Number types

The right number choice can be a vital key in your client relations strategy. Let us help you choose the right number type for your business, there are many of angles to consider.

By choosing the right number you can:

• Generate more calls from potential clients and existing customers – Your company could be free to call from the UK and abroad
• Operate more cost effectively – Use any non-geographic number to add more efficient call routing, maximising your resources
• Convey a local or national presence – Use different non-geographic numbers to change your regional focus
• Open up new markets – Use international freephone numbers to attract international business
• Introduce a new revenue stream – By using a revenue share generating number
• Gain competitive advantage – Have a cheaper number to call than your competition
• Cater to your individual market – A Geo NGN looks like and has the same cost as a nornal landline number, but it also has all the functionality of an inbound number

The main difference between the numbers is the cost to call and the opportunity for receiving revenue share payments.

Legislative number changes

In an effort to improve price transparency and strengthen consumer protection, Ofcom are changing the way inbound numbering works over the next 2 years. These changes will mostly affect 0870, 0845 and 0871 numbers. Visit our NGN number changes section for the latest information.