Virtual phone numbers are now spoken at almost every step. Every year the Internet is more and more firmly being introduced into everyday life, and now the so-called IP-telephony is at the peak of its popularity. However, what are the advantages of this communication method? After all, it would seem, what could be an inconvenient ordinary cell phone that each of us carries with us everywhere?
- First of all, the cost of communication using the IP protocol is significantly reduced. This becomes possible due to the fact that it can simultaneously transmit the signals of tens and even hundreds of phone calls. If within one country this economy is not particularly tangible, then when it comes to international negotiations, the difference is dramatic. For all that, the distance between the subscribers does not matter.
- There is also the concept of a virtual direct number. In this case, your friends and relatives can contact you by dialing an ordinary city number. In this case, you can be anywhere in the world - Australia, the United States, but at least in Antarctica!
- In parallel with the city, you can have a virtual mobile number. It has a binding to a particular mobile operator.
- You can purchase an ordinary number or “gold” - beautiful, easy to remember, convenient for easy communication and in business.
You can issue a specialized virtual number for receiving SMS. This service will be extremely useful to everyone: not only businessmen or people who are constantly on the move, but also to any person in general. An elementary example of a situation where you may need a virtual number to receive SMS is registration on social networks (VKontakte, Facebook, etc.). As you know, now services of this type have begun to actively link user pages to their mobile numbers. This is done for account security reasons. However, this does not take into account the interests of those who need to create several different accounts for different purposes, or those who want to remain anonymous. A virtual number for receiving SMS can be issued using one of the many services.
However, the question remains why the virtual number is better than the next purchased SIM card? The fact is that almost any service provides its customers with the ability to manage their number in their personal account, experimenting with options as you like. Here are just some of the possibilities that a virtual number opens up for a person to receive SMS or calls:
- recording and storage of all conversations;
- creating a voice menu, using which the caller will be able to contact a specific department of your company or organization, and immediately receive answers to your questions;
- the ability to receive and send faxes;
- organization of outgoing calls from your personal account (will allow employees working at home to fully perform their duties);
- the ability to analyze all the calls made to evaluate the activities of companies;
- creating telephone conferences, connecting new participants to the conversation.
Thus, we see that IP-telephony is the technology of the future, which very soon will occupy well-deserved positions in the personal life of a person and business.