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3CX Weekly Brief · Feb 10 – Feb 16, 2026

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Mid-February delivered three big signals from 3CX: deeper WhatsApp integration, affordable cloud transcription for Enterprise Plus, and fresh third-party accolades. Here’s how we’re folding them into our Houston playbook.

Highlights for Feb 10 – Feb 16

  • Inbound WhatsApp calls land in 3CX. Update 8 now lets us register WhatsApp numbers as SIP trunks (source), so callers tap the WhatsApp button and reach your queue, IVR or AI agent without PSTN costs.
  • Enterprise Plus cloud transcription expanded. Licenses from 8SC through 32SC get bundled minutes (30k–120k) plus stereo call capture (source), making compliance-friendly summaries doable without GPUs.
  • Industry recognition keeps stacking. 3CX landed on the 2026 Capterra Shortlist and Software Advice FrontRunners for call center software (source), giving us fresh social proof for Houston decision makers.

Impact on Houston TechSys customers

  1. Omni-channel made simple. We can now tie your WhatsApp Business profile directly into 3CX, log recordings, trigger AI routing and keep the conversation history in one place.
  2. Affordable compliance. Enterprise Plus is suddenly the sweet spot for legal, healthcare and finance accounts that need searchable transcripts but don’t want on-prem GPUs.
  3. Sales enablement. Awards from Gartner Digital Markets properties make it easier to justify switching legacy PBXs over to the only 3CX Platinum Partner in Houston.

What we’re doing this week

  • Offering a WhatsApp-to-3CX pilot for every managed voice client who handles high-volume customer messaging.
  • Requoting Enterprise Plus where bundled transcription minutes are cheaper than per-minute Google/OpenAI usage.
  • Updating our proposal decks and nurture emails with the new Capterra + Software Advice badges.

Want WhatsApp, AI transcripts or a award-winning call center in one stack? Call (281) 231-2944 or schedule a strategy session and we’ll map it out.