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Our thinQers are here to help you understand and embrace cloud communications to modernize your voice and messaging.
Toll-Free Calling Made Easy With Self-Service Tools
No more email or help desk tickets when you use an easy Web portal to order, provision, and manage your toll-free numbers. As Bill Gates is fond of saying, "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." This saying, unfortunately, has largely gone...
Continue ReadingBring Your Own Carrier to Twilio: Good Idea or Best Idea?
Twilio has long been built on the back of platform evangelism – reaching out to other solutions to make its own platform better through improved service diversity and robust operation. Keeping that point in mind, it becomes quite easy to see why bringing your own...
Continue Reading5 Best Sessions from ClueCon Deconstructed 2020
ClueCon is a conference for telecom developers by telecom developers, and thinQ is proud to sponsor this beloved event! Sitting at the intersection of communication and technology, attendees and sponsors alike love all things technical. Held every summer, it's hosted...
Continue ReadingMy 3 Biggest OpenSIPs Mistakes & What They Taught Me
OpenSIPS is one of the most widely adopted open-source session initiation protocol (SIP) servers in the world, used by hundreds of companies to route billions of calls across the cloud every day. It's a multi-functional, multi-purpose signaling Session Internet...
Continue ReadingAPIs and CPaaS: A Surprising Fit
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are drawing increasing interest from businesses of all stripes, eager to more readily fit new functions into everyday operations. Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) providers, meanwhile, are no exception, and many...
Continue ReadingThe Future of Cloud-Based E911 Emergency Services
It's quickly becoming apparent that keeping on top of technology with regard to enterprise 911 systems is at least as important as keeping on top of technology in areas that directly relate to a company's bottom line. Due to liability concerns, it is critical to be up...
Continue ReadingWhat is Least Cost Routing (LCR)
Least Cost Routing (LCR) refers to choosing the best path for outbound phone calls (also known as termination) based on the lowest available cost for the route between the caller and the destination. How Does an LCR Work? Put simply, an LCR is software that uses...
Continue ReadingFrom Bell to CPaaS: The Rise of Cloud Voice
When it comes to voice communications, the forces driving innovation have changed dramatically since it all began in the late 1800s with Alexander Graham Bell. With the advent of the cloud, the explosion of data, and more, learn more about the new telecom forces at...
Continue ReadingInsurance Company Saves 48% on Twilio Costs with thinQ
“In our business, we have to connect with customers every time. That's why we integrated thinQ into Twilio. Now we're sending our calls over all 5 toll-free carriers and saving 48% a month on our toll-free operations. Your platform automates these savings, and gives...
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