Life in the 21st century demands interconnectivity. No matter where you look, people are glued to the latest technology. Whether it’s a games console, a tablet or a mobile phone, modern life is entirely dependent on being able to connect to whatever we want, whenever we want.
This is as true of the business world as it is for life outside the office. While your employees and colleagues in the office are on the clock, they’re invariably connected to their PC or the telephone, with emails and phone calls going in and coming out faster than anyone would care to count. Why? Because interconnectivity is good for business.
Internationalisation of your business is the logical next step for many companies around the world, helping your tap into lucrative foreign markets along the way. The problem arises in the connecting to your clients and business partners oversees can be an expensive process if you don’t know what you’re doing.
There are many ways to save money when calling an international business, though the quickest and easiest way to do this is by using a dedicated international call service when calling countries such as Australia or Canada. These services are generally significantly cheaper than what your landline provider can offer as they work by allowing you to call a set local number before entering the international number you wish to dial.
This method of call forwarding means that you can pay as little as 2.5p/minute to call someone in Pakistan. With the right service, you can do this from any phone in your home country, calling any phone across the world, all at extremely low rates.
Some services even often the choice between prepaid accounts and flat monthly fees too, meaning that you are in total control of your account. These prepaid accounts have effectively replaced the prepaid call cards which were popular 10-20 years ago. Because all you need to access your account is a simple PIN and you can top up your account on the go with a single text message, they are much more convenient than prepaid call cards ever were.
This option, therefore, is often the best choice for people looking to make internal business calls on the go.
While this is the best option for people looking to make calls from landline or mobile phones, it’s not the only way of doing this. VoIP (Voice over the Internet Protocol) allows for the ability to make telephone calls using just an internet connection meaning that if your call system is computer based, VoIP may be the solution for you.
Because the infrastructure behind this call method is already in place, these internet calls can sometimes work out much cheaper than other methods, depending on where you are and where you are looking to call.
As with all things, you will find the best deals by shopping around. When you find a package that you like the look of make sure you check the small print. Many international call packages fail to include popular destinations such as India, Pakistan and South Africa; if you take a deal at face value without checking the countries you are eligible to call, you may wind up with the wrong package for your business needs.
Many international call packages fail to include popular destinations such as India, Pakistan and South Africa; if you take a deal at face value without checking the countries you are eligible to call, you may wind up with the wrong package for your business needs.
