This post about noise pollution and audio quality was published on LinkedIn on August 31 by Ralf Lueb. “Hello, hello? Can you hear me?” Whether it’s in the open-plan office, surrounded by loud colleagues, or working from home, where the neighbor has to mow the lawn yet again: Disruptions and excessive background noise affect our more
Germans heated less last year. But despite this environmentally-conscious behavior their heating costs are still increasing, as ntv.de writes in a recently published post on constantly rising heating costs in Germany. Average heating costs per household rose by 2.4 percent in 2019 – that’s due to the heating oil and natural gas prices, which were more
The coronavirus crisis has led to a surge in digitalization at many German companies almost overnight. That is especially true in the field of communication – including telephony. The use of cloud telephony in business is something new, particularly in Germany. According to IDG’s 2019 Smart Business Communications Study, 49 percent of the total of more
This interview with Raphael Dörr, SVP Corporate Communications & Investor Relations at Gigaset, was published on funkschau.de on September 29, 2020. The interview on the subject of home office and the impact of the pandemic on everyday life at the company was conducted by Diana Künstler. The coronavirus pandemic meant that many companies quickly had more
To set things straight right away: Vishers are not fishers, a vishing call is not a call from a fisher, and vishing definitely has nothing to do with fishing. According to the definition of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), the term “vishing” stands for “voice phishing” or “phishing via VoIP” and refers more
This post about cloud telephony was published on LinkedIn on September 28, 2020 by Ralf Lueb. The post can be viewed, liked or shared at this link. In Germany, the use of cloud services is on the rise – and not just since the changes to everyday working life for many people brought about by more
Not only since the Corona pandemic has Gigaset been dealing with the question: “Communication infrastructure – what is really important?” Anne Dickau, SVP Product House at Gigaset, has now published her thoughts on this topic in a guest article in the IT and business magazine Chefbüro. Chefbüro is a trade magazine that addresses entrepreneurs, owners, more
“Warning against dubious phone number 0711/92238. A recorded female voice introduces itself as the “Stuttgart Judicial Authority”, claiming that there are collection proceedings against me, but I hung up immediately. Half an hour later, I then got a call from the number: 0711/463216, saying that I had entered a competition and did I still want more
Hardly anyone is spared this trinity of problems when on vacation. Although you’re aware of and prepared for them, you still end up suffering the consequences. Sitting behind the wheel for a long time, lugging heavy suitcases, lying for hours on a lounger or on the beach (on your back, of course), and counting sheep more