May 2009
Cloud Telephony Partner Program For Carriers & Service Providers
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 by ElanAfter publicly announcing our cloud telephony program for carriers, we have added several resources to our website about partnership opportunities. Here is a quick look at the new pages:
Spend Your Marketing Dollars Wisely
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 by AdamMarketing dollars are very scarce in today’s economy and businesses need to therefore know which advertising campaigns are working and which are failing. Possessing this information will enable companies to efficiently prioritize their marketing budget and spend money on ads that will be seen by their true target market. How can a company track this information?
ClueCon 2009
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 by ElanClueCon is an annual 3-Day Telephony User and Developer Conference bringing together the entire spectrum of Telephony from TDM circuits to VoIP and everything in between. The best part is that it is located in our backyard, downtown Chicago.
Yesterday the ClueCon blog announced that Irv Shapiro, Ifbyphone's CEO, will be presenting. Here is a description of the session:
Network Communications Partnership Announcement
Monday, May 18th, 2009 by ElanThe announcement today of our partnership with Texas-based carrier Network Communications has received some great coverage.
FierceVoIP wrote an article called Ifbyphone gets first carrier customer for SIP applications offering and we were also featured on the front page of TMCnet.
Joomla 1.5 Click To Call Module Is Now Available
Friday, May 15th, 2009 by ElanToday we're announcing the release of our new Click-to-Call module for Joomla version 1.5. If you are an Ifbyphone customer running your website on the Joomla 1.5 content management system, we invite you to read about the module here and download the new module here.Google Gives Up On Phone Call Tracking Numbers?
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 by ElanApparently Google decided to stop offering, and eventually turn-off, phone call tracking numbers. I just received the following email from Google stating:
Virtual Phone Numbers - Everything You Need To Know
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 by ElanI'm going to share answers to the most common questions about virtual phone numbers.
What is a virtual phone number?
A virtual phone number, also referred to as just a virtual number, is a telephone number whose routing you can change since it isn’t connected to a specific telephone line.Irv Shapiro To Present at Interop Las Vegas 2009
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 by ElanInterop Las Vegas 2009 is next week, and Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro will be speaking on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at a session called: "The iPhone and the Enterprise: Is this the Future of IT?"
We're growing and we're hiring
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 by ElanWe're looking for a few new talented people to join our rapidly growing team. Here is some info about our company and the open positions:
Maximizing Carriers Revenue Per Bit
Monday, May 4th, 2009 by IBPstaffMichael Morisy of TechTarget posted a great, thoughtful article Thursday on revenue generation in the telecom world. He posed a core question in the story's title: "Without revenue-per-bit stabilization, is telecom a time bomb?"
Texting, Tweeting and Telephone Broadcasting
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 by ElanWith all the news about Twitter, and the seemingly obligatory mention of its 140-character limit, the Los Angeles Times published an article on "Why text messages are limited to 160 characters". Here is an excerpt:
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Alone in a room in his home in Bonn, Germany, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at his typewriter, tapping out random sentences and questions on a sheet of paper.Connect with us on Twitter
Friday, May 1st, 2009 by ElanAre you on Twitter? Send us a tweet. We love to follow our customers! http://twitter.com/ifbyphone
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