Business Numbers
Business Numbers (NGNs) give your local business a national identity.
What is a Business Number?
Business Numbers, or NGN (non-geographic number) are numbers that do not have area codes.
The numbers are stored in the cloud, and managed through a cloud portal.
They’re used by thousands of businesses, who benefit from a range of useful features not available with standard fixed numbers.
Business Number Options
✔ 0800/0808 – free-to-caller. you pay the call cost, and callers can ring free from a landline, mobile or payphone
✔ 03 numbers - local-rate number. with callers charged a lowered local rate from a landline or mobile.
✔ 0845 numbers: premium-rate number , with callers charged by the minute.or a different location
Benefits of Business Numbers
Tracking
NGNs can easily be tracked, so they can be assigned to specific sales or marketing campaigns to help track success.
Flexibility
By scheduling diverts, you can route calls to different destination numbers depending on the time of day, or the location of the caller.
Ease of Use
For organisations with multiple offices, there are advantages to having a single national phone number
National Coverage
Using a NGN helps you market your organisation beyond the local region in which you're based.
Disaster Recovery
If there's a fault, or you're unable to access your premises, NGNs can be redirected to alternative devices, including mobile, or a different location.