Telephone DID Numbering

Telephone numbers for home and business use:

In many countries it has been many years since it was necessary to lease a copper line circuit to obtain a telephone number. We offer telephone numbers also known as DID's for business or personal use.

Our numbers are unbundled, this means they can be assigned to you directly, in laymans terms, you don't need a dedicated landline, if you have internet access then no matter where you are in the world, with a simple piece of software or an internet IP telephone you can receive calls.What we refer to here as unbundling is equally compelling, not only are you not tied to a dedicated circuit such as copper phone line, your also free to solicit outbound telephony from your own SIP trunks (service providers) should their offers be more advantageous than we can offer.

How this works, is we route the calls to your platform, pbx, or IP telephony device and you answer the calls as they are received. Naturally it can become more complex with office and carrier systems, so for enterprise we also offer managed voice services.

Make your calls Pay

Earn a passive income from your inbound calls, we 'pay as you grow', the more calls you receive the higher your revenue payments, if you have high volumes of inbound calls, contact us, our analysts can assess potential and help grow your inbound revenues whilst saving costs on line rentals, and outbound call costs. Unified Vanity Numbering by controlling inbound calls to multiple number types, and directing those calls onto a single memorable number, the end user benefits from ease of contact, the end user can setup virtual attendant services, set opening hours, voice mails and other prompts, whilst the master number can always be reached if this is the desired use case.

Types of Telephone Number

The following is some of the various types of number available and the key features.

Fixed Landlines

Fixed Landlines are telephone numbers with a specific 'fixed' or 'proper' geographical location area code associated to its dial prefix, example when dialed using UK dial patterns the local dial prefix 0131, or from international origins with prefix +44131 the number following the prefix is associated to telephone exchanges within Edinburgh Scotland. Geogrpahical landline numbers are usually termed as fixed numbers and businesses use them to portray their local presence and facilitate marketing.

Cellular mobile number

Cellular mobile number, cellular numbers not normally locked to specific geographical cities, these numbers are typically country wide, there can be different charge bands applied in calling these depending on commercial terms imposed by the operator or in some instances the regulatory bodies.

Satellite numbers

Satellite numbers are usually universal numbers not georgraphically assocated to particular countries, they are often used as the identifiers of roaming handsets used within aviation and maritime veseels.

Universal numbers

Universal numbers, are another type of non geographic international number, with or without country association, similar to satellite numbers these are often assigned to inidividuals as personal numbers.

IPRN, 'International Premium Rate Number'

IPRN, 'International Premium Rate Number' is a type of number used by content providers and other enterprises, as a method to pay for various services, these offer the holder outpayments rebates which vary from small to large, different payment rates can exist depending on the origin of traffic and volume of calls.

Domestic Premium Rate numbers

Domestic Premium Rate numbers are generally considered to be the national recognised country specific premium rate numbers with the highest call costs, and of course outpayment rates. In the industry these are sometimes called domestic numbers and shouldn't be confused with proper fixed numbers.

Country 'Wide' or 'NGN' are non geographic numbers

Country 'Wide' or 'NGN' are non geographic numbers, these service numbers revenue share, accessibility and cost to dial vary depending on the particular number range used as well as source and origin country.

Personal Numbers

Personal Numbers typically formatted in a similiar manner to mobile numbers these are often charged at higher tariffs, concepts envisaged the end users using ingress rebate to enable forwarding of the personal number to a mobile number, however generally this didn't happen where consumers have adpopted these numbers it has been generally for vanity patterns. Some mobile operators have been known to block calls to personal numbers.

VoIP Numbers

VoIP Numbers special number prefixes meant for exclusive internet use a legacy from earlier times when DID's could not be seperated from copper TDM services, generally these have fallen under the umbrella of 'Wide NGN' numbering, vanity patterns maintain popularity.

Special Service Numbers

Special Service Numbers, other numbers that exist, are special numbers, like freephone / free call, shared cost, all of these expect the receiver of the call to pay part or all the charges incurred. These are ideal for business wanting to make a good impression and bond with end clients.

Other Number and service code

Other Number and service code types local regulators will often provide short service codes for specialist services such as live operator assistance, police, fire, coastguard and so on; Amongst these are revenue share types such as directory enquiry, or service types such as the speaking clock, depending on jurisdiction and client requirements we can facilitate the provision of both the service and number.

SIP URI ENUM numbers

SIP URI ENUM numbers bridge the switched traditional networks and the internet by translating the numbers into internet addresses by using DNS these can be privately linked with or without the public domain. The ENUM project is not a new standard it has been around a couple of decades, it is however growing in recognition and a registry exists which is managed by the ITU-T TSB International Telecommunications Union, Telephony, Telecommunications Standardisation Bureau.

Evolving Space

Evolving Space the telecommunications industry is evolving, if you have specific use case requirements please contact us and we may be able to assist.