Guides, how-tos, and opinion on cloud phone systems, call handling, and running a business that is easy to reach.
Call logs, metadata and recordings each need their own retention period. This guide shows how to set them by purpose, who owns each one, and what happens when someone deletes a call in an app.
What the GDPR asks of a business that records calls. It covers the lawful basis, notice before recording starts, fixed retention, tight access and the national rules to check.
How to set outbound caller ID per user, site or queue, check it across Teams, mobile and softphone, and keep every presented number authorised and authenticated.
Keep every number when you change operator. Build the inventory, match the holder name, let the new operator lead the port and test before the old service ends.
A softphone is an app that turns a computer, smartphone or tablet into a business phone. Here's how it carries a call, how it compares with a desk phone and an on-premise PBX, and what to check before you roll one out.
A wireless VoIP phone is a cordless handset that registers on your SIP phone system. Compare DECT and Wi-Fi, codecs, security and the rollout steps.
Which cloud PBX providers actually integrate with Odoo, how each one connects, what the integration costs and where call recordings are stored.
Entry prices compared with numbers, calls and support added back in, because the headline seat price is never the total. Ten providers priced.
The ten cloud PBX providers worth shortlisting in Europe in 2026, compared on price, hosting country, support and what the entry plan includes.
An IP PBX runs your phone system over the IP network. How it works, what your network has to provide, and how on-premise and cloud PBX split the cost and the responsibility.
Ringover bills a cloud PBX per user, per month: 20 € on Talk and 47 € on Business with an annual commitment, Advanced on quote. Here's what each tier includes, what monthly billing adds, and which cost lines a quote has to show before you can compare it with anything else.
Telavox publishes €29 for an unlimited fixed seat but no price for its business tier. Voxbi publishes every tier. Compared at 10, 25 and 50 users.
RingCentral France charges from €10.99 per user and caps calls at 100 to 2,000 minutes. Unlimited European calling is closed to teams under 20 users.
Aircall bundles calling into a €30 or €50 licence. Voxbi charges €2.90 plus what you use. Costs compared at 10, 25 and 50 users, checked August 2026.
Dialpad leads on built in AI. Voxbi is a European operator with named Luxembourg hosting and a lower entry price. Where each one fits.
Zoom Phone Global Select is €20.24 per user; Voxbi One Plus is €2.90 plus €1.60 a number. Published prices, per-minute rates and costs at 10, 25 and 50 users.
8x8 publishes no pricing. Voxbi publishes everything. An honest feature, hosting and contract comparison, verified August 2026.
Sewan publishes no prices and sells through integrator partners. Voxbi publishes every rate and contracts directly. An honest, sourced comparison.
Dstny publishes one business telephony price: from €10 per SIP channel in Belgium. Voxbi publishes everything. Plans, costs and contracts compared, August 2026.
3CX licences start at €285 a year, but that is software only. Full cost with trunk, numbers and minutes, compared against Voxbi. August 2026.
VoLTE carries mobile calls as IP packets over the 4G network. Here's how the call path works, how it compares with VoWiFi and CSFB, and what to check before 2G and 3G go off air.
Wildix sells only through partners and publishes no prices. Voxbi Managed Business is €17.60 per user, all in. Plans, costs and contracts compared.
Axivox is the provider named in Odoo's own VoIP documentation. Voxbi is a Luxembourg and Belgian operator with a native Odoo integration. Compared in full.
A 90-day cloud PBX migration guide for European companies. Diagnose the ground, train by user profile, deploy in waves with written go/no-go criteria, and measure adoption once the system is live.
A SIP trunk connects your phone system to the public network over IP. How SIP trunking works, what it costs, and how to migrate without losing service.
A SIP phone puts business telephony on your network. Handsets, cloud PBX architecture, call quality targets, security and EU hosting, in one guide.
What VoIP call quality means in telephony terms, the four numbers that measure it, what breaks them, and the tests that show which part of the call path is at fault.
Voicemail transcription turns voice messages into readable text. How it works, where accuracy breaks, European hosting rules and a decision checklist.
How the public switched telephone network works, which equipment still depends on it, and how it compares with VoIP, SIP and WebRTC.
A cloud IVR answers, greets and routes your calls from a hosted platform. What it is, what it costs, how deep the menu should go, and how to check the hosting before you sign.
Packet loss cuts VoIP calls into fragments long before a speed test notices. Here's how to measure it, find the cause and fix it across a multi-site network.
Ten Aircall alternatives compared on hosting location, administration, integrations and price model, with how Aircall's own pricing plans are structured.
Computer telephony integration ties your phone system to your CRM so an inbound call opens the right record. What it is, what to check, how GDPR applies.
Cloud telephony keeps your switchboard in a provider's datacentres and delivers it as a service. This guide covers how a cloud PBX works, what it changes for a company with several sites, and how to judge hosting, compliance and resilience before you migrate.
A DDI number maps one public number to one internal destination. How DDI routing works, how it sits next to the main company number, and how to configure direct numbers in a cloud PBX.
Suspected spam means a filter has scored a number as probably unwanted. How that score is built, what it costs outbound calling, and how to clear a false positive.
DTMF sends two tones per key so a phone system can read the choice. How the tones work, how they travel over VoIP, and what breaks them in a cloud PBX.
VoIP carries your business calls over an IP network. How it works, what a cloud PBX changes, and why hosting location decides more than the price.
What business communication solutions really are, the features worth paying for, and how to pick a European Union hosted, GDPR ready partner.
A practical guide to contact center outsourcing for European SMEs and mid-market: what to outsource, onshore vs nearshore vs offshore, GDPR, technical integration and KPIs.
Compare Microsoft Teams Phone, a cloud PBX, and the hybrid model for Luxembourg SMEs in 2026: costs, features, devices, and the right fit.
A plain-language explainer on cloud phone systems for anyone weighing up a move off traditional lines.
A practical checklist for evaluating cloud telephony, from call routing to where your data is hosted.
Both connect Microsoft Teams to the phone network. One keeps control and pricing on your side, the other just moves the admin screen. Here is how to choose.
Bring your fixed business number to your mobile, with no app and no smartphone required. One professional number for every call, anywhere in Europe.
After three years of work and 4,500 customers' feedback, here is the new Voxbi: a cloud PBX rebuilt around how people actually use a phone system.
Closed for the holidays or changing your hours? Here is how to set up a clear, professional voice message that keeps callers informed.
Send a manual or prerecorded announcement to every phone at once, or just one group. For celebrations, everyday notices, and emergencies when seconds count.
Voxbi's cloud PBX now works with Deutsche Telekom CompanyFlex SIP trunks via Bring Your Own Carrier, so German businesses keep their trunks and gain a modern PBX.
Fax was built for analog lines, and Europe has moved to all-IP. Here is why fax over VoIP is unreliable, and what to use instead.
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