Systems such as our International Call Saver service divert your international business calls round their own internet-based phone system. This means that we are able to simply bypass BT’s cable and satellite-based network and therefore we don’t pay to use it. And, of course, this means you don’t either.
You don’t need any additional equipment or software and, certainly with the Planet Numbers service, there are no PINs or passwords to remember—you don’t even need to register to use our version of the service. All you have to do is dial a special access number before you key in your normal overseas number. There are different access numbers for different destinations, and these can generally be found on the service operator’s website (www.planet-numbers.co.uk in our case).
For example, say you were calling Afghanistan. You’d dial 0911 552 7777 (the Planet Numbers access number) then 0093 20 (the Afghanistan code as usual, not forgetting the zero zero at the start) then the local number eg 123456.
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Once you’ve got the numbers for the country or countries you want to call, you can use them every time you make your overseas calls to a particular country. Dialling the access number simply diverts your call onto the Planet Numbers network—key it into your phone’s memory and it takes no longer than a regular call.
Before they use our service for the first time, customers are often suspicious that the quality of the connection will be somehow compromised by the internet-based technology. It’s our experience, however, that the vast majority of callers will be unable to discern any difference between a BT call and a Planet Numbers International Call Saver call.
The cost of the call appears on your company phone bill in the normal way. However, instead of the international destination call appearing, you’ll see the Planet Numbers UK access number. More to the point, you’ll also see a very substantial reduction in the cost of the call.
How much can you expect to save?
The actual cost of each call can fluctuate slightly from month-to-month but, at the time of writing, by using Planet Numbers International Call Saver Service you could call any of these countries for just 1p a minute:
Argentina, Belgium, China, Austria, Hong Kong, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Peru, USA, Thailand, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Denmark, Chile, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain.
Naturally, it’s always a good idea to check back to the supplier’s website at regular intervals to check exactly how much you’re saving on your calls. But, as we said at the start of this article, savings of 90% vs BT are not at all unusual.
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Again, in stark contrast to the BT’s of the world, internet-based international call services generally charge you a fixed per-minute rate, all day every day, 365 days a year.
What’s more, with most suppliers you can make very substantial savings on international calls from your company’s mobiles too. Again, most suppliers will give full details of the cost of calling on their website.
To find the latest per minute prices from Planet Numbers, go to www.planet-numbers.co.uk and click on Cheap International Calls.
