Nick Galea

About Nick Galea

CEO, 3CX

Nick is the CEO and Founder of 3CX. His love for innovation, visionary leadership, and 35 years in the software development industry have helped drive 3CX towards becoming one of the top communications systems across the globe. Presently, he continues this mission by placing most of his energy towards company operations, product strategy and vision.

V20 Update 10 Alpha: MCP, AI Server & More Admin Control

Connect AI assistants, deploy dedicated AI infrastructure, build real-time voice applications and gain more control over administration, privacy and integrations. V20 Update 10 Alpha makes 3CX a more open and programmable business communications platform. Rather than simply adding new AI features, this release enables external AI assistants, programmable voice applications and [...]

V20 Update 9 Final: Redesigned Web Client & Smarter AI

Grok transcription, AI assistants and improved queue management. Update 9 Final delivers one of the most significant visual overhaul updates yet for 3CX, alongside powerful new enterprise call center features, expanded AI capabilities and greater flexibility for Admins, Partners and Service providers. Read on for more! Redesigned Web Client & Dialer Update 9 delivers a majo [...]

License Edition Changes

3CX to support Grok for transcription in update 9. AI is evolving fast and so is 3CX. We’re making a number of updates to our editions to better reflect how AI features are delivered and priced today. This includes changes to ENT+, support for providers like Grok, simpler edition naming and updated pricing and discounts. Read on for the details. 3CX to Support Grok in Update 9 [...]

By |April 23rd, 2026|24 Comments

V20 Update 9 Alpha - Web Client Gets a New Look

New Web Client, enterprise queue features and further AI improvements. V20 Update 9 Alpha introduces a redesigned Web Client with updates across key areas including team view, dialer and navigation. We’ve also made several improvements to queue handling for enterprise call centers, giving more control over wait times, routing and caller experience. In addition, we continue wher [...]

By |March 24th, 2026|72 Comments

V20 Update 8 Final: Leaping Forward with Agentic AI

Smarter call handling, Agentic AI & compliance-ready transcription. Update 8 marks a major step forward in how 3CX applies AI to real-world call handling — with a strong focus on control, compliance and predictable costs. This release significantly expands AI-powered routing, screening and assistant roles across the platform, while introducing on-premise and private cloud t [...]

By |February 9th, 2026|62 Comments

3CX Forum Reorganisation

Forum reorganisation for the future. The 3CX Forum remains the best and most effective place to communicate with the 3CX Team. 3CX Forum Primary Communication Channel As the product evolves, so does the forum. We’ve made several changes to make it easier to navigate. Trial-related discussions are now housed within the Phone System section, while SMB / 4SC Free users now have th [...]

By |January 19th, 2026|1 Comment

No Frills Telephony is Back with New Basic Edition

Core phone system, modern in architecture - reliable, secure and manageable. Old School Telephony might not be in fashion, but it’s not going away anytime soon! Many organizations around the world rely on a good basic telephone system that will make that call when it matters. An emergency call to a front office desk at a hotel, a call for help in a hospital, an injured worker o [...]

By |November 21st, 2025|15 Comments

Maximum Extension Policy Enforcement

And an improved 1:8 call ratio for larger licenses. Many customers and partners are asking how we might enforce the maximum extension limits described here. This blog sets out some of the current thinking on the direction we’re taking and what we’re planning to do over the coming months. As a reminder: We’ve always published reasonable extension ranges for each SIM call license [...]

By |November 11th, 2025|36 Comments

Enterprise AI Edition Pricing Correction

New AI features to be part of Enterprise Edition - Pricing readjustment 15%. Last week’s update - 3CX AI The Next Chapter - is a game changer and marks the beginning of where we’re headed next. We’re readying many new features leveraging AI. In the past year alone, we’ve delivered transcription and analytics as well as more recently 3CX AI Receptionist. All have been delivered [...]

By |November 3rd, 2025|22 Comments

V20 Update 8 Alpha - The AI Chapter

Department phonebook, local transcription and new AI-powered receptionist. V20 update 8 Alpha comes packed with enterprise-centric features. In this release, we introduce a separate phonebook per department - or company phonebook if it’s a multi-tenant installation, as well as the new AI-powered, Open AI-leveraged, AI Receptionist. You can also configure your own low cost trans [...]

By |October 27th, 2025|179 Comments