A virtual mobile phone number helps you in making calls to others without letting them know your actual number. You can also enjoy great savings on roaming charges through these virtual numbers. You can receive its benefits for both personal or business use. But selecting a virtual number is not a task to be carried out carelessly. Let’s see what it takes.
- Customer Reviews– Undoubtedly, customer reviews are the best parameters to judge the performance of a company. These reviews are very helpful in finding all good and bad points about the companies. You can either consult your friends to get such reviews or access review sites. If possible, you can manage to meet some of the customers of the company. There references can be collected from the company itself.
- Examine Various Plans– There are several companies offering plenty of plans. You must consider a few plans from all the reputed and reliable companies before making up your mind for a particular one. Not all the plans suit everybody. You need to find out the best suited plan for your needs.
- Facility to Change Your Number– You must make it confirm with your service provider that you are being provided the facility to undergo frequent number changes. This is because you may be in various parts of the country for your business needs, for which you will require to change your number. You must make sure that this number change facility is provided to you at very reasonable charges and without much of hassles.
You need to keep all the above points in mind while selecting a virtual mobile phone number plan. Now we will have a look at the process of configuring such a number. All you need to have for this number is en existing phone number, an internet connection and an email account. Your mobile connection should be active for the configuration. After making sure that your mobile number is in operational mode, you have to make a request for a virtual number with your service provider. You need to mention your area code while making a request for the area you need the number.
You will get a confirmation mail as soon as the virtual number is activated. However, it may take around 24 hours to get this service activated. You also need to tell your service provider that whether you want an SMS facility or not as this facility is not provided in all the plans. Finally, let’s have a glance at the benefits of these numbers.
- Hides Your Identity– As obvious, the foremost advantage of a virtual number is that you can call people without disclosing your actual number or identity. It allows to be anonymous while making calls to others. The receivers of your calls will not be able to get your actual number due to the virtual number being availed to you. This facility is not just for calls only, you can have the same facility for text SMSs also at your wish. It will enable you to send text to the intended people without letting them know your actual number.
- Gives a Local Impression of Your Number– If you have to make calls from different parts of the country, you must go for the plan which allows to change the virtual numbers frequently at nominal costs. It will make your number look local to the receiver of the calls. Besides, it saves outstation charges.
- Texting API Facility– The texting API facility allows users to send just a single SMS to lots of contacts. The service to use the SMS gateway doesn’t attract any further charges or fees. It prevents the users from spending their precious time in sending messages to various people one by one.