It gives the employee more flexibility to balance work and personal obligations. Often, working from home can make you more productive, because you do not have the distractions of office space. There are also many benefits to employers. Allowing workers to telecommute often makes them more productive, which benefits the company. With virtual communication traffic on the rise, Vodia is positioned to pump out the best and most efficient PBX software in the cloud.

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If you’re already using Digital Ocean to deploy your Vodia PBX, this will be a game changer for future installations. The ease and speed with which you can accomplish this will now be cut significantly by this new configuration. If you however do not use Digital Ocean with your Vodia set-up, it’s remarkably simple to set up, and we encourage you to try it. In three simple steps, you can go from absolute zero to VoIP hero and have your own Vodia system completely up and running. Just set your instance options, deploy, and configure!

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In an attempt to stay true to our tagline – Where VoIP is Easy – Vodia has created two new browser extensions: One for Chrome and one for Mozilla Firefox. These extensions allow you to now click-to-dial right from the browser window, without having to copy and paste the number into your browser client, or even manually entering the number on the desk phone. Simply highlight the number you want to call, right click, and then choose where you want the call to go through (browser or deskphone). Of course, you’ll need to input your Vodia credentials into the extension popup before you can make a call, but once that is done, you are off to the races!

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Vodia Networks has developed a new device, Vodia IO, for simple telephony of the future. This broadband router, equipped with innovative VoIP features, is based on the latest router platform from Intel and offers small business owners everything they need for their daily business communication. Vodia IO enables connection to DSL as well as the fibre optic network and offers Gigabit Ethernet, integrated Gigabit WLAN, a powerful telephone system plus a built-in DECT base station as well as analogue telephone connections. The analogue terminals allow connection to POS devices, door intercoms or fax machines.

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CallCabinet, long trusted for its multiple award-winning compliant call recording solution, Atmos, has teamed up with Vodia, the company that pioneered multi-tenant PBX, with a cloud-based solution for every firm that needs to record calls for training, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, or security.

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QuestBlue, provider of SIP Trunks and Wholesale Voice Services, and SIP Server Software Developer Vodia Networks today announced a strategic partnership that establishes QuestBlue as an officially approved SIP Trunk Provider listed within the Vodia PBX. Resellers and MSPs in the US can now utilize QuestBlue’s certified SIP Trunking services for voice calls as an integrated and compliant solution.

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VOIP America, a Cloud Communication and Collaboration Distributor, and Vodia Networks have announced a strategic partnership in the Latin American market. Resellers and MSPs in the region can now rely on VOIP America to meet their demands. This incredible partnership strengthens Vodia’s presence in Central and South America, including hardware, software, support and certification training.

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1TeamCloud, Cloud Communication and Collaboration Distributor and Vodia Networks announce a strategic partnership in the Brazilian market. Resellers and MSPs in the region can now rely on 1TeamCloud to meet their demands. This incredible partnership strengthens Vodia’s presence in Brazil, including hardware, software, support and certification training.

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UC-Reseller has recently launched a new 3CX to Vodia migration tool as part of its UC-247 ecosystem; the migration tool aims at simplifying the migration process for resellers transitioning from 3CX to the Vodia PBX. This tool automates the configuration of key elements such as SIP Trunks, inbound and outbound rules and extensions, significantly reducing the time and potential errors associated with manual migrations. A notable success story highlights a call center migration with 300 extensions completed in just 15 minutes, compared to three hours using traditional methods, showcasing substantial efficiency gains. To promote this tool, UC-Reseller is hosting a launch webinar on July 7, where attendees will receive a complimentary single-use license for up to 20 extensions. The collaboration between UC-Reseller and Vodia Networks emphasizes their commitment to supporting resellers with innovative tools that enhance their service offerings in a competitive market .

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AT&T IP Flexible Reach is a SIP trunking service that provides integrated access for both IP and TDM PBX environments. It consolidates voice and data services, simplifying operations and potentially reducing costs. When paired with the Vodia IOP PBX, this integration allows seamless management of SIP trunks, including features like fax over email or connecting traditional fax devices with an FXS adapter. To configure, you’ll need the IP Flex service with "SIP handoff" for direct SIP call routing. With Vodia's SIP trunk template, setting up AT&T Flexible Reach is streamlined, matching DID numbers to extensions or hunt groups by default, making it ideal for businesses seeking reliability and ease of use.

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Skyetel is an exceptional SIP trunk provider that integrates effectively with the Vodia PBX, making it easy to manage multi-tenant billing and maintain accurate call records for each customer. By using the Skyetel trunk template, organizations can set up their SIP trunks with ease and ensure tenant names match across both platforms for accurate billing. This synchronization allows the Vodia PBX to forward tenant information, such as the "X-Tenant" header in SIP invites, to Skyetel, facilitating precise customer billing based on their unique tenant domain. This streamlined process enhances operational efficiency and simplifies billing management, making it an ideal solution for businesses utilizing the Vodia multi-tenant system. For more details on the setup process, you can check the guide here.

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The Vodia Auto Attendant dispatches calls to the right destination without the need for human intervention. Callers can use extension numbers and extension names to find a particular account. There are several ways to redirect incoming calls, based on time of call, and to present different announcements.