isaBEL renewed: your phone system now answers calls with AI
Robin Damen — managing director of Virtual Computing, 20+ years of MSP experience
A missed call is often a missed customer. And whoever hangs up after four minutes of hold music usually calls your competitor next.
That is why we renewed isaBEL, our own cloud phone system, this week. isaBEL now runs on PBXware 8, the latest generation of the platform underneath. In day-to-day calling you will not notice a thing: your handsets, numbers and settings work as they always have. But there is now a phone system underneath that takes a lot more work off your hands.
These are the six improvements that pay off for your business straight away.
Never miss a caller again
Is your team busy or the office closed? Then an AI assistant answers the phone. It holds a natural conversation, answers frequently asked questions and transfers the caller to the right colleague. Afterwards you can read back what was discussed in every call, with a full transcript and a short summary.
That way you are always reachable, without extra people on the phone. Your colleagues keep their hands free for the calls that really need a person. It is how we work ourselves as an AI-first MSP: AI takes the repetitive work, people take the personal contact.
No more notes during the call
Calls are transcribed and summarised automatically. You focus on your customer, isaBEL keeps the record. Voicemails arrive as text too. In a few seconds you see who called and why, without listening to a message first.
Your customer no longer hangs in the queue
Busy? Then the caller can choose to be called back as soon as a colleague is free. No endless hold music, fewer callers who give up and no customers who are already annoyed before the conversation starts.
Steer on figures, not on gut feeling
Wallboards and dashboards show live how many callers are waiting and how quickly they are helped. Set how fast you want to answer and see straight away whether you make it. Reports arrive in your mailbox automatically every day or week, so you never have to ask for them.
Know who is calling before you answer
isaBEL connects with HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho and Odoo, among others. On an incoming call the customer record is already on your screen and the call is logged in your CRM automatically. You can even route calls based on what is in your CRM: your best customers go straight to their regular contact.
One address book for everyone
You now manage the phone book in one place in the phone system, with a Microsoft 365 integration for your contacts. Everyone works with the same, up-to-date address book instead of separate lists per handset. Per contact you decide who can see it: the whole company, a department or just you.
And more
The management portal is now also available in Dutch. And with a new API with webhooks you connect isaBEL to your own systems, for example to trigger something in your own software on every call.
You choose, we switch it on
We do not switch on new features automatically. Not every business needs an AI assistant or a CRM integration, and you decide what fits. In a short fifteen-minute advice call we show you what it brings and what it costs. Then we set it up for you. You do not have to do anything else.
Book an advice call or call us directly on +31 85 013 4500.
Not using isaBEL yet? See what isaBEL can do and what it costs, or first read what cloud telephony is. Already working with Microsoft Teams? Teams and isaBEL work well together, see also calling via Teams.
Frequently asked questions
Since November 2026 isaBEL runs on PBXware 8. New features include an AI assistant that answers the phone, automatic transcription and summaries of calls and voicemail, callback from the queue, live wallboards with service targets and automatic reports, integration with CRM systems such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho and Odoo, and a shared address book with Microsoft 365 integration.
No. Your handsets, numbers and settings work as they always have. The renewal is in the phone system itself.
No. We only switch on new features when you want them. In a short advice call we look at what fits your business, what it brings and what it costs.
Yes. The isaBEL AI assistant takes calls when your team is busy or the office is closed. It answers frequently asked questions and transfers callers to the right colleague. For every call you get a transcript and a summary.
isaBEL connects with HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho and Odoo, among others. You see who is calling before you answer, calls are logged automatically and you can route calls based on data from your CRM.
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