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B2B Internet in NZ
Guide for Australian MSPs and Telcos to make internet procurement across the ditch easy.
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.
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26. No previous experience? You’re hired!
Good people are hard to find, so why limit your reach to people with industry specific experience? And have you thought about how to better
25. 4-Day Work Week
Introduction Is Elon Musk a giant tool? Can a 4 day work week work in the tech sector? Will Spain pass a law to force
24. NBN gets schooled
NZ’s UFB fibre rollout has set a standard that Australia’s NBN is miles from even getting close to. This week Richard Riley, Chief Customer Officer
23. The Dickhead Test
Introduction The DHT, or dickhead test, is an important part of any interview process. People buy from people, and you need to make sure your
Control caller ID with Teams Calling
Caller ID is important for your business. Teams Calling (also known as Teams Phone) can be a little limited in how it handles caller ID.
22. Getting beaten up by the Dev team
Introduction Just because you have developers ready to work on new products or features doesn’t mean they should. Adding more products or features doesn’t equate
21. What Makes an Effective Leader
Introduction With skills shortages biting, it’s never been more critical for businesses to create pathways for emerging leaders. But what makes an effective leader? And
20. The Inflation Opportunity
Introduction In this period of rampant inflation, your margins will inevitably be eroded if you don’t raise your prices. Efficiency within your sales team and
Teams Calling eBook
You’ll probably be familiar with modern workplace apps like Teams, so we will take it as a given that you know the basics, so we
Master illume Series (Q3 – FY2022)
Drive end user experiences and efficiencies with real time connectivity insights by becoming an illumenated master. Darryl Turner, built most of the platform and will help
19. Sales people are coin operated
Introduction Harriet Mellor runs Your Sales Co, a sales training company that works extensively in the tech sector. This week she joined Brendan to talk
18. A Shortage of Everything from People to Hardware
Introduction How can the nimble MSPs compete with the big companies when it comes to recruitment? And how does your company culture play an essential
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
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
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
illume resources
Managed Service Providers deliver user experiences that delight and drive efficiency for the client as well as their own profitability with 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.
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2. Getting your pricing right, big telco M&A news, and Mike Jenkins
A guide to setting the right price for MSP products/services, we run through who’s buying who in the telco world, and we have the 2nd
1. Growing a business from 2 to 200 in 8 years
In episode 1 of the “Insights as a Service” podcast, we cover key industry news, do a deep dive on the Australian Government backed purchase
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
Mobile Minute Alerting
The latest feature to be added to illume for voice customers on bundled plans with 3CX, Teams Calling via Direct Routing, and SIP Trunking is
Circuit Utilisation Report
How do you know when you should increase or upgrade the bandwidth of your connection? To answer that and give you some guidance on best
Lightwire’s Business NPS for 2021
We sent out two key surveys in the first half of this year, the first was to gain feedback on our performance in the rural sector,
Telcos vs MSPs – The line is blurring
Kordia’s recent acquisition of Base2, a managed IT, network, and security solutions company based in Auckland has shone a spotlight on how difficult it is becoming
Great customer experience starts with great people
Lightwire’s success is built off the efforts of fantastic people, we understand that and have a range of initiatives in place to ensure that we
illume Password Setup
illume adds a ton of value to your experience with Lightwire. Whatever your position within your business, there are features within illume that are specifically
