Virtual Phone Numbers – Mobile/Land-line/Toll-Free
The question that comes to your mind when running a business is what type of a phone number would Exotel provide with its Cloud Telephony and Hosted EPABX solution right?
The answer is simple – we provide all those numbers that are available in India:
1. Mobile Numbers – 9243-EXOTEL-(396835) is something we use for ourselves
2. You can have only Voice numbers, such as Exotel – 8088-919-888 (no SMS can be received on this)
3. or Incoming SMS + Voice numbers like Exotel – 9243-EXOTEL on which you can SMS into as well apart from calling into)
4. Land-line Numbers –
5. Toll Free Numbers – eg. 1-800-xxxx-xxxx (More details on Toll Free Numbers in India)
All of these numbers behave like Virtual Phone Numbers and they can make calls land in any city in India.
All applications like IVR, Greeting, Voice-mail, Timing, SMS, Call Recording, Call Data are possible on these numbers.
Vanity Numbers or Special Numbers are available in all categories and you can purchase them from an Exotel Trial account at an extra cost for one time purchase.
Depending upon certain conditions it is possible for you to use your existing number as well, but that is based on multiple permutations and combinations and Number portability might be a possibility that could help you keep your current number and still use Exotel’s virtual phone number services.