The internet and mobile technology are staples of life for many of our world’s citizens, including in countries still “emerging” and “developing.” Cell phones are particularly popular, and the internet has made serious headway as well, though smartphones are still somewhat rare in third-world countries despite growing a population of those who own the devices in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Chile.
 

 

CallFire, a leader in voice and text communication solutions that help companies and organizations grow, today announced it has been designated as the preferred provider of cloud broadcast voice and hosted telephony services by NGP VAN (ngpvan.com).

GOTV mobilization is a challenge for any campaign. How a campaign allocates its resources in this late, crucial stage of the campaign can make the difference between winning and losing.

You’ve requested it, now it’s here. When users upload a list of numbers to CallFire, the numbers will be dialed sequentially. To date, lists were dialed in the order they were uploaded, but in batches of twenty. Meaning that the first twenty numbers on a list would be grabbed, then numbers would be selected in random from that twenty to be dialed. We had requests from our users that numbers be dialed in the strict order they were uploaded in the list.

One of CallFire’s signature features is the Interactive Voice Response application, or IVR.  For a long time the IVR was a developer tool to make interesting phone applications. However, the practical applications of the tool make IVR technology a staple for any business. This brief article will tell you what an IVR is, how it works, and how you can make the CallFire IVR work for you.