Virtual phone numbers are now being talked about at almost every turn. The Internet is becoming more and more firmly embedded in everyday life every year, and now the so-called IP-telephony is at the peak of its popularity. However, what are the advantages of this method of communication? After all, it would seem, what could be inconvenient than an ordinary cell phone, which 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 saving is not yet particularly noticeable, then when it comes to international negotiations, the difference is cardinal. For all that, the distance between 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. At the same time, youyou can be anywhere in the world - Australia, the USA, or at least in Antarctica!
- In parallel with the landline, you can have a virtual mobile number. It is tied to one or another mobile operator.
- You can buy an ordinary number or a "gold" number - beautiful, easy to remember, convenient for simple communication and business.
You can get a specialized virtual number for receiving SMS. This service will be extremely useful to everyone: not only to businessmen or people who are constantly on the road, but to any person in general. An elementary example of a situation where you may need a virtual number to receive SMS is registration in 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 wish to remain anonymous. A virtual number for receiving SMS can be issued using one of the many services.
However, the question still remains why is a virtual number better than another purchased SIM card? The fact is that almost any service provides its customers with the opportunity to manage their number in their personal account, experimenting with the options as they like. Here are just some of the opportunities that a virtual number opens up for a person to receive SMS orcalls:
- record and store all conversations;
- creation of a voice menu, using which the caller can contact a specific department of your company or organization, and immediately get answers to their questions;
- the ability to receive and send fax messages;
- organize outgoing calls from your personal account (will allow employees working from home to fully fulfill their duties);
- the ability to analyze all calls made to evaluate the activities of companies;
- create conference calls, connect new participants to the conversation.
Thus, we see that IP-telephony is the technology of the future, which will soon take a well-deserved position in a person's personal life and business.
