Great news for Canadians and those doing business in Canada: a recent development from telecom provider Rogers Business and cloud giant Microsoft offers a way for businesses in Canada to streamline communication in remote and hybrid work environments.
Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile and Rogers Business have teamed up to deliver a cloud-based communication solution that allows workers to unlock the power of mobility and to make business communication easier across multiple devices with just one phone number. In today’s work landscape where taking calls and meetings on tablets, smartphones, laptops, and desktop computers is the norm, it only makes sense to have a communications solution that lets you connect seamlessly from any and all of these devices.
Here’s how it works: As a customer of Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile and Rogers Business, you get one business phone number. When someone dials this number, a call is initiated to all your Teams-enabled devices, including smartphones, tablets, desktop computers, and more. The call is easily transferable among these devices while you’re on it, and your status is automatically updated across your devices. You can retrieve call logs and voicemails on all platforms.
Rogers Business is the first telecommunications provider in the world to launch Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile, and the company has a three-year exclusive agreement in Canada. If you’re operating business in Canada and looking to take advantage of Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile, Rogers is your telecom provider and Point Alliance is your technology implementation partner to connect you with this special offer.
Businesses will see the following benefits from this partnership:
- Cost savings. With Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile from Rogers, you don’t need a separate phone contract in addition to your Teams subscription. With just one phone number, you’ll consolidate multiple mobile services, fixed-line connections, and the hardware associated with them for one monthly cost.
- If you are already using Teams Phone and you are a Rogers customer, you can merge your services to use just one phone number across devices and eliminate your Team Phone monthly calling plan. You can manage everything from your Teams tenant.
- Security and privacy. The service extends many of the capabilities of Microsoft Teams, including configuring devices so calls appear as though they are coming through the organization—preventing personal phone numbers from being exposed.
- Assured uptime. Users don’t have to worry about calls dropping as they switch among devices or move locations because the solution has failover options using cell networks and internet connections.
Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile is based on Teams Phone technology—a truly digital, cloud-based communications system that requires no analog signals or servers yet can be connected back to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Other features include:
- SIM-enabled calling with Teams. Users can use their smartphone’s native dialer or Teams endpoints to make and receive calls from just one SIM-enabled number.
- Accessing recordings is easy across devices, and you can do so no matter if your call used your native dialer or the Teams app—provided your business has the required subscriptions and services.
- Modern communications features. Access everything a true cloud-based communications solution has to offer, including unified voicemail, business unanswered settings, call transfer, combined call history, and more.
Point Alliance Is Your Gateway to This Integration
Whether you’re new to Microsoft Teams Phone and Rogers or you’re an existing customer of either, now is the time to take advantage of this powerful integration to save money and improve efficiency in your business communication. Get in touch with one of our experts today to learn more.
