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Business communications

Glossary

Read Dialpad's guides below to learn about business communications terms, especially for sales and support.

Dialpad offers unified communications, sales outreach, and contact center solutions in one Ai-powered platform.

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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | By industry

A

A2P messaging

Automatic number identification (ANI)

B

BANT sales methodology

Business VoIP

C

Call center analytics software

Call center compliance

Call disposition

Call flow

Call management system

Call monitoring

Cheap VoIP

Cloud communications

Cloud PBX

Conference bridge

Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)

Conversational Ai

Customer experience management

Customer satisfaction score (CSAT)

D

Digital contact center

Digital customer experience

Digital customer journey

Digital customer service

Digital transformation roadmap

Direct Inward Dialing (DID)

E

Enterprise digital transformation

Enterprise transformation

Enterprise unified communications

F

Fax over IP (FoIP)

First call resolution

Fixed VoIP

H

Hosted contact center

Hosted PBX

Hosted VoIP

Hunt group

Hybrid cloud architecture

I

Inbound call center

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

IP telephony

M

Mean Opinion Score (MOS)

MEDDIC sales methodology

Multichannel contact center

N

Net Promoter Score (NPS)

O

Outbound call center

P

PBX system for small business

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)

Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

R

Remote agents

S

SaaS vs. on-premise

Sales intelligence

Sales methodology

Shadow IT

Single pane of glass

Skill-based routing

SMS vs MMS

SNAP sales methodology

Softphone

SPICED sales methodology

SPIN sales methodology

U

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)

V

Vanity numbers for businesses

Virtual agent

Virtual PBX

Voice bot

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

VoIP caller software

W

WebRTC

Workforce management

Workforce optimization

By Industry

Finance

Financial services customer service

Healthcare

Conversational Ai in healthcare

Healthcare call center software

HIPAA-compliant call center

Virtual waiting rooms

HR & recruitment

VoIP for recruiters

Insurance

Ai in insurance

Insurance call center software

Law

Ai in law

Retail & eCommerce

Contact center for retail

eCommerce contact center

Transportation & logistics

Logistics customer service