Mobile phone in your small business telephone system

Traditionally the small business telephone systems were all landline based and there less flexibility for the business owners to mange and handle their calls professionally. However with the evolution of non-geographic numbers this trend has also changed a little and now giving you more flexibility , your mobile phone can also become a part of your small business telephone system and that you can respond to all your business calls through your personal mobile without giving out your mobile number to people.

Non-geographic numbers (say 0844 number) can be mapped to your landline or to your mobile phone or to both according to the routing schedule. As you get your 0844 number you get it mapped to your office landline to respond the business calls but when you are not in your office, at that time you can ask your service provider to route all of the calls made on your 0800 numbers to your mobile phone. So, you mobile phone then become the part of your small business telephone system and make your management flexible a lot more than before.

This way , all of the calls dialed on your 0800 uk numbers will then be received on your mobile phone and that now you can manage your customers/callers remotely.

How 0844 numbers save costs for startups?

Having a 0844 number for a startup provides you with number of benefits while at the same time saving you a lot of money. How? Let us count the ways:

Low calling charges any time:
The subscribers of 0844 number are not charged anything for receiving the calls. In fact they earn money as they receive the call. The calling charges on 0844 numbers i.e. if some one calls an 0844 number, he/she will be charged a flat fee of 5 pence per minute + VAT. While you don’t pay for the calls you receive.

No setup Fee to Landline:
There are no charges if you want the number to be mapped to your landline. Firstly you will need to pay for setting up a 0844 number which can be mapped, both to the Landline and Mobile phone.  In the case of mobile phones there are two packages available, the first one is free to setup but it charges a monthly fee of £14.99 while the other one charges £9.99 for setup and £7.99 as monthly fee.

Free Call Management Package:
This includes fax to email, voicemail, call forwarding, auto attend, welcome message etc; in the package.

With al these cost savings, they have little maintenance requirements and have an easy installation process with high speed connectivity. Knowing how much does telephone bills constitute of your total running cost, one can realize how helpful this could be for some one getting into a new business which is going to provide his business, beside these cost savings, a more professional look.

For more information on other non geographical numbers such as 0845 numbers and 0800 numbers please contact 08 Direct.