Insights & Updates

News, product updates, and practical VoIP guidance.

Read the latest VentureTel articles on business phone systems, texting workflows, Microsoft Teams integrations, and operational best practices.

What is SIP ALG?
February 21, 2023

What is SIP ALG?

SIP ALG (Application Layer Gateway) is a feature included in some routers and firewalls. It’s intended to help with NAT traversal (allowing devices behind a router to communicate with t

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Mobile App Updates April 2022
May 2, 2022

Mobile App Updates April 2022

We’ve made a handful of improvements to the VentureTel SMS mobile app for iPhone and Android.  Simply update (or download) the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.  The im

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Summer 2021 VentureTel.app Updates
June 23, 2021

Summer 2021 VentureTel.app Updates

It’s been a while since we posted an update, not because we haven’t been doing anything though.  We’ve implemented several new features to our business texting app over the last several

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July 2020 VentureTel.app updates
August 3, 2020

July 2020 VentureTel.app updates

Summer is nearly over 🙁 but our dev team has still been working away on improving the VentureTel.app 🙂 and incorporating your suggestions to make our business text messaging and phone

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April 2020 VentureTel.app updates
May 1, 2020

April 2020 VentureTel.app updates

VentureTel business voip features - new business communication features include mass business texting, enabling/disabling voicemail to email and other improvements.

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We Can Help Keep Your Business Running
March 19, 2020

We Can Help Keep Your Business Running

With the push for so much work from home and social distancing, we’re offering two months free service to new clients through the COVID19 pandemic.  With no obligation to continue after

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It’s a different world (COVID-19)
March 16, 2020

It’s a different world (COVID-19)

The last weeks and months we’ve seen things go from concern to all out lock down across the country.  We understand the concerns and hope and pray that things will get back to normal so

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Feb 2020 VentureTel.App Updates
March 2, 2020

Feb 2020 VentureTel.App Updates

We’ve released a new update to VentureTel.app.  With this release the app remains a beta version and we want all the feedback you can get us.  The best way to provide feedback and produ

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Announcing Beta Access to VentureTel.app
January 4, 2019

Announcing Beta Access to VentureTel.app

We’re excited to announce the beta availability of VentureTel.app – a web based app for sending and receiving SMS text messages with your business phone numbers, checking your voicemail

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SIP v. PRI
October 11, 2018

SIP v. PRI

Choosing a business phone service (whether a new one or a replacement) from the vast modern acronyms can be challenging. Nonetheless, two choices seem to stand out from the rest—the tra

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VoIP Lingo You Should Know
February 1, 2017

VoIP Lingo You Should Know

So you’re interested in using a business phone service, but you don’t know where to start? Are you confused by any terminology you might have seen? It may seem like there’s a lot going

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A Brief History of VoIP
December 10, 2016

A Brief History of VoIP

Everywhere we turn today, technology has made a new progression. From smart phones to smart watches and smart TVs, everything today is getting that technological smart touch. A progress

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Video Review of Grandstream GXP2160
January 7, 2016

Video Review of Grandstream GXP2160

A brief review and overview of the Grandstream GXP2160 6 line Enterprise IP phone. We like this SIP based IP phone for our small and mid sized business customers due to the 24 busy lamp

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Communications Never Take A Day Off
December 21, 2015

Communications Never Take A Day Off

Change is coming in a few days and it’s not just a new calendar. A survey earlier this year from Instantly, Inc. found that business communications never take time off, even when employ

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