UK Non geographic Number Systems

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  • Author Kieron James
  • Published July 9, 2010
  • Word count 408

Non geographic numbers offer intelligent number routing facilities for businesses. They offer the highest level of flexibility in routing calls to fixed landlines as well as mobile numbers. They even deliver voice mail and fax to email.

The distinct advantage of non geographic numbers is that they are not attached to any specific geographical region in the UK. Non geographic numbers have gained significant favour among businesses of all sizes because of the wide range of facilities they offer. Not only can these numbers allow calls to be routed to landlines or mobile phones in the UK, they can also be pointed to an international location. Talk of flexibility! The reason why this is possible is because non geographic numbers have a prefix that is not tied to any specific geographic location.

There are a wide range of non geographic numbers. The popular ones are 0800 numbers, 0844 numbers, 0845 numbers, 0870 numbers and 0871 numbers. 0800 calls are freephone numbers, which means that the call is free for the callers. This makes great business sense especially while soliciting enquiries from prospective customers. The company that installs the numbers pay for the calls, a small investment to make considering the leads that a freephone number will generate. 0800 numbers are great advertising tools and they create a positive image of the company.

The 0845 and 0844 numbers require the caller to pay only local call rates. The recipient of the call pays a nominal rate for an inbound call to the 0845 number. The recipient pays nothing for calls to an 0844 number. The great benefit is that local call rates are applicable irrespective of where the call is made from in the UK. These numbers are great to advertise nationally and they create a professional image for the business.

0870 and 0871 are numbers where the caller is charged national rates. Businesses may use these numbers to create a national presence without incurring any costs.

Depending on the nature of usage, the business can choose any of the non geographic numbers. All numbers have helpful features such as call diverting to any destination, setting interactive voice responses for callers, fax to email facility where a fax is converted into a digital format and delivered to the email id that is configured. Imagine being able to access the fax machine from anywhere in the world.

Non geographic numbers are cost effective options for easy communication.

For more information on non geographic numbers, premium rate numbers, freephone numbers and 0330 numbers, visit Numbertalk.

Kieron James is the CEO of Numbertalk which is a trading name of Zimo Communications Limited, a UK digital communications company established with quality of service as its principal objective. For more information please visit http://www.numbertalk.co.uk/.

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