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HGC Selects Telesmart.io’s End-to-End Portal Automation to Simplify Its Numbering Services

By Aiste Kryzanovske May 18, 2023

The leading fixed-line operator and virtual number provider can remove the complexity from ordering, provisioning and managing its wholesale and enterprise number portfolio using Telesmart.io’s integrated inventory management portal. Telesmart.io, an expert in digital transformation across global number and messaging services, has been selected by HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC), a fully-fledged ICT service provider and network operator with extensive global coverage, for its virtual numbers inventory management solution in its quest towards automation and improved customer satisfaction. Using Telesmart.io’s cloud-based platform, HGC gains end-end automation of numbering orders, provisioning, routing and porting. As an API-driven platform, HGC can fully integrate Telesmart.io capabilities into its existing systems and begin serving customers through it instantly. HGC is able to seamlessly integrate a range of modules and features for specific customer needs while also directly benefiting from the growing opportunity in the virtual number business. “HGC needs agility, and we provide that, to turn order requests into live traffic in under 10 seconds. We’re streamlining the end-to-end service experience, meaning HGC can continue serving their global customers with…

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DIDWW expands Toll-free virtual number coverage to Moldova, Malaysia and Kenya

By Aiste Kryzanovske February 2, 2023

DIDWW, a leading provider of virtual phone numbers and SIP trunking services to operators and businesses all over the world, has further expanded its toll-free number coverage. Moldova, Malaysia and Kenya have been added to the list of 62 countries where DIDWW customers can use the company’s toll-free DID service and benefit from premium quality cloud communications. Toll-free numbers provide companies with a cost-effective way to extend their reach to customers, as these numbers allow any size businesses to be accessible locally without the callers having to incur high long-distance charges. The powerful DIDWW SIP trunking service offers an extensive global phone number inventory with instantly available toll-free DIDs, including gold and vanity numbers. Delivered over a private, global IP network, this solution ensures a fully-compliant and robust service with virtually unlimited call capacity, flexible SIP trunk settings and premium voice quality. In addition, the DIDWW number porting service allows…

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DIDWW announces new Configuration Profile Rules feature

By Aiste Kryzanovske September 17, 2020

DIDWW, a global telecommunication provider, has announced the launch of a brand-new feature to further enhance its industry-leading user interface by introducing automated Configuration Profile Rules. Ever since DIDWW’s launch in 2004, the company has been constantly delivering new, up-to-date features to the market to enhance the overall user experience. Although the company has had a configuration profile section for some time that allowed its users to create as many configuration profiles as their virtual numbers (DIDs) require, this new feature automates a sometimes complex process. Now, using the new rules section, users can automatically assign their specific configuration profiles to their DIDs by location or number type. DIDWW introduced this automated process in order to save customers time, as the platform can now perform all the technical and often time-consuming tasks for them. The new feature will allow customers to create multiple rules that will apply the…

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Tel Q Global opts for Cataleya to virtualize its global voice network

By Vilija Simkiene March 11, 2020

Tel Q Global, a telecom hub for voice and SMS services, has selected Singapore operator Cataleya for its global voice network virtualization. With its superior technology, innovative commercial models and a world-wide footprint, Cataleya will completely virtualize Tel Q Global’s international voice network, resulting in significant cost savings and operational simplicity. According to a statement, Tel Q Global required a switching and BSS service in three global regions to be able to launch their new virtual number services in the shortest possible time. These new solutions include mobile and two-way SMS numbers, and are a highly anticipated addition to the company’s existing portfolio of DID and toll-free numbers. Moreover, the nodes also need to be used as geographic backup sites for each other, should a major disruption occur in any of the hosting centers. Ankit Agarwal, CEO of Tel Q Global, said, “Before we moved to Cataleya, we…

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DIDWW now provides two-way SMS services in the USA and Canada

By Vilija Simkiene December 18, 2019

DIDWW, a telecommunication service provider headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has recently added two-way SMS services in the USA and Canada to their peer-to-peer (P2P) messaging coverage. The company has made this highly-requested service available through SMS-enabled local virtual numbers covering over 3000 area codes in the United States and over 1000 area codes in Canada. In a statement, this leading global supplier of innovative, high-tech IP-based communications and SIP trunking services said that this significant addition of two-way SMS coverage to a wide range of DIDWW services opens up great opportunities, such as personal customer and support agent communications, private communications between users, service provider and customer notifications, and the general provision of SMS services in one of the largest economies in the world. Furthermore, the two-way SMS service can be combined with simultaneous voice calls, thus making these SMS-enabled virtual numbers a highly efficient communication tool. DIDWW sets itself apart from…

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DIDWW announces network expansion with 3 new mega POPs

By Rugile Bertule July 8, 2018

DIDWW continues to grow their global private backbone with the addition of 3 strategically placed points of presence in Los Angeles, Miami and Singapore. These POPs serve the growing voice traffic demands from the West Coast of the USA, Central and South America and the Asia-Pacific regions. “We are constantly expanding our network to exceed the stringent demands of our global customer base,” said Lina Zaboras, the CEO of DIDWW. “This is an ongoing process and is in line with our vision and commitment of providing the highest quality and lowest latency telephony for mission-critical services.” “The recent infrastructure upgrade was designed to support the DIDWW’s core wholesale origination traffic, and also the company’s newly added outbound SIP Trunk for local dialing,” stated Yuri Krichevsky, the CTO of DIDWW. ” In addition, the deployment of DIDWW’s cloud-enabled services such as phone.systems and the call.center platforms has required additional private and secure…

Guides & Tips

Virtual Numbers: 5 Benefits for Your Business

By Gisele Dahis December 8, 2017

One of the main benefits of business VoIP is that it offers a much wider selection of features compared to the traditional phone network. Since VoIP technology has no physical limitation or hardware necessary to start a new feature like PSTN does, it can deliver the best low-cost enterprise features with a fraction of the hassle. But it’s no surprise that with so many features available, some really good ones can go unnoticed or are simply underused by most users. The best example of these features is Virtual Numbers, a unique and powerful tool that not all businesses understand how much it can benefit them in the long term. So what exactly is a Virtual Number? Also known as DID (Direct Inward Dialing), a Virtual number is a telephone number that is not directly associated to a telephone line and can be assigned to any device such as a hardware…

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DID: What is it and How Does it Work?

By Gideon Hack November 14, 2017

Most businesses today have several incoming telephone numbers, each one used for a different purpose or department such as customer service, sales, marketing etc. Some companies even have the ability to assign a personal phone number to each employee without requiring multiple physical phone lines, making it possible for telephone traffic to be split up and managed more easily. This powerful framework is only achievable using Direct Inward Dialling (DID). DID, also known in Europe as DDI (Direct Dial-in), is a service offered by telephone companies, that allows organizations, who operate a private branch exchange (PBX) system, to have multiple telephone numbers lines connected to one or more analog or digital physical circuits to their PBX. The system sends the dialed telephone number to the PBX so that an outside caller can have direct access to the PBX extension, possibly avoiding an auto-attendant. In a business with DID, the telephone…