BT
Cloud phone is a cloud-based phone system designed for small businesses
that want all the features of a system without running one. With the BT
Cloud phone, you can take your office out on the road with you. Once
you integrate BT Cloud Phone with Zoho CRM, you can do the following.
To configure BT Cloud Phone in Zoho CRM, you must
To enable BT Cloud Phone Integration
Once
you have enabled the BT Cloud Phone integration, you will be prompted
to log in to your BT Cloud Phone account from Zoho CRM.
To log in to your BT Cloud Phone account
Once
you have enabled BT Cloud Phone in Zoho CRM and logged in to your BT
Cloud Phone account in Zoho CRM as well as the BT Cloud Phone softphone,
you are ready to use this BT Cloud Phone integration.You can receive
incoming calls, initiate outgoing calls and add follow-up activities
from Zoho CRM.
When you receive an incoming call from a CRM contact via BT Cloud Phone, you can see a Business Card view of the contact.
At the end of the call, the follow-up options on the Call Ended window lets you add calls and assign tasks to your contact.
When an outgoing call is initiated to a contact in Zoho CRM, the call is made via BT Cloud Phone.
To initiate an outgoing call from Zoho CRM
At the end of every call via BT Cloud Phone, you can do any or all of the following activities from the Call Ended window in Zoho CRM. These would automatically be associated to the respective record.
Calls made, received, missed and unanswered in Zoho CRM via BT Cloud Phone are automatically logged in the Activitiesmodule.
To view call logs and Call Recordings
Browser
calling for BT Cloud Phone allows you to make calls directly from CRM
without having to toggle between your CRM account and BT Cloud Phone.
WebRTC plugins are installed to give hassle-free browser calling and a
real-time communication will be established with the end user.
You need to choose the Browser option
from the call preferences pop-up to make calls through your browser.
You can also save your preferences along with the outbound Caller ID of
the recipient, so that you can easily identify your callers to your BT
Cloud Phone numbers while making outbound calls.
You
can now make calls directly from your browser without having to use a
softphone. This also allows you to directly attend the incoming calls
within your CRM.
The
BT Cloud Phone Integration can be disabled at any time. Only the
Administrator of a Zoho CRM account can disable the integration.
To disable BT Cloud Phone integration
Browser
calling for BT Cloud Phone allows users to make calls directly from
your CRM without having to toggle between the CRM account and BT Cloud
Phone software. WebRTC plugins are installed to give hassle-free browser
calling and a real-time communication with the end user.
Let’s take a look at the following network connectivity components that are required to be included in the user network.
Firewall
includes a Wide-Area Network interface such as a DSL, Ethernet or a
cable modem. Firewall configuration allows outgoing TCP and UDP port
control to the public Internet from the browser that uses the BT Cloud
Phone client. It also enables the opening of ports so that the client
server has time to exchange information with the remote server.
Router
provides routing, traffic directing, packet forwarding and also
provides support for ping and traceroute ICMP, bandwidth management,
packet prioritization and smart packet inspection.
Firewall
access ensures that the outbound and inbound firewall port is opened
between the internal user network and the ISP WAN for the applications
such as, Call control, RTP media, telephone provisioning and
registration, and Auxiliary services. This firewall access allows the
call control and media path connectivity.
WebRTC
helps realtime multimedia applications to function without any
installation of additional extensions, or plugins. It enables Real Time
Communication to the end user independent of the browser being used. The
following are the ports to be opened before enabling the browser option
under BT Cloud Phone call preferences.
Traffic Type | Protocols | Source Port Number | Destination Port Number |
Signaling and (secured) Media (WebRTC) | HTTP/TLS/TCP, STUN/UDP | 5060, 6182, 8080, 8083 | 5060, 6182, 8080, 8083 |
For more information on BT Cloud Phone network requirements, click here.