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- Today, there are 42 million toll-free numbers in use. Even during high-call volume periods, customers trust them for engaging with companies. In this Smart Customer Service article, our Senior Account Director Mike Gilbert explores how toll-free numbers can expand the way customer service teams engage with consumers and how business texting can help strengthen customer relationships and improve…
- Some companies may be missing out on an entire generation of customers that can be accessed with a very inexpensive technology enhancement. Matthew Noreen, Senior Account Director at iconectiv speaks to Don Witt of the Channel Daily News, a Telecom Reseller publication, about the value and positioning of the 800 number in today’s business strategy.
An average of 60 billion illegal robocalls are made each year in the United States alone resulting in nearly $10 billion of financial impact. Additionally, of the 8.3 trillion…
- Today, billions of people are connected across voice, text and data communication channels every single day. Increasing robocalls and sophisticated financial scams amidst legitimate communications make it more difficult for businesses to efficiently reach and serve their consumers. Meanwhile, consumer trust is at risk—even for well-established brands. Read more from Vanilla Plus on how iconectiv…
- Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s biggest brands are currently exploring Rich Communication Services (RCS) to provide consumers with a deeper, more interactive experience than that offered by traditional SMS texting. At PACE ACX Virtual 2020, iconectiv CTO Chris Drake will describe how brand and logo verification and authentication can and must be part of the foundation for RCS,…
- In this Black Swan Telecom Journal webinar, iconectiv’s Principal Solutions Engineer Director John Haraburda joins a group of fraud control experts to provide a virtual advanced course on tactics and some of the latest thinking and solutions for taming Wangiri fraud. The webinar explores a new variation of Wangiri, where the fraudster’s invitation to call is done through the web.
Voice calls, text messages and chatbots have made business-to-consumer (B2C) engagement more accessible, robust and efficient. Now, the next generation of business messaging with exciting new features has arrived through Rich Communication Services (RCS).
Rich Business Messaging (RBM), powered by RCS, has an opportunity to secure consumer trust right from the beginning by integrating…
Chat functions have become a key pillar of customer contact centers. People are accustomed to the convenience of instant messaging their friends, family and colleagues, which led to a natural transition to texting with brands.
Chat is a practical way for brands to engage customers at the point of decision making and helps remove any information obstacles they may encounter. Still, chat…
- Technology is offering news ways for individuals who feel isolated in the virtual world to find solace. With Text for Humanity, what started as an idea to combat societal issues was transformed into a messaging switchboard for well-wishers. Texting has become a personal way to get in contact with other people. Using SMS short codes—a five to six-digit phone number that is used mainly for mass…
- Texting is catching on as the preferred way to contact businesses. Texting is widely available, 93% of people consider text a trusted communication, and 85% of people prefer sending a message to a business to get information about products and services. In this article, Black Swan Telecom Journal interviews iconectiv’s Michael Gilbert on the company’s text-enabling B2C communications program and…