Nasser (head of Callagenix support) has recently developed a series of on line video help guides that will help customers manage their services. The first video provides the user with a fun and friendly way of learning how to change their destination number within a call divert service.

To see the video, please click here

The included Setup Wizard makes it easy to configure the Bridge to your wireless network’s settings. To protect your privacy, all wireless voice transmissions can be encrypted with WEP or industrial-strength Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) security.

Callagenix have tested this device with both Linksys devices and a variety of other manufacturers IP phones e.g. SNOM 320.

For more information click here

The new Siemens S685IP Cordless phone is ideal for both business and home users who want a quality cordless phone system. Handling both land line and VoIP calls simultaneously, this new Siemens cordless phone features the very latest wide-band audio standard for much improved HD voice quality. The next generation CAT-iq DECT technology also ensures much better reliability than Wifi phones.

For more information and to order one, please click here

This latest news release indicates that the proposed 0870 changes will be in place by the autumn.

As regards 0871 numbers coming under the control of PhonepayPlus (previously ICSTIS) Ofcom is now seeking views on the rules that PhonepayPlus will apply to 0871 numbers. Ofcom aims to publish a decision in summer 2008 and PhonepayPlus will start to regulate these numbers by the end of the year.

The news release is available at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/05/nr_20080502

Many UK businesses and homes now contain more powerful electrical equipment then NASA had at its disposal for the original Apollo missions, yet Neanderthal man still insists on ripping up trees to make fax paper which for many is only used for SPAM purposes.

All I ever see on other fax machines in work places is junk fax mailers, it’s the equivalent of junk mail being delivered through your letterbox, you don’t want it, yet without fail it turns up on a regular basis, and you know full well that a tree has been felled in creating the junk mail, look at the waste junk faxes cause:

1. Toner use
2. Equipment supply
3. Paper waste
4. Wasted time
5. Energy in manufacture

All of these have a knock-on effect, with the exception of wasted time all of the others draw power in manufacture, fuel is required in logistics/shipping, even the packaging of a fax machine, toner or paper requires manufacturing, in fact the supply chain is almost never-ending.

 So what can be done to reduce fax waste? Easy, Fax to email!

How can you stop junk faxes?

If you are insistent that you CANNOT live without your fax machine, then use law to help cut fax and planet consumption. Under Government regulation it is illegal for companies to fax any individual business who has indicated they don’t want to receive junk faxes. 

Stop junk faxes today

Use the fax preference service register, it will take about 28 days after registering for all jujk faxes to be stopped, simply go to www.fpsonline.org.uk and stop those faxes today!

Reducing fax waste - permanently!

I can remember diverting my faxes ten years ago with with 56k modem, so why with technology so advanced do so many businesse still use physical fax machines?

Well the technology is here and for a small price you can help reduce your business carbon footprint and vet your faxes via email prior to any possible printing requirement, which can only be a good thing.

If you are a heavy fax machine user try our fax to email service and see if you can reduce your reliance on office printing.

Transmitters which provide the same coverage as 40 mobile phone towers are attached to hydrogen balloons and released 20 miles into the stratosphere, with each balloon having a life cycle of approximately a day.

The system relies on the cooperation of local residents such as farmers to release the balloons at certain times and places. Once the transmitters become separated from the balloons, the transmitters fall to the ground by parachute, and are then collected by volunteers using GPS systems and returned for a $100 reward.

A new move by British Telecom is set to change things, however, and customers calling BT’s technical support lines will soon be in for a pleasant surprise. BT are set to transfer all their technical support lines from 0845 and 0870 numbers to freephone 0800 numbers and 0808 numbers (free as of April 2008).

This is great news for customers, who until now have been paying 0.05p per minute for the 0845 numbers and 1.5p per minute for the 0870 numbers. This move could well pave the way for other suppliers to follow suit and remain competitive with BT.

In fact, many small and mid-sized companies are already seeing the benefits of switching to 0800 and 0808 free phone numbers as they dramatically increase the number of enquiries received and provide a major boost to business.

Callagenix can provide both 0800 and 0808 phone services, to discuss free phone numbers with Callagenix, visit http://www.callagenix.com/pages/numbers/0800_numbers.html.

The femtocell device connects to your mobile phone service provider via a Cable or DSL broadband connection and allows an extension of the service coverage. Calls on your mobile are then sent via your internet connection instead of through the network provider’s masts and base stations. Network providers are encouraging the idea as it represents an opportunity for them to compete against VoIP / IP Telephony services.

Trials are currently underway by companies Vodafone and Softel, and it is expected that base stations may be bundled with mobile phone contracts in as little as two years.

The End to mobile home signal problems

Femtocell base stations could solve many problems facing mobile phone users in remote areas where network coverage may be poor. The base station, using your internet connection, would boost the signal strength to your phone, meaning no more walks to the bottom of the garden and holding your handset up to the heavens in an attempt to obtain a signal.

High-Speed 3G Technology

With built in 3G technology, the femtocell base stations offer download speeds of up to 7mbps, matching and even beating some home broadband offerings.

Health Concerns

There are concerns that the femtocells may face stiff opposition in the same way that many oppose the erecting of permanent mobile phone base stations in local communities.

There have been long time concerns over the radiation that is emitted from mobile devices themselves, and particularly base stations, and it is highly likely that similar concerns will be raised with the arrival of femtocells.

Research has actually shown that femtocells emit very low levels of radio waves whilst they are being used and general consensus from scientists indicate that there are no health effects as a result of exposure to radio waves from femtocells as published in a report by Nokia Sienmens Networks.

A fax paper jam can hold things up especially if you are waiting for a sign-off to come through and the IT department have a large number of jobs to get through prior to getting on to a paper jam.

So how can any business avoid fax paper jams? The easiest way is to convert fax messages to emails and to receive the document via electronic format rather than via a paper format.

Why not have the fax machine divert important documentation to your email rather than waiting for someone to place a fax on your desk?

Fax to email allows you to avoid hanging round the office fax machine all day waiting for information to come in, you can have the information delivered to your mobile device.

Ease the burden on your legacy office equipment and embrace technology with our highly functional fax to email service.

>> Callagenix fax to email service.