Home / Companies / Twilio / Blog / Post Details
Content Deep Dive

Quickly Enable Your Employees to Work from Home Using Twilio Programmable Voice

Blog post from Twilio

Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Al Kiramoto
Word Count
2,494
Company Posts That Month
38
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Post removed?
No
Summary

Twilio Programmable Voice allows employees to work from home by creating a solution that enables remote working with Twilio, SIP softphone software or an SIP IP Phone. To start, create a TwiML bin to allow the remote worker to place outbound calls and associate it with a purchased Twilio number. Next, configure a SIP domain for your account, which is similar to a phone number in the PSTN. This allows you to register your softphone to your Twilio account. Connect a softphone to your Twilio SIP endpoint using Zoiper's softphone or another softphone application like X-Lite. Alternatively, connect an IP Phone like OBi2162 from Obihai to your Twilio SIP endpoint. The setup involves navigating to the Configuration Dashboard and selecting "Service Provider Set-up" -> OBiTALK Compatible Service Providers -> Twilio, where you can enter your Domain, Username, and Password. Once set up, your softphone or IP Phone should be able to place calls from home and receive incoming calls.

Trends Found in this Post
Trend Post Mentions Total Month Mentions Posts Companies MoM
Serverless 1 821 115 55 +8%
Use This Data

Use this post, company, and trend context to find content marketing opportunities, perform competitive analysis, or address product feature gaps via the Plushcap MCP server or the Plushcap API.