Thursday, November 22, 2012

Virtual Numbers- A Brief Introduction

What is Virtual Number?
 
The Virtual Numbers are the follow-me numbers. These are also called the personal numbers sometimes. These numbers are used by the telephone companies or any business company expecting the calls from the customers. There are international Virtual numbers with some companies that make them appear native to the users. For instance any company in India may have its virtual numbers in UK or USA which when called on will make users appear as if calling to a local number in UK or USA. Various companies take up these Virtual Numbers to save on their costs as otherwise these companies might have to make heavy payments for a fixed foreign exchange telephone lines. These Virtual Numbers can be set to forward all the voice calls to a pre fixed mobile, VoIP, or any other fixed landline number or numbers according to the customer’s ease.

How do the Virtual numbers work?

The virtual numbers forward the calls to a pre specified number that can be any number. So the people calling on the virtual phone numbers do not have to pay extra for long distance or international calls.But they enjoy the same calling experience even while making calls to the different time zones (sometimes). These numbers also let you add extra telephone numbers to the phone line that you have which takes away the restriction that you had before of only being able to have one per line.They are useful for saving on long-distance charges and roaming charges, and offer security if you wish to hide your personal number.

Who can take up the services of Virtual Numbers? 

The virtual numbers can be bought by anyone be it an individual travelling to other country and wanting to be in touch with friends ,family members back home or company providing services to its customers. In general this service of Virtual Numbers can be taken up by anyone looking to expand the business over a region. The service can be taken by any company provided it is available in the country of interest. For instance if a business owner is looking to buy the virtual number in US, first thing that should be checked is the availability of the Virtual number for US. These numbers however can be taken up by any call center, call shop, business enterprise, carriers, resellers or any VoIP service provider. Also helps like technical support of the service provider should be considered before buying the Virtual Numbers.

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