Archive for October, 2007

Features

October 23, 2007
  • Toll Free or Local Number - You can choose a toll free or local number and send and receive faxes to and from any fax machine in the world.
  • Receive faxes as email – Your faxes arrive in your email inbox and are stored in your online account for easy access.
  • Fax from any application – You can quickly send faxes from any Microsoft® Windows application. Just click the RingCentral Fax icon on you Microsoft application toolbar, or select it from the File menu.
  • Secure Faxing - Outgoing faxes are transmitted over an encrypted connection. Also, you can keep your incoming faxes in your password-protected online account.
  • Edit and Sign Faxes Electronically – Fax editing software is included with your account. You can preview and print faxes, design custom cover sheets, annotate, and sign you faxes electronically.
  • Outlook Integration – You can receive faxes in your Outlook Inbox, and get fax numbers from your Outlook Contacts while sending a fax .
  • Fax Alerts - Get text messages on your cell phone or PDA alerting you to new faxes. Never miss an important message or fax.
  • Detailed Fax Logs – A record of your faxes is stored in your Web-based account. You’ll see who called, the phone number, and the date, time, length, and result of the transaction.
  • Web-based Account Management - You can easily configure your account from the Web, view faxes that you’ve received and sent, and examine fax logs.
  • US Support - Customers love the fast and efficient service they get from our friendly customer service representatives, who are all based in the US.
  • You never miss an important call…

    October 16, 2007

    RingCentral puts businesses and professionals In Touch and In Control(TM) by unifying and intelligently managing all their phone, mobile, fax and email communications with a single phone number and an easy-to-use online control center. The company is leveling the playing field for small businesses by offering voice communications capabilities available only to large corporations until recently. RingCentral combines a toll-free or local number with advanced call management, PBX, voicemail and Internet fax, enabling customers to set up multiple extensions with voicemail, automatically screen, forward and place calls, take voicemail, send and receive faxes, and receive message alerts. With RingCentral, businesses never miss an important call, or waste time on unwanted calls. RingCentral is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., and is funded by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures. For more information visit www.ringcentral.com.

    DigitalLine™ VoIP service

    October 10, 2007

    RingCentral DigitalLine VoIP service upgrades your RingCentral virtual phone system into a complete business communication solution, allowing you to place and receive calls using your broadband Internet connection. DigitalLine offers three economical plans to suit your calling needs. Whether you call a lot or just occasionally, DigitalLine will save you money over a traditional phone service.

    RingCentral DigitalLine seamlessly integrates with your RingCentral virtual phone system, and enhances it with additional time-saving features. You can assign DigitalLine to any extension in your account and use answering rules to route calls to your DigitalLine phones according to day, time and Caller ID. The unified Call Log keeps track of all incoming and outgoing calls. You can answer and place DigitalLine calls from:

    * RingCentral’s Call Controller with SoftPhone, which lets you answer and place calls directly from your PC, in addition to conferencing and recording calls.
    * Your existing analog telephone with an ATA adapter
    * A digital IP phone that connects directly to your network connection
    * Any SIP-compatible device
    RingCentral’s DigitalLine allows you to be even more productive and responsive to your customers while saving money.

    Select your optional DigitalLine plan during the RingCentral Online registration process.
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    Features from RingCentral and Your Company looks like a big business

    October 2, 2007

    RingCentral also has lots of features to make your company look like a big business with a name-brand IP PBX. Features include everything from dial by name, on-hold music, call screening, auto attendant, professionally recorded custom greetings and toll-free numbers. You can even get vanity 800 numbers that incorporate your company name or whatever you want.

    Such capabilities are more important than the cost savings of Internet VoIP, RingCentral believes. “The things that keep a small business from growing are not that their phone bills are too high,” said the company’s business development VP Jay Blazensky. “Their struggle is, ‘How do I look bigger in this brief window when I’m trying to get my business off the ground?’”

    On the other hand, because RingCentral doesn’t offer outbound calling except click-to-call through Microsoft Outlook, its customers have to pay for local and long-distance phone service. Given that RingCentral packages starts at $10 per month, though, the combined burden needn’t be oppressive.

    Either way, because RingCentral delivers calls over the PSTN but does everything else, including delivering voice mail, over the Internet, it’s ideal for those who like the idea of VoIP but don’t yet feel confident with Internet telephony. Though small-business Internet VoIP provider 8×8 Inc., to name the leader, has a good reputation, even it can’t promise the call quality and reliability of AT&T.