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Teams Calling Playbook
The Teams Calling Playbook helps MSPs scope, design, provision, and support Teams Calling with Confidence.
The 3CX Playbook
The Playbook your team needs to scope, design, sell, provision, and support self hosted 3CX.
3CX Version 20 Upgrade
The upcoming 3CX Version 20 is around the corner. The Voice Team delved into the changes and summarised them for you.
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Teams Calling and 3CX – per channel billing
When it comes to pricing for voice services there are two key models: Per user pricing Per channel pricing Lightwire runs with per channel, and
Lightwire.co – a new domain for Lightwire
4.5 years ago, we created a business focused unit within Lightwire, one that was to be focused on servicing business clients across Australia and New
Lightwire purchases Connectplay
We have some great news to share. London Green Group, Lightwire’s parent company, has purchased Connectplay, a business and residential hardware and software provider to
Alert level impacts on NZ fibre installs
It’s no surprise that the change in alert levels has disrupted many fibre installations across NZ. Here is the latest update on activity from all
How to get the most out of your 3CX Softphone App
The ability to pivot, be flexible and adaptive, has proven essential for businesses over the past 18 months. Softphone applications like 3CX have revolutionized the
ID Verification process change
We are always looking for ways to safeguard our customers and their data. Threats continue to evolve, so we can’t be static with our defense.
NZ lockdown update
As New Zealanders find themselves waking to day 1 of lockdown, we want to take a moment to keep you informed as to what this
Lightwire brings Teams Calling to the USA
It has been a big 12 months for us at Lightwire, and last quarter saw another first for us – our first network build outside
Internet Services Uptime Report
Historical reporting of uptime per service over 7 days, 30 days or 12 months. Allows you to view all services in a single and assess
Internet Services Metrics Report
Low performance services can be quickly identified with our latest customer facing value add feature that will allow customers to access jitter and latency reporting
Hyperfibre comes to Christchurch
Enable, the local fibre company providing wholesale (Ultra-Fast Broadband) UFB services in Christchurch, has this month announced that it will be introducing Hyperfibre products on
Wholesale billing simplified
Voice services such as Teams Calling and 3CX present a fantastic opportunity for Managed Services Providers to add revenue. You can create a profitable revenue
nbn™ Playbook
NBN is Australia’s version of UltraFast Broadband (UFB) and it connects over 11 million premises nationwide. If you’re looking to target internet deals on both sides of the Tasman – you’ll need to understand NBN.
B2B Internet Services in NZ
Guide for Australian telcos & MSPs B2B Internet services in NZ Do you have clients with branch offices in NZ? Are you looking to target trans-Tasman deals? This guide will give you all the detail you need to make procurement easy across the ditch. No forms, no spam, no cold
Teams Calling Playbook
Teams Calling playbook This isn’t a sales doc and you won’t find much in the way of pricing or sales pitches. However, you’ll learn what Teams Calling (also known as Teams Phone); What Teams Calling can and can’t do How to configure the Microsoft Environment How Teams Calling integrates with
The 3CX Playbook
The Playbook your team needs to scope, design, sell, provision, and support self hosted 3CX.
Teams Calling Webinar
Teams Calling Webinar Get to know Teams Calling and learn if it’s something for you and your organisation (or not) in this informal no obligations on-demand webinar. Watch Webinar What’s this webinar about? After watching the Teams Calling webinar below you’ll know all about; Teams Calling (with Direct Routing) Who
illume resources
Managed Service Providers deliver user experiences that delight and drive efficiency for the client as well as their own profitability with illume.
Every Lightwire partner has access to illume and this resource page helps you make the most of our customer portal, illume.
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Reporting Features
You can’t add value if you don’t know what’s going on. The reporting features in illume will arm you with real-time and historic data, so you can make informed decisions.
Pulse features
Keep a “pulse” on your Lightwire services with this shareable dashboard that allows you to see the status of all your services in a blink of an eye.
tickets
Create, read, and reply to support tickets right inside of illume. All your support tickets in one organised place – say goodbye to sorting through email chains.
Finance Features
Features to reduce finance and admin overhead as possible for our clients from wholesale rebelling to activity statements – you can find it in illume.
Admin Features
Get alerted on services, set up your account, and create new contacts or edit existing contacts. Here are the basics administrative features of illume.
Fill out the form below, and your Lightwire Account Manager take you through illume and answer any questions you have about the portal.
An Open Letter re COVID-19
We know that businesses are hurting due to COVID-19. That is why our account managers will be reaching out to ask if we can help
Lightwire Response to COVID-19
We don’t need to tell you that these are uncertain times, with each week introducing new challenges as we all work to navigate through the
Lightwire’s Carbon Offsets
Lightwire takes further action against climate change Lightwire has made the call to cover the cost of carbon offsets on all work flights. This option
Teams Calling Launching April
Lightwire is a predominantly channel-focused business, and our partners and wholesalers know Microsoft’s products/services inside out. The feedback we have received is that many partners
What is Hyperfibre?
The last few months everyone in the New Zealand telco industry has been talking about Hyperfibre. But what type of organisation is Hyperfibre suited to?
Dr. Murray Pearson & Lightwire Scholarship
Lightwire is a proud to be backing the Dr. Murray Pearson and Lightwire Undergraduate Scholarship, supporting one lucky student in their second year of study
Lightwire to join new Christchurch Exchange
Our friends at New Zealand Internet Exchange Inc (NZIX), a not-for-profit society providing carrier-neutral peering points across New Zealand, and have created a new exchange
The Hyperfibre ONT
The Hyperfibre ONT, it’s a router too! With the release of Chorus’ Hyperfibre service, a new ONT (Optical Network Terminal) with a 10G port and
Business improvements by our Clients
Without our customers, we don’t exist. Pretty obvious I know, but through focusing on that simple reality we have realised that we need to bring in our
The Hidden Costs of Hyperfibre
Stupidly fast fibre is almost here, but there is a catch… Chorus, Enable and UltraFast Fibre have all announced plans to soon release the next
ISP Peering Issues with Google
A number of ISPs had trouble with Google last week, but not Lightwire. Why? Last Friday a number of New Zealand and Australian ISPs experienced
The only 3CX preferred partner on both sides of the Tasman
We are always looking at ways to add additional value for our clients. In order to add extra value, it made sense to expand on
