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Evolution of the Telephone: Improving Business in 3 Key Ways

Felicia JoyMarch 13, 2013

Cloud computing is revamping entire industries - and telecommunications is no exception. Compared to the legacy phone systems they're designed to replace, cloud phone services like RingCentral are easier to access, more mobile-friendly and better able to bring virtual workforces together. How do RingCentral Office's features improve accessibility, mobility and unity for businesses? Read on: 1) Accessibility Cloud-based telephony has completely revolutionized the standard business phone system. Not only has it changed the way we do business, cloud telephony has changed the way we think about and access the business phone system. What used to take days or weeks can now be accomplished in minutes Read More »

5 Ways You Can Listen to Your RingCentral Voicemail

Divine Cabalfin March 12, 2013

If by chance you happen to encounter any difficulty accessing your voicemail in the usual manner, know that there are actually five different options available to you. You may use: 1) The RingCentral app > Messages 2) The RingCentral online account interface > Messages > Inbox > Play 3) The RingCentral softphone (formerly known as Call Controller) > Double-click the voice message 4) A VoIP phone (a RingCentral-issued model or a third-party one that was manually provisioned) > *86 > Password > # > 1 5) A regular phone (regular landlines, mobile phones and IP phones NOT

Sharna Brockett March 11, 2013

One hundred and thirty-seven years ago yesterday, the first telephone call took place. Any guess as to who placed the call and what was said? (The answers are at the end of this post.) In honor of this most auspicious of audio anniversaries, we polled nearly 2,000 people to determine how our collective phone habits have (and haven't) changed over the years. Some of the results of the poll may surprise you. For example, 60 percent of people said they had at least four phone numbers on their business cards. And text messaging is on the rise: four of every five people we surveyed use

Meaghan Edelstein March 7, 2013

Recently there’s been a lot of chatter on the subject of remote working. Just last month Yahoo! CEO, Marissa Mayer sparked a firestorm of conversation around whether businesses should allow employees to work remotely. Since then, Best Buy has announced its elimination of its flexible work program, while others insist their employees are more productive when working from home. This week's Friday Five is dedicated to those businesses that see the value of telecommuting. Here are five killer apps to help you