{"id":11356,"date":"2026-10-19T17:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:36:03","slug":"the-telephony-integration-gap-why-60-of-uk-teams-cant-trust-their-call-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/blog\/news\/the-telephony-integration-gap-why-60-of-uk-teams-cant-trust-their-call-data\/","title":{"rendered":"The telephony integration gap: why 60% of UK teams can&#8217;t trust their call data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11356\" class=\"elementor elementor-11356\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e542c12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"e542c12\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac23cd1\" data-id=\"ac23cd1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5c076c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5c076c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"p1\">The telephony integration gap: why business calls never reach the CRM<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c374f85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"c374f85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e20ab1\" data-id=\"7e20ab1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d0214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9d0214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK businesses have invested heavily in their software. <a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/features\/crm-integrations\/\">CRMs<\/a>, help desks and AI note-takers are now standard. But there is one channel that still sits awkwardly outside that stack: <\/span><b>the phone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To understand how big that gap really is, we surveyed 50 sales, customer support and operations leaders at UK SMBs and enterprises. We asked them which tools they use, how their calls and texts reach their CRM, and where their teams lose time every day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short answer: <\/span><b>most teams have a sophisticated tech stack, but their calls are not properly connected to it.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only 4 in 10 companies log calls and texts into their CRM automatically. The rest copy-paste, fix broken syncs, or lose the data altogether.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the UK\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/blog\/news\/pstn-switch-off\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PSTN switch-off<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> approaching in January 2027, many UK businesses will have to rethink their phone system anyway. This research shows what that new setup needs to get right.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8104a0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"8104a0e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c4e24c\" data-id=\"1c4e24c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-344cdf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"344cdf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Key takeaways<\/b><\/h2><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The tech stack is mature.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 62% of respondents use (or have used) Salesforce, 40% Microsoft Dynamics and 36% HubSpot. 72% already use AI tools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/gong\/\">Gong<\/a>, Otter.ai or Fireflies.ai to analyse conversations.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Telephony is the weak link.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 40% of organisations have no dedicated business phone system and rely on Teams, Zoom, personal mobiles, WhatsApp or eSIMs instead.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>60% of companies don\u2019t have reliable call logging.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 28% copy-paste call notes by hand, 18% have auto-logging that regularly breaks, and 14% don\u2019t log calls or SMS at all.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Workarounds create new problems.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 40% connect their phone system to the CRM via <a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/zapier\/\">Zapier<\/a>, Make or in-house code, and 26% say new CRM contacts don\u2019t sync to their phones in time to recognise callers.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tool-switching is the #1 daily headache<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (32%), ahead of contact sync delays (26%) and lack of shared call history (22%).<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Support and operations feel it most.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Customer support and success (64%) and operations (44%) are the teams pushing hardest for a better phone setup.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77d51c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"77d51c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63fd60a\" data-id=\"63fd60a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d142f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d142f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>About the research<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We surveyed 50 decision-makers in sales, customer support and operations at small, mid-sized and enterprise organisations in the UK. The survey was part of a wider research programme to understand the day-to-day friction teams face between their phone system and the rest of their software.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: some questions allowed several answers, so percentages within those questions do not add up to 100%.<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>Finding 1: The software stack is advanced but calls sit outside it<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The companies we spoke to are not tech laggards. Their core platforms are the big names of business software:<\/span><\/p><table><thead><tr><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRM \/ customer platform<\/span><\/p><\/th><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share of respondents<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">62%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft Dynamics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zendesk Sell \/ Support<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">34%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoho CRM<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI is already part of the workflow too: <\/span><b>72% use AI tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai or <a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/gong\/\">Gong<\/a> to record and analyse customer conversations.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Why it matters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> these tools are only as good as the data they receive. If a large share of phone calls never reaches the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/features\/crm-integrations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sales forecasts, customer histories and AI insights are all built on an incomplete picture.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Finding 2: 4 in 10 companies have no real business phone system<\/b><\/h2><table><thead><tr><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How teams make business calls<\/span><\/p><\/th><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share of respondents<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dedicated cloud telephony platform<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No dedicated system (Teams, Zoom, mobile SIMs, WhatsApp, eSIMs)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six in ten organisations use a dedicated cloud phone system. The other four patch things together: video-conferencing tools, personal or company mobile SIMs, WhatsApp and eSIMs.<\/span><\/p><p>Why it matters: calls made from a personal mobile or WhatsApp are usually not recorded, not logged and not visible to the rest of the team. When an employee leaves, their customer conversations, and often the customer relationships, can leave with them.<\/p><h2><b>Finding 3: Most teams still log calls by hand, or not at all<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic call logging is often promised, but rarely achieved. We asked how calls and texts get into the CRM or help desk:<\/span><\/p><table><thead><tr><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How calls and SMS are logged<\/span><\/p><\/th><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share of respondents<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fully automated, no extra effort<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manually copy-pasted (notes, call length, texts)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automated, but often needs manual fixes<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not logged anywhere<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, <\/span><b>60% of companies cannot fully trust their call data.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Almost a third of teams spend time after every call typing notes into the CRM. Nearly one in five has set up automation, but still has to chase missing recordings, wrong contact details or broken logs. And one in seven has no record of phone or SMS conversations at all.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2004f3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"2004f3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a47105\" data-id=\"8a47105\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0baf5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0baf5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, manual logging takes time away from customers, and it is the first thing people skip on a busy day. The result is a CRM with gaps exactly where the most important conversations happened.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69320f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"69320f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d92592d\" data-id=\"d92592d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55fafa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f55fafa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Finding 4: DIY integrations are slow and fragile<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the phone system and the CRM don\u2019t talk to each other natively, teams build their own bridges:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>20%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> use middleware such as <a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/zapier\/\">Zapier<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/integration-make\/\">Make<\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>20%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have built their own in-house API integration<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These workarounds are better than nothing, but they introduce delays and maintenance work. <\/span><b>26% of leaders say newly created CRM contacts don\u2019t sync to their phone system straight away.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So when a new lead calls back, the agent sees an unknown number instead of a name, a company and a history.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Why it matters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the first seconds of a call set the tone. Not recognising a customer who just filled in a form, or who called yesterday, makes the company look disorganised \u2014 and forces the customer to repeat themselves.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Finding 5: Switching between apps is the biggest daily headache<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We asked leaders to name their main operational pain points:<\/span><\/p><table><thead><tr><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top operational headaches<\/span><\/p><\/th><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share of respondents<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Switching between the phone app and other tools<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">32%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contacts not syncing instantly<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No shared view of call and SMS history<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slow or incomplete call logging<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The common thread: <\/span><b>the phone works on its own, separate from everything else.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> People dial in one app, look up the customer in another and write notes in a third. Each switch is small, but across a team and a full day it adds up to hours of lost focus.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f71b5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"8f71b5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7d534a\" data-id=\"e7d534a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-061fb8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"061fb8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK-1024x527.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11414\" alt=\"why 60% of UK SMBs can\u2019t fully trust their call data\" srcset=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK-300x154.webp 300w, https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK-1536x790.png 1536w, https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK-2048x1054.png 2048w, https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Telephony-Integration-Gap-\u2014-UK.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cf127a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"3cf127a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c070f4\" data-id=\"8c070f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cfe489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cfe489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What this means for UK businesses<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are reviewing your phone system, whether because of the PSTN switch-off, team growth or simple frustration, the research points to five questions worth asking any provider:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Are calls and texts logged in the CRM automatically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with no copy-pasting and no manual fixes?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Does the integration work natively<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the CRM you already use, or will you need Zapier or custom code?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Do new contacts sync instantly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so your team recognises callers from the first ring?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Can your team call and text from the tools they already use<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CRM, browser, Microsoft Teams), instead of switching apps?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Are mobile calls covered too?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If your team works on mobiles, calls made on the go should be logged and recorded just like calls from a desk.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><h2><b>How Onoff Business closes the gap<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each finding in this research shaped how we built Onoff Business for UK teams.<\/span><\/p><table><thead><tr><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What the research found<\/span><\/p><\/th><th><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Onoff Business responds<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40% have no dedicated phone system and rely on personal mobiles, WhatsApp or eSIMs<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional cloud numbers on any smartphone or computer, separate from personal calls, no new hardware and no extra SIM card required<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60% don\u2019t have reliable call logging<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calls and SMS are logged automatically in your CRM, with call recording available<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40% rely on Zapier, Make or in-house code<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Odoo, plus an API and webhooks for custom workflows<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26% suffer contact sync delays<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRM contact details shown directly in the Onoff app, so your team knows who is calling<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">32% lose time switching between tools<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click-to-call from your computer or any web page, and calls and SMS from Microsoft Teams<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22% lack shared visibility of calls<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One admin console to assign numbers, manage IVR and recording, and see your team\u2019s call statistics<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h2><b>The phone needs to join the rest of the stack<\/b><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Based on our research, six in ten UK businesses still log calls by hand or rely on fragile workarounds to get them into the CRM. In sales, that shows up as gaps in the pipeline. In support and operations, the cost is felt sooner. A customer rings back, the person who answers has no record of the last conversation, and the customer has to explain everything again.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">For most of these companies, the issue is no longer which phone system to buy. What matters is where the call data goes once the call ends. If calls are logged automatically, synced with the CRM in real time and visible to the whole team, the phone becomes part of the same system as email, chat and tickets. Until then, the most direct conversations a business has with its customers will stay the ones it knows least about.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3330776 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"3330776\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97d7907\" data-id=\"97d7907\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe17d98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe17d98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your phone, finally connected to your CRM\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-272fc09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"272fc09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Calls are logged automatically and synced in real time, and the whole team can see them in the tools they already use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f6dc1b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"0f6dc1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c640e7\" data-id=\"7c640e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942535b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"942535b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe-business.onoff.app\/subscription\/plan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See pricing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d5eb2 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d0d5eb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/business.onoff.app\/en\/ask-a-demo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a demo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a salesperson leaves, their CRM records stay behind. Their calls often don\u2019t. In four out of ten companies we surveyed, staff make business calls from personal mobiles, WhatsApp or Teams, and those conversations rarely reach the CRM. That\u2019s one of six findings from our survey of 50 UK business leaders. Read the full report to see why 60% of teams can\u2019t rely on their call data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":11358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-11356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-03-business-telephony"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The telephony integration gap: why business calls never reach the CRM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Only 4 in 10 UK companies log calls in their CRM automatically. 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