/dashboard/communications/.
This is the phone system that runs your business — not a tool for sending SMS from your app code. If you’re looking to send SMS programmatically from a custom-built app, see Connect Twilio instead. The two products solve different problems and can both be used on the same account.
Use cases
- Inbound sales — Buy a toll-free number, route to a ring group of reps, drop unanswered calls into a queue with hold music
- Customer support — IVR menu (“Press 1 for billing”), agent queues, recorded calls for QA
- Sales team phone system — Personal extensions for every rep, click-to-call from CRM, voicemail in the dashboard
- AI receptionist — Voice AI answers your main number 24/7, captures details, books meetings, transfers when needed
- Multi-location business — Different DIDs per region, time-of-day routing, shared queues across locations
- Compliance-sensitive operations — HIPAA-compliant recording with retention policies, E911 verified addresses, audit logs
What’s included
Phone numbers (DIDs)
Buy local, toll-free, and international numbers. Port existing numbers in.
Extensions and devices
SIP endpoints for desk phones, mobile softphones, and browser softphones.
Ring groups
Sequential, simultaneous, round-robin, or longest-idle call distribution.
IVR auto-attendants
“Press 1 for sales” menus with time-based routing and TTS prompts.
Call queues
Hold music, position announcements, callback option, agent presence.
SMS messaging
Threaded SMS and MMS inbox with auto-replies and templates.
AI voice agent
AI answers, qualifies, schedules, and transfers based on intent.
Compliance and recording
E911, HIPAA-grade retention, opt-in recording, toll-fraud guard.
Architecture at a glance
Hiveku Communications is not a thin wrapper around a carrier. The full PBX runs on FusionPBX inside Hiveku’s infrastructure, and Telnyx is the underlying carrier for actual call origination, termination, and SMS delivery. You get carrier-grade quality with a full PBX feature set.The dashboard tabs
1
Calls
Call history. Inbound, outbound, missed. Recording playback inline. Filter by direction, number, agent, queue, or date range.
2
SMS
Threaded SMS and MMS inbox. Send and receive from any of your DIDs.
3
Numbers
Buy, port, configure, and release DIDs. Per-number routing and SMS settings.
4
Extensions
SIP endpoints for desk phones, mobile, browser. Per-extension voicemail and presence.
5
Ring groups
Hunt-group routing strategies for inbound calls.
6
IVRs
Menu trees, prompts, time conditions, holiday calendars.
7
Queues
Hold music, callback, agent presence, position announcements, ETA.
8
Pools
DID pools for spam mitigation and outbound rotation.
9
Provisioning
Auto-provision Polycom, Yealink, and other SIP desk phones via MAC address.
10
AI Agent
Configure the AI voice agent — voice, persona, scripts, intents, escalation.
11
Analytics
Call volume, duration, abandon rate, queue performance, AI agent intent breakdowns.
12
Billing and Usage
Toll spend tracker, concurrent call cap, daily caps, alert thresholds.
13
Compliance
E911 addresses, recording retention policy, HIPAA controls, audit log.
14
API keys, Integrations, Audit
Programmatic access, third-party connectors, full audit trail.
Setup flow
1
Buy a number
Pick a country and area code, search for a vanity match, complete E911. See Buy and Configure a Phone Number.
2
Create at least one extension
Either a desk phone (provisioned by MAC), a mobile softphone (download the app), or a browser softphone (in-dashboard).
3
Decide routing
Direct to one extension, into a ring group, into a queue, into an IVR, or to the AI agent.
4
Test inbound and outbound
Call yourself, place a test outbound call, send a test SMS.
5
Layer on automations
Add the IVR, the AI agent, queues, and your CRM integration.
Compliance and safety
Built-in safeguards:- Toll-fraud guard — Per-account daily spend cap, concurrent call cap, automatic suspension on anomaly
- HIPAA controls — Recording opt-in announcements, custom retention windows (down to 0 days), encrypted at rest
- PCI-DSS — Pause-and-resume recording for card capture moments
- Audit log — Every config change, listen, download, and recording playback is logged
API
Every dashboard action is available over the API at/api/communications/*. Common endpoints:
Next steps
Buy a phone number
First-time setup walkthrough.
Set up an IVR
Build a “press 1 for sales” menu.
Set up the AI receptionist
Let the AI answer calls 24/7.
Compliance and recording
E911, HIPAA, and toll-fraud guard.