Industry’s Most Advanced Virtual Number Service Enables Carriers And Service Providers To Offer Local European And US Phone Numbers Routed To Any Phone.
July 16, 2003 (Press Release) --
London, UK,– Interlocal today announced the general worldwide availability of its new Virtual Number service – Interlocal. This new service enables, for the first time, carriers anywhere in the world to offer phone lines in other countries to their local customers. Businesses can buy Interlocal numbers to enable their overseas customers and colleagues to call them by dialing a local number. Calling card operators can expand their foreign reach into Europe and the US, providing local access numbers for their worldwide callers. Local phone numbers are available immediately in: New York USA, London UK, Paris France, Madrid Spain, Amsterdam Netherlands and Frankfurt Germany. The following locations are slated for launch in the coming weeks: Brussels Belgium, Zurich Switzerland, and Milan Italy.
Businesses in emerging markets can create a virtual foreign presence in target countries by purchasing several Interlocal numbers, each in a desired foreign location. In this case all calls to the company’s London, Paris, Madrid, and New York Interlocal numbers are then routed to the customer’s primary office abroad.
Interlocal Carrier™
Carriers choose Interlocal Carrier mainly for two reasons. First, it is an additional value-added service that helps them collect significant recurring revenue from their business customers. Second, it allows carriers to collect ongoing revenue on international termination of calls to their customers, instead of collecting revenues on origination of calls only. Carriers are also using Interlocal numbers as calling card access numbers for their cellular roaming phone cards. With toll-free access expensive or unavailable in many European locations, local access numbers that redirect all calls to the carrier’s switch make good business sense.
Interlocal Direct™
Service Providers and large private and public enterprises choose Interlocal Direct because it requires no equipment, routing, or technical know-how. Each local European or US phone number is simply routed to the destination phone anywhere in the world. In addition to significant cost savings over the use of ITFS (International Toll Free Service), many businesses find that their customers prefer to dial a local number. A recent study found that Europeans are nearly five times more likely to dial a local number than an international one. Analysts explain that local numbers are easier to dial because the caller knows exactly how to dial them, and has an idea of how much the call will cost.
Interlocal plans to continue expanding its network to provide local phone numbers in additional locations throughout Europe, with Asian numbers being added later this year.
Businesses in emerging markets can create a virtual foreign presence in target countries by purchasing several Interlocal numbers, each in a desired foreign location. In this case all calls to the company’s London, Paris, Madrid, and New York Interlocal numbers are then routed to the customer’s primary office abroad.
Interlocal Carrier™
Carriers choose Interlocal Carrier mainly for two reasons. First, it is an additional value-added service that helps them collect significant recurring revenue from their business customers. Second, it allows carriers to collect ongoing revenue on international termination of calls to their customers, instead of collecting revenues on origination of calls only. Carriers are also using Interlocal numbers as calling card access numbers for their cellular roaming phone cards. With toll-free access expensive or unavailable in many European locations, local access numbers that redirect all calls to the carrier’s switch make good business sense.
Interlocal Direct™
Service Providers and large private and public enterprises choose Interlocal Direct because it requires no equipment, routing, or technical know-how. Each local European or US phone number is simply routed to the destination phone anywhere in the world. In addition to significant cost savings over the use of ITFS (International Toll Free Service), many businesses find that their customers prefer to dial a local number. A recent study found that Europeans are nearly five times more likely to dial a local number than an international one. Analysts explain that local numbers are easier to dial because the caller knows exactly how to dial them, and has an idea of how much the call will cost.
Interlocal plans to continue expanding its network to provide local phone numbers in additional locations throughout Europe, with Asian numbers being added later this year.
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