Features

Source One Business Services, LLC provides top of the line features

Feature Group: Auto Attendants

Feature Description
Customer Portal Web based user interface that allows users to configure their PBX, create call queues and groups, view call detail records and billing information, listen to and delete your voicemail, upload music on hold
Top Level Auto Attendant (Always On) Allows a caller to select from menu options using a standard telephone keypad. Through the portal interface, calls can be routed to extensions, mailboxes, groups, conference rooms, call queues, or unlimited depths of additional auto attendants
Multiple Top Level Auto Attendants (Always on) Allows for separate telephone numbers to be routed to unique Top Level Auto Attendants. Each Auto Attendant is configurable individually.
Top Level Auto Attendant (Time Based) Available after N rings or based on time of day
Sub-Level Auto Attendants Sub-Level Auto Attendants are often used for different departments within an organization. For instance, you may have a main Auto Attendant for the company, and then a sub-level Auto Attendant for Sales, Support, etc.

Feature Group: Call Management

Feature Description
Unlimited Shared
Virtual Call Paths		 Virtual Call Paths are used to deliver calls to/from the PSTN to either hosted end points or SIP trunks. They are shared/ “pooled” by all end points on a given customer Cloud PBX, regardless of location. Customers can purchase any number of call paths to suit their needs, with the only limiting factors being cost & bandwidth consumption (typically 80Kbs/ call).
Burstable Virtual Call Paths The Call Paths are also “burstable” meaning you can configure the Cloud PBX to give extra call paths “on-demand” to deliver additional calls beyond the number of paths purchased, up to 10 additional paths. The system will automatically track and bill the customer for the extra call paths. They will have use of the additional call paths for the remainder of the of the billing period.
Auto Attendant Answering Setup a telephone number to dial directly to an Auto Attendant. Callers are then presented with predefined options via the Auto Attendant Feature.
Live Person Answering Setup a telephone number to ring a specific extension first, or a group to enable sequential or simultaneous rings. This enables your company to have a live person answer the caller, and not an auto attendant.
Direct Inward Dialing Setup a telephone number to dial directly to a device or extension.
2, 3, or 4 (or More) Digit Extension Dialing Your Cloud3 Communications Hosted PBX can support 2, 3, 4 or more digit extension dialing.
Caller ID Customize the appearance of your outgoing Caller ID by outgoing number or by extension
Voicemail Associate a voicemail box with an extension, or use an announce-only voicemail box to provide customers with a pre-recorded message when they choose an option on an auto attendant or extension.
Voicemail to Email After a voicemail is received, the Cloud3 Communications PBX will send an email to any valid email account or alias that you enter into the Cloud3 Communications Portal. The message will include the date and time of the call, as well as the duration, caller ID if provided, the mail box number, and an attached WAV file that can be played on your PC or mobile device (ie/ smartphone or PDA capable of playing WAV files).
Voicemail to Text Message Don't have a smartphone or PDA capable of playing WAV files? Enter an SMS address in the Cloud3 Communications Portal and the Cloud3 Communications PBX will send a shorter text message to your device. 3rd party text messaging rates may apply.
Ring Groups Enables multiple extensions to be joined as a group, and then calls may be routed sequentially or simultaneously to that group.
Find Me (Digital Assistant) Setup a personal assistant to “find you” at up to five (5) locations. This feature is configured per extension, and offers an extensive number of options to route calls once they have reached the given extension. Callers are asked to “announce themselves”, and are offered the option between locations to try the next location, or to leave a message.
Call Hold Place calls on hold, and play music or a commercial on hold.
Attended Transfer Transfer a call to an extension, group, or phone number AFTER announcing the party being transferred.
Unattended Transfer (Blind Transfer) Transfer a call to another extension, group, or phone number WITHOUT announcing the party being transferred.
Call Forwarding Forward calls via the Cloud3 Communications Portal, or via your device or Softphone. Calls may be forwarded to any extension or phone number. Device or Softphone forwarding functionality may vary by manufacturer.
No Answer Call Forwarding Automatically forwards your calls to an extension, group, or phone number when you do not answer your phone.
Busy Call Forwarding Automatically forwards your calls to an extension, group, phone number when your phone is busy.
Incoming Call Blocking Incoming Call Blocking Black list phone numbers to block them from calling your PBX.
Incoming Privacy Screening Force callers with no caller ID or blocked caller ID to enter a number that will be presented as their caller ID.
Incoming Caller ID Routing Route calls from a unique DID or phone number to any auto attendant, extension, group, phone number, or ACD or Call Queue.
Incoming DID Routing Route calls based on the number that was dialed. Calls may be routed to an auto attendant, extension, group, phone number, or ACD or Call Queue.
Outgoing Call Blocking Prevent calls to specific numbers or services (ex: 900 calls)
Incoming Call Identification Identify an incoming call on the phones LCD display by modifying the Caller ID display indicating how the call was routed.
One Button Redial A device or Softphone feature that redials the last number dialed by the extension user. Not all phones support this feature.
Do-not-disturb (DND) A device or Softphone feature that simulates a phone being off-hook, sending calls received directly into voicemail. Other routing options are also available.
Call Waiting Indicator Indicates incoming call (and caller ID, if available) while another call is in process.
Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Used to route calls in a call center environment to the appropriate agents, based on factors such as time availability, behavior, and priority levels.
Call Queue Call queues are used to route calls in a first-in-first-out manner to the appropriate extension or group. These extensions can be agents logged into the system. Call Queues are commonly used with an ACD, where the callers hear an announcement that says something like thank you for calling, all available agents are busy, please hold for the next available agent, or press N to leave a message. When the call is ready to be routed, the ACD handles the routing rules.
Call routing based on time-of-day Allows routing decisions based on time and date. Multiple schedules can be configured, as in the case of departments with different hours of operation. (e.g. business hours, after hours & holiday hours)
Speed Dial A device or Softphone feature that automates the dialing of a pre- determined phone number.
Company Wide Directory A list of contacts and phone numbers that are uploaded via the Cloud3 Communications Portal, and are made available on an IP phone or Softphone.
Forward your calls Locally or Remotely via Phone or Web Call forwarding is easy to setup and manage.
Caller ID Blocking Disable Caller-ID for all outbound calls made from your PBX.
Call Recording Selectively record calls for training or documentation purposes. Requires a dedicate server in the cloud.
Office Intercom Dial another users extension, activating their phone speaker to make an announcement (Phone specific, check per brand/ model)
Disable Outbound Dialing Disable Outbound Dialing on certain extensions only

Feature Group: Call Conferencing

Feature Description
3-way Conference Call After making or receiving a call, a user may conference in any third party for a 3-way call.
Conference Bridges Multiple on-site and outside callers can simultaneously participate in password-protected conference calls. Callers can be assigned talk-listen or listen only access.

Feature Group: Music on Hold

Feature Description
Default Music On Hold Royalty free music provided.
Custom Music On Hold Music provided by Customer, and uploaded through the Customer Portal
Commercial On Hold Record your commercial and upload it to your PBX.
Commercial On Hold By Location or Queue Multiple commercials on hold may be uploaded to your PBX, and can be unique based on location or queue.

Feature Group: SIP Trunking

Feature Description
SIP Trunking Connect PBX or Key Systems directly to our platform and deliver dial tone replacement with as many virtual calls path as required. We interoperate with many ATA, IAD and SIP Gateway devices, or you can connect your SIP Enabled PBX to realize the flexibility and cost savings of business-quality VoIP.
Standard SIP Trunk A standard SIP trunk delivers calls to the premise equipment and acts like a CO line. If the SIP end point is offline or cannot be contacted by our system, our system issues BUSY signals to the incoming callers.
Enhanced SIP Trunks An enhanced SIP trunk delivers calls to the premise equipment and acts like a CO line. If the SIP end point is offline or cannot be contacted by our system, our system provides an alternative pre- defined route for the incoming calls. Examples are routing calls to an Auto Attendant, other SIP trunks (at other locations), voicemail box, or a Find-Me Follow-Me sequence. This disaster recovery feature is extremely powerful and flexible.

Feature Group: Reporting

Feature Description
Call Detail Records Real-time call logging is available via the portal. From, to, call duration, date and time, and call type (International, On-Net, etc.) In addition, frequently called numbers can 'tagged' with text descriptions for legibility.
Call volume graphs by time of day, month, year or custom dates Histograms graphically display calling patterns and trends
Call traffic by extension Track number of calls by individual
Detailed Accounting Track orders, invoices and all billing online.

Feature Group: Origination and Termination

Feature Description
FREE Calls to other Cloud3 Communications Voice subscribers All calls on-net are FREE. That means you will not be billed for any call to another user on your Cloud3 Communications PBX, or any other Cloud3 Communications customer.
Domestic Origination Cloud3 Communications provides local phone numbers or DIDs in most of the LATAs in the United States. That means that we can port your local phone number to our system, and provide your company with the highest quality voice communications and flexibility of Voice Over IP (VoIP).
Domestic Termination Cloud3 Communications provides competitive outbound call packages ranging from pay-as-you-go, pre-paid minutes, and unlimited usage plans. Our per-minute rate is competitive, and our quality and reliability is uncompromising.
International Termination Cloud3 Communications offers competitive international rates. International rates are available via the Cloud3 Communications website.
E911 support, compliant with all FCC mandates Every location and phone number where you utilize a device or Softphone must have an associated E911 charge and entry in the Web Portal. The phone number associated with your location is then registered with the national E911 database. You are also responsible to update this information with Cloud3 Communications if you move any device to a new location per the Cloud3 Communications Terms of Service.
Toll Free Numbers Utilize one or multiple Toll Free numbers, which may be routed to a specific local, DID, auto attendant, group or queue.

Futures: Road Map (not currently released or beta availability. No specified time frame for general release).

Feature Description
Operator Console

(Currently in Beta Release)		 Web based presence and call control application that allows users to drag and drop calls to/ from other extensions, parking lots, conference bridges and out of call center queues. There is also access to voicemail, contacts lists for click-to-dial and chat functions.
End Point Templates

(General Release)		 We will provide the ability to create, configure and distribute phone program templates that can be used with our auto- provisioning servers. This will streamline the process of adding new phone models/ vendors to our platform. The templates can contain button programming, phone feature access, branding custom logos and many more capabilities.
Application Programming Interface (API)

(Currently not released, but used to release Operator Console & Salesforce.com plug-ins)		 We will provide an application-programming framework to allow other parties to get & pass information to our platform from other programs or systems. Some of the capabilities will include (but not limited to):
  • Call Control & Status
  • Presence & Click-to-dial
  • Provisioning & billing requests
  • CRM, Accounting System Integration.
Shared Line Appearance

(Currently in Beta Release)		 The ability to emulate a Key System where each phone can have pre-defined line keys that represent a specific phone line. Calls are delivered to the line and all phones with that line key. Any phone can pick up the call and all others will see that it is in use. Calls cannot be transferred from that line, rather it can be put on hold, announced and picked up on the same or any other phone bearing the same line key.
E911 support, compliant with all FCC mandates Every location and phone number where you utilize a device or Softphone must have an associated E911 charge and entry in the Web Portal. The phone number associated with your location is then registered with the national E911 database. You are also responsible to update this information with Cloud3 Communications if you move any device to a new location per the Cloud3 Communications Terms of Service.
Share Line Appearance Hunt Groups

(Currently in Beta Release)		 In addition to the above shared line features, there is the ability to group lines into a busy roll-over hunt group. This will allow calls to be presented to the next available line in the group that is not in current use.