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Voice Carrier and PhoneSuite Join Forces to Tackle Hospitality

Voice Carrier, a leading provider of enterprise-grade, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service to businesses of all sizes, today announced its partnership with PhoneSuite, a global provider of high-quality, energy-efficient, cost-efficient voice communication solutions exclusively for the hospitality industry. This partnership brings Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP© SIP Trunking solution together with PhoneSuite’s Voiceware, thus enabling both businesses to provide the hospitality industry with a seamlessly integrated VoIP communications solution.                  

“We worked very closely with PhoneSuite and their compliance team to ensure the highest quality of interoperability between Voiceware and Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP. Now, our many hospitality focused channel partners can actively position a more cost-effective and intelligent SIP phone service to their existing and future customers, while earning industry-leading monthly commissions on the new lower phone bills,” said Gary Johnson, President and CEO of Voice Carrier. “With both IntelliSIP and PhoneSuite, hotels can share their telephone service among their entire hotel portfolio, blend services across the infrastructure, while providing them and their guests with unlimited calling within the US and Canada.”

          

To find out more about Voice Carrier's IntelliSIP SIP Trunking Solution, visit us at www.voicecarrier.com. You can also immediately download the full Press Release by clicking the download button below. 

                

have one of our dedicated regional channel managers speak with you, please visit us at Voice Carrier's PhoneSuite-Exclusive Sign-Up Page.

Another Win for Voice Carrier!

Voice Carrier, a leading provider of enterprise-grade VoIP services to businesses of all sizes, announced today that its VoIP Media Gateway (VMG) has won the 2014 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award.

“It gives me great pleasure to recognize Voice Carrier with a 2014 Product of the Year Award for its commitment to excellence and innovation,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “In the opinion of our distinguished judges, Voice Carrier’s VoIP Media Gateway has proven to be among the best communications and technology solutions on the market in 2014. I look forward to continued innovation from Voice Carrier.”

          

To find out more about Voice Carrier's VoIP Media Gateway, visit us at www.voicecarrier.com. You can also immediatly download the full Press Release by clicking the download button below. 

                

For more information, and if you would like to have one of our dedicated regional channel managers speak with you, please contact us at partners@voicecarrier.com or call us at 1-888-310-0482. 

Avaya Tested, Approved and Now Promoted!

In 2013, Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP™ SIP Trunking service completed compliance testing and became certified with IP Office solutions from Avaya. As a result of this certification, all authorized Avaya Dealers can now offer their customers Voice Carrier’s truly cost-effective, simple-to–deploy, and easily managed IntelliSIP trunking service as an integral part of their Avaya IP Office enterprise telephony systems.

Find out more about this partnership by viewing the Voice Carrier and Avaya Joint Video Presentation. You can also visit us on the Avaya DevConnect site here.

To find out more and become a Voice Carrier partner, please contact us at mailto:partners@voicecarrier.com or call your personal Channel Sales Manager at 1-888-310-0482.

       

We’re starting 2014 with a bang!

We are extremely pleased and excited to announce the launch of our NEW and IMPROVED Voice Carrier website:  www.voicecarrier.com. This site now accurately reflects our image, as we are growing and changing, and represents our go-to-market strategy by showcasing a good balance between Partner and End User information.

Some new features on the site:

• Interactive Homepage complete with additional information on our products, and details for our partners and your customers.
• Newsroom complete with Press Release, In the News and Blog sections.
• Increased About Us section now including award details and executive team bios.

So visit us at www.voicecarrier.com and see why we are the clear choice for VoIP services.

    

Voice Carrier Announces Partnership with PhoneSuite

SAN JOSE, CA--(Dec 3, 2013) -Voice Carrier, a leading provider of enterprise-grade, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) carrier service to businesses of all sizes, today announced that its IntelliSIP^TM trunking has earned an interoperability certification with Voiceware by PhoneSuite, a global provider of high-quality, energy-efficient, cost-efficient voice communication solutions exclusively for the hospitality industry.

 

IntelliSIP offers a robust, redundant, cloud-based SIP trunking service that seamlessly connects to Voiceware’s, highly specialized, hospitality phone system software. IntelliSIP dramatically reduces monthly recurring operating costs over traditional digital telephony services while enabling businesses to increase productivity, and enjoy 21^st century cutting edge features such as no cost remote extension calling, private conference bridges and follow me functionality to most portable devices.

 

“Voiceware runs anything, anywhere, provides a unique browser-based front desk console, and does it all without expensive equipment upgrades therefore lowering your operating costs,” says Frank Melville, CEO of PhoneSuite. “By partnering with Voice Carrier, our customers can now enjoy even bigger reductions in cost as IntelliSIP helps to reduce their monthly phone service bill by up to 60%. This partnership has worked so well, that we have invited Voice Carrier to join us at the upcoming Vantage Hospitality Conference December 4-8 in Las Vegas, Nevada.” 

 

“We worked very closely with PhoneSuite and their compliance team to ensure the highest quality of interoperability between Voiceware and Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP. Now, our many hospitality focused channel partners can actively position a more cost-effective and intelligent SIP phone service to their existing and future customers, while earning industry-leading monthly commissions on the new lower phone bills,” said Gary Johnson, CEO of Voice Carrier.  “We look forward to participating with PhoneSuite at the Vantage Hospitality Conference in December.”

About Voice Carrier, LLC
Headquartered in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Voice Carrier, LLC has delivered award winning business VoIP phone service and systems to businesses of all sizes across the nation since 2009. As the “voice of experience” in business telephone service and systems, Voice Carrier empowers the VoIP phone service market by providing highly scalable, hosted, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), virtual PBX / phone systems, and enterprise-grade IntelliSIP™ trunking services. For more information, call (855) 456-VOIP (8647) toll-free in the U.S., email sales@voicecarrier.com, or visit http://voicecarrier.com. 

More information on Voice Carrier can be found at:

http://community.spiceworks.com/pages/voicecarrier
https://www.facebook.com/VoiceCarrier
https://twitter.com/voicecarrier
http://www.linkedin.com/company/voice-carrier
http://www.youtube.com/user/VoiceCarrierCorp/

Voice Carrier Contact:

Jeff Gigoux
Chief Marketing Officer
(650) 376-1203

About PhoneSuite
For over 25 years, PhoneSuite has leveraged its expertise in communication technology to provide high-quality, low-power consuming products. PhoneSuite is dedicated to the design and manufacture of products exclusively for the hotel industry, and is proud to have installed 4,000 systems in properties ranging from B&B’s to 475-room franchise hotels throughout the world.

More information on PhoneSuite can be found at:

http://www.phonesuite.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Phonesuite
https://twitter.com/phonesuite
http://www.linkedin.com/company/phonesuite
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePhoneSuite

Phone Suite Contact:

Frank Melville
Chief Executive Officer
800-245-9933

How to Best Leverage Social Media

Social media is a great way to connect to partners, businesses, and potential customers for free. It also helps businesses with search engine optimization (SEO), website traffic generation, and relationship building through education. Social media provides a platform for people to get access to immediate, up-to-date information on websites like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn on relevant topics such as what is happening in the Voice over IP market.

So how should you engage?
Social media is not the place for self-promotion.  Yes it’s okay to talk about your business and discuss product offerings, company updates and so on, but don’t let the communication center only on this. Social media is meant to be just that – social. It should be a two-way, somewhat personal conversation.

According to Paul Rand, Author of Highly Recommended: Harnessing the Power of Word of  Mouth and Social Media to Build Your Brand and Your Business, you must be sure to take into the effect of the 90/10 rule. “The 90/10 Rule states that you spend 90% of your time engaging with people across your communication channels: informing them, entertaining them, educating them, sharing with them, asking for their input, and listening to them. You spend the remaining 10% of your time actively sharing your brand messages—or encouraging people into action of some kind.”

Another great source of information about new trends in marketing and social media can be found at Jay Baer’s website:  www.jaybaer.com.  He is one of the leading experts, and a best-selling author in the field.  We highly recommend his book, “Youtility, Why Smart Marketing is About Help, Not Hype.”

Not sure what to say?
If you want to understand your audience, ask them for their opinion. Let your audience help you determine what content is most relevant to them. Social is a great space to ask people what they think – and to get feedback from a community that can build upon each other’s answers. It is an open forum for discussion and most sites have a variety of tools that help you to engage like surveys, comments sections and such. Take advantage of these tools and talk with your audience. The best way to get answers is to ask questions, so don’t be shy, and don’t overthink it. Social Media should be a fun, collective community to engage in.

So who should you connect with?
Most people use Social Media to stay connected with family and friends on a personal level, but it can be more than just that. Studies show that 70% of consumer loyalty and spending decisions are based on emotional factors, while 88% of communications decision makers use their peers as their
#1 source of recommendations, and 92% of all consumers report that a word-of-mouth ecommendation is the “leading reason they buy a product or service.” Social media platforms provide an emotional connection to a business, brand or product. Seeing a post by a friend, family member or colleague helps to create an even closer connection.

Also it’s important to follow your colleagues, your business partners, your customers and topics that interest you and help your business. Companies (like us) often post their most up-to-date product and company information as well as industry information. For example, blogs like these are a great way to keep up with what is happening in the VoIP Industry:

www.voipsecurityblog.com
www.voipreview.org/blog 

So like us, follow us or subscribe, and let’s start chatting! We can help each other to stay at the forefront of all things VoIP.

      

The BYOD Phenomenon is Here to Stay

BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device, is a policy that allows employees to use their mobile devices (i.e. personal cell phones, laptops and tablets) for work-related activities - including corporate network connectivity.  Over the past couple of years, this policy has become a major trend within the business world and in many cases, it is now the norm. 

So what took so long? Well, originally there was a lot of resistance due to corporations worrying about the security of the data, documents and communications transmitted through these devices. However, companies decided to attack that head on by developing clear policies and requirements to be used when accessing corporate data with a mobile device, coupled with new security software applications specifically designed to protect and secure mobile devices. As security was no longer presenting an issue, the BYOD movement became seen as a good alternative and was proving to be a practical and cost-effective way of working. Even the demand for internal IT departments assistance with mobile device issues decreased as employees themselves were taking on that responsibility, as they have ownership of the device.

Employees also generally prefer BYOD because they can use their preferred devices that they are already accustomed to, whenever needed, therefore making them more efficient. The evolution of unified communications via the cloud has also drastically changed the landscape in which employees can interface with their co-workers. With a virtual PBX, employees can have their office phones easily forwarded directly to their mobile device.  If on the road, the user can use their smartphone to log into their PBX extension and set up an unconditional forward, so that they never miss an important call.

The usage of a mobile device allows employees to work outside the office, after-hours, more easily. With mobile VoIP, employees can access their virtual PBX through simple applications (like Bria) by merely connecting through their cellular network or WiFi which automatically registered the extension on the PBX.   This allows the employee to not have to make costly cellular calls (domestic and international) since they can call extension to  extension without any usage fees since the call is being communicated via the Internet.

According to FierceWireless, a recent Juniper Research report predicted a huge increase in mobile VoIP users, more than 1 billion by 2017. This will no doubt change the way users communicate while on the go or through BYOD practices.

With all these benefits for both business and staff, it seems clear that the BYOD phenomenon is here to say. In fact, Gartner has predicted that by the year 2017 at east 50% of enterprises will require employees to supply and use their own personal devices for work purposes. Will you and your business be a part of this?

www.IntelliSIP.com

    

Voice Carrier Announces IntelliSIP Compliance with Leading PBX and Phone System Providers

Voice Carrier, a leading provider of enterprise-grade, VoIP services to businesses of all sizes, announced today through Marketwire, that its award winning IntelliSIP^TM Trunking Service has completed testing, and has been certified interoperable with a variety of leading business phone system and PBX vendors.  Now, IntelliSIP is now fully compliant with the following industry leading phone system and PBX product lines: Avaya, Mitel, Panasonic, Toshiba, NEC, Sangoma, Itwatsu, and PhoneSuite.  To view the full press release, click here.

IntelliSIP, the intelligent way to SIP Trunk, is a Voice Carrier exclusive product that enables businesses to increase revenues and reduce costs (by up to 70%), while enjoying a variety of features such as remote extensions, conference bridges and follow me.  It is imperative that IntelliSIP runs harmoniously with the PBX in order to ensure the highest interoperability and phone service voice quality between both products. Consequently, Voice Carrier engaged with each of the PBX vendors to successfully pass the vendor’s rigorous compliance testing. 

In addition, TMC , the world's leading business to business and integrated marketing media company, has named IntelliSIP as a recipient of the 2013 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.  Voice Carrier has won this prestigious award three out of the last four years.  We are honored to be recognized again for technological excellence for our newest SIP trunking product, IntelliSIP.

To find out more and become a Voice Carrier partner, please contact us at partners@voicecarrier.com.

Avaya Compliance Reached by Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP

Voice Carrier announced today, September 10, 2013 that its IntelliSIP^TM SIP Trunking service is compliant with IP Office solutions from Avaya. As a result of this compliance, users of both Voice Carrier and Avaya can now feel confident of the interoperability of Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP™ trunking with Avaya IP Office. 

All authorized Avaya Dealers can now offer their customers Voice Carrier’s truly cost-effective, simple-to–deploy, and easily managed IntelliSIP trunking service as an integral part of their Avaya
IP Office enterprise telephony systems.

One of the companies benefiting from the interoperability of Voice Carrier and Avaya solutions is Ameritel, a telecommunications solution provider servicing customers throughout the US, from the Caribbean to the Canadian border, and an Avaya Gold Partner. 

“We integrated Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP trunking product with several of our existing customers’ Avaya IP Office systems.  We were able to easily deploy the IntelliSIP product and ‘provision’ the trunk properly the first time, including some additional functionality and services. With 27 years’ experience in telecommunications, we know that deploying SIP technology can be quite complex, but our experience working with the Voice Carrier technical team and the IntelliSIP product has been exceptionally gratifying,” said Mickey Kieffer, CEO of Ameritel.

To find out more, check out the full Press Release.

    

Voice Carrier Now NEC Certified

NEC announced today, September 5, 2013, in a Press Release that they have fully certified interoperability with Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP™ trunking service with NEC’s UNIVERGE SV8100 Communications Server and the SL1100 Communications System. This certification confirms that these communications servers will work reliably with Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP™ trunking service, and will enable the NEC reseller channel to offer a full bundled solution that includes NEC hardware, applications, and services from Voice Carrier. 

“We worked very closely with the NEC compliance team to ensure the highest quality of interoperability between NEC’s UNIVERGE SV8100 Communications Server and the SL1100 Communications System and Voice Carrier’s IntelliSIP trunking service. Now, our many NEC channel partners can actively position a more cost-effective and intelligent SIP phone service
to their existing and future customers, while earning industry-leading monthly commissions on the new lower phone bills,” said Gary Johnson, CEO of Voice Carrier. “This is a win-win proposition. The end user business significantly cuts its monthly phone bill by up to 70%, while the NEC partner earns new monthly recurring commission revenues.”

To view the full Press Release, click here.