The Telecom Clear Racket: How TCR Fees and Confusing Rules Are Silencing Small Business Messaging

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If you run a small business and send text messages to your customers—whether for appointments, updates, or promotions—you’ve probably heard of 10DLC (10-Digit Long Code). It’s a standard business texting number. To use 10DLC, you now need to go through something called The Campaign Registry, or TCR. It was introduced to stop spam. But in … Read more

DLS PBX Update Summary – April 1, 2025

Dear DLS Customer, As of 11:37 P.M. on April 1, 2025, all 5.7 PBXs have been updated to version 5.7.80 (previously 5.7.77), and all 6.0 PBXs have been upgraded to version 6.0.8 (from 6.0.6). OVERVIEW In version 5.7, we introduced several quality-of-life (QOL) improvements to the Campaign Registry page to help users and support teams … Read more

Welcome Back! Here’s What’s New at DLS!

v5.7 Recap Hey there, DLS community! It’s been a long time since you last heard from us but trust us—we haven’t been taking a vacation. Behind the scenes, we’ve been rolling up our sleeves to improve your DLS Hosted PBX experience. From feature upgrades to squashed bugs, we’ve been busy cleaning house. With version 6.0, … Read more

Happy New Year from DLS!

Desktop Faxing with DLS Desktop Communicator

Dear Valued DLS Customers, As we bid farewell to 2023 and welcome the New Year, we are thrilled to announce an exciting addition to the DLS Desktop Communicator application: fax functionality! Our dedicated development team has worked tirelessly to integrate this feature into the upcoming version 5.7, set to roll out in January 2024. This … Read more