Conference Call South Korea with Global Guests

Not only can you host the conference call from South Korea, you can have participants join the call from USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, or wherever else your contacts may be located.

Conference Call South Korea

This year’s host of the Winter Olympics, South Korea, has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and is also one of the world’s top ten importers and exporters.

Whether you do business in South Korea, are an avid sports fan, or have family in South Korea, business back home doesn’t stop when you’re visiting the country. Holding global conference calls from South Korea is one way to stay in touch from the Korean peninsula.

Setting Up a conference call South Korea

Our international conferencing service provides toll-free access numbers for countries around the globe at competitive rates. Thus, not only can you host the conference call from South Korea, you can have participants join the call from the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, or wherever else your contacts may be located. For you and all of your attendees, the conference call is completely localized. They do not need to dial a South Korean number just because that’s where you happen to be initiating the conference.

To set up the conference call, you’ll need to:

Choose a suitable time and date, keeping time zone differences in mind
Invite participants to join you in a global conference call
Send participants the call details (access numbers and conference PIN)

Conducting the Conference Call from South Korea

Conducting a global conference call South Korea is similar to conducting any other conference call you may have managed in the past. You can manage your global conferences via an online dashboard or use your phone’s keypad to perform functions such as mute, request operator assistance, or launch the dial-out command to dial an attendee’s phone number directly and manually join him or her into the conference call.

Because attendees will be joining your South Korea conference call from around the world, you probably have concerns about audio quality and cost — and you should because not all telecommunications services are created equally. We’re committed to delivering the best audio experience technology can bring, which is why we use modern fiber optic PSTN networks and not VoIP. We’re equally committed to keeping our global teleconferencing service affordable and flexible, which is why our per minute rates are competitive and our plans offered on a pay-as-you-go basis without contracts or monthly fees.

Having a high-quality global conference calling plan that’s available when you need it, but without recurring monthly costs, can help you stay in touch wherever your travels take you.

Learn more about Conference Call South Korea here

When 3-Way Conferencing is Not Enough — How to Hold a 10-Way Conference Call with Global Participants

It’s important to note that while our rates are low, our service is phenomenal. This is NOT a cheap unreliable VOIP plan; it’s a PSTN global conference calling plan known for its quality and reliability.

Many business and residential phone systems offer 3-way calling as a standard feature. It’s a great way to bring a third party into an existing call, but it’s not nearly enough for more robust conference calls.

Plus, if you need to bring in someone from another country, 3-way conferencing can become tricky and expensive.

Our global conference calling plans are an affordable, easy-to-use alternative with no minimum usage requirements or monthly fees. You can host conferences with just a handful of attendees or dozens quickly and easily. As an example, here’s how to hold a 10-way conference call with participants from around the world.

Identify Each Participant’s Countries

Since there are several access options which do vary from country to country, you’ll want to gather some information before the call to ensure that each participant has an easy means of connecting to your conference call. Below are the more common access scenarios for international attendees:

Toll free access numbers — These are country-specific access numbers, so a caller in Italy, for example, would dial a toll free number that’s local to Italy. The access number then connects the caller to the conference bridge — all without the caller incurring toll charges or having to request operator assistance to make an international phone call.

Local access numbers — Again, these are regional. Your Italian participants could be given a local phone number for Naples, Rome, Milan, or another city in Italy. If they’re in that particular calling zone, then they’d avoid toll charges because it would be just like dialing any other local number in their community. Meanwhile, the call would be routed to the conference bridge.

Access via our Connect mobile app — Another option is to connect via our Connect app, which takes care of the dialing with just a quick tap.

Moderator dial out — There are a few countries with limited access numbers or per minute costs that may be higher than you’d like. For participants in those countries, consider using the moderator dial-out tool to call them and patch them into the call rather than the other way around. Dial-out rates are nice and low, too.

Choose a Global Conferencing Plan

The countries you’ve just identified will guide you in choosing the most appropriate global conferencing plan. Our plans are as follows:

USA – Canada conference calling — Perfect for cross-border conference calls involving participants in USA and Canada.
Legacy conference calling — This is one of our most popular plans. It includes global access numbers for 119 countries.
Expanded conferencing calling — Our expanded plan increases the number of access numbers to 150 including local city and toll free numbers.

Each of the above is offered on a pay-as-you-go basis with no contracts, no activation fee, no early termination fee, and no minimum usage requirements. You pay only for the minutes consumed in global conference calls — all at extremely competitive per minute rates.

Calculating the Cost of a 10-way Global Conference Call

Using the countries involved, you can estimate the cost of the call by looking up their rates.

Let’s use a 10-minute, 10-way international conference call as an example of costs using current costs as of December 2017 (rates subject to change).

Caller 1 – USA, Toll Free $0.026/minute, total cost = $0.26

Caller 2 – Canada, Toll Free $0.026/minute, total cost = $0.26

Caller 3 – Italy, Rome $0.07/minute, total cost = $0.70

Caller 4 – Philippines, Dial-Out $0.11/minute, total cost = $1.10

Caller 5 – Hong Kong, Toll Free $0.08/minute, total cost = $0.80

Caller 6 – Russia, Moscow, $0.10/minute, total cost = $1.00

Caller 7 – Monaco, Toll Free, $0.12/minute, total cost = $1.20

Caller 8 – South Africa, Johannesburg, $0.13/minute, total cost = $1.30

Caller 9 – Brazil, Toll Free, $0.16/minute, total cost = $1.60

Caller 10 – Guam, Toll Free, $0.026/minute, total cost = $0.26

Total cost of the 10-way global conference call: $8.48 USD

Since there’s no ongoing costs and no penalties for non-usage, you could create an account and use it just this one time — or you could use it as needed, paying only for the conference calls you hold.

The next time you need to host a conference call, whether global or local, give us a try!

View more details about Global Conferencing here

Pioneers of Teleconferencing | Origins of Telecommunications

We owe a debt of gratitude to the visionaries who pioneered teleconferencing technologies.

Dialing into a conference call or clicking to connect to a web conference is second nature to many business professionals these days. These tools have become invaluable in our always connected, global business world. We owe a debt of gratitude to the visionaries who pioneered teleconferencing technologies.

Doug Englebart – Inventor of the First Two-Way Video Conference
Doug Englebart is credited with demonstrating the first two-way computer and video teleconference on December 9, 1968. He and a group of fellow researchers at Stanford Research Institute’s Augmentation Research Center presented a live public demonstration of an online system that they had been working on. They presented several innovations including screen sharing with two people located at different sites communicating over a network using an audio-video interface. The entire presentation was conducted online using closed circuit hookups. So, not only was the presentation about videoconferencing; it was a video conference.

You can view video clips of Englebart’s 1968 videoconference demonstration at: View video clips of Englebart’s 1968 videoconference demonstration
Englebart was a man before his time, having invented and patented the computer mouse well before personal computers became mainstream. By the time PCs became popular in the mid-1980s, his mouse technology had fallen into the public domain.

In all, Englebart had 20 patents to his name including patents related to email, networking, the Internet, and interface windows.

Walter Shaw – Pioneers of Teleconferencing & Inventor of Conference Calling
The man behind the teleconference has several inventions to his name: conference calling, call forwarding, touchtone dialing, security system dialers that call the police, and the answering machine to name a few. He was even commissioned by President Eisenhower in 1954 to create a “red phone” to serve as an emergency link between the White House and Moscow.

Walter Shaw was considered a telecommunications genius, working for Bell Telephone for decades starting in 1935. Disputes with Bell over his patents and the rights to them eventually caused Shaw to leave the company. Now on his own, Shaw eventually began working for the mafia and invented what was known as a “black box.” The black box allowed callers to make untraceable, free long distance phone calls.

Shaw’s dark path ultimately ended with a conviction for illegal phone usage in 1976. It also forged a connection between his son and the mafia, with the younger son becoming a notorious jewel thief said to be responsible for the theft of $70 million in goods across more than 2,000 heists.

Web Conferencing Pioneers of Teleconferencing

Though the first online two-way video conference took place in the late 1960s and included features such as collaborative screen sharing, webinars as we know them began to appear in the early- to mid-1990s.

Among the earliest modern web conferencing Pioneers of Teleconferencing is the Global Schoolhouse Project from Global SchoolNet. In 1992, GlobalSchoolhouse.org launched thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation to showcase online collaborative learning. The site allowed participating schools to join live two-way audio-video conferences over the Internet.

In the business world, software such as NetMeeting, PlaceWare, Starlight Networks StarLive!, and WebEx soon followed. Eric Korb, the founder of Webinars.com, is credited with coining (and originally trademarking) the term “webinar” in 1998. The trademark was later transferred to InterCall followed by West Corporation and its subsidiaries.
Teleconferencing has a long, rich history and continues to be a mainstay in business.
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How to Divert International Phone Calls to the Correct Department with Global Call Forwarding Numbers

We recommend keeping your system simple, without too many levels of prompts to avoid frustrating your callers.

Global call forwarding numbers are an effective telecommunications tool. Not only do they help with centralizing incoming calls from around the world, you can create a virtual PBX system to ensure that your international callers are routed to the correct department or individual. Here’s what you need to know.

Choose Your Global Call Forwarding and Destination Numbers

If you don’t already have a global call forwarding number, you’ll need to order one, making sure the plan supports Interactive Voice Response (IVR) / PBX (ours does). As an example, if you need to receive calls from Italy in your US office, you’d need to order an Italian global call forwarding number and set it up to ring to your US office. This will divert calls from Italy to your main office.

However, what if your receptionist doesn’t speak Italian? Or what if you anticipate receiving a variety of call types such as questions about shipping, technical support, or billing? Using the IVR feature makes it possible to prompt callers to select the appropriate department.

Configure Interactive Voice Response

The Interactive Voice Response feature can be customized to best meet your needs. Common elements include the following:

A greeting – Depending on how you want to set up your system, the greeting could welcome callers and identify the business before connecting the call to a live person or voicemail. It could also be informational only or prompt the caller to make a choice.

Prompts / menu options – Like the name implies, Interactive Voice Response is interactive. Thus, you’ll need to set it up with prompts and menu options such as “press 1 for shipping, 2 for technical support.”

You’ll need to set up both for diverting your international phone calls to the appropriate department. Before you configure the IVR feature, it’s helpful to plan it out on paper. Below are a few considerations when planning how to set up the IVR:

Will there be a choice of languages? If so, this should be your first prompt so callers can choose the appropriate language and/or be routed to a fluent representative.

Which departments will callers likely need to reach? Write these down along with their direct phone numbers and extensions.

How will you handle international calls that come in after hours? With time zone differences, it’s likely that your international callers will call you during their business hours, but not necessarily yours. It may be necessary to use time of day routing and an alternate call center, answering service, or voicemail for your after hours calls.

We recommend keeping your system simple, without too many levels of prompts to avoid frustrating your callers. Write a brief script for each prompt and then set up the IVR accordingly. This is a simple process that involves filling out a few forms and following the prompts. Having your different prompts, scripts, and phone numbers in hand will make this task much easier.

After setting up the IVR, test it by calling the international call forwarding number and pressing the keys when prompted. If the system responded as expected, your business is ready to begin receiving and diverting these international calls.

Setting up global call forwarding to use the Interactive Voice Response feature allows you to direct callers to the right people in your office who can help them. It’s also an efficient use of resources and an excellent way to create a “virtual PBX.”

https://www.aitelephone.com/global-call-forwarding.html

A Brief History of Video Conferencing

However, high speed access to the internet became more common, everyday computers came equipped with microphones and webcams off the shelf, and simple web-based video chatting solutions such as Skype emerged.

Modern Times trailer (1936).webm – Wikimedia

Telecommunications tools today, especially video call conferencing, make the world a smaller place. With just a few clicks or taps, you can initiate or join a global video conference, seeing and hearing the other participants in full motion video. The technology powering video conferencing is truly amazing. While Skype was one of the first to popularize video conferencing in 2003, the idea of communicating over long distances both audibly and visually dates back more than one hundred years! Let’s take a stroll through time to learn more about how one of the most innovative tools in use today evolved.

Video Conferencing in the 1800s and 1900s

Yes, we’re going all the way to the late 1800s, the 1870s to be exact. During this time, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, the concept of transmitting an image alongside audio over a wire was born. In the years following, the concept was largely relegated to the realm of science fiction. EM Forster’s The Machine Stops novel depicts a futurist post-apocalyptic world where people rarely travel; they communicate via video screens and have all of their needs served by an all-encompassing “machine.”

It took about a half a century before the concept materialized in 1927 when Bell Labs connected several Washington, D.C. officials with the president of AT&T in New York City in an audio/video phone call. This call included a two-way audio connection and a one-way video connection.

Yet, the technology didn’t go far, other than in the movies. Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times, for example, featured a video phone where a factory executive relayed instructions to factory workers.

In 1964, the “Picturephone” debuted at the World’s Fair in New York City. As innovative as the Picturephone was at the time, it failed to take off. Some believe that people of that era disliked face-to-face communication over the phone while others think the one-to-one nature doomed it to fail. After all, where video conferencing today really shines is in group settings. Several organizations were involved in spurring this technology forward including Post Office Telecom (British Telecom) in Europe and, later, Stanford University with its Virtual Auditorium.

In 1982, Compression Labs launched its CLI TI video conference system. Big and bulky, CLI TI also came with a huge price tag of $250,000 — plus, each call cost $1,000 per hour.

During this era, the hardware alone took up an entire room. This coupled with the high costs involved meant only a few larger businesses could adopt the technology.

By the mid-1990s, personal computers and Internet access became more common, opening the doors to desktop video conferencing. Intel was one of the pioneers with its ProShare for Windows PC software. Users at the time needed a PC with a sound card, microphone, and webcam — and high speed Internet.

Video Call Conference — or “Distributed Collaboration” — in the 2000s

In 2000, Lester F. Ludwig, J. Chris Lauwers, Keith A. Lantz, Gerald J. Burnett, and Emmett R. Burns filed for a patent, which was later granted to Collaborative Properties, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Avistar Communication Corporation), for a “computer-based system designed to enhance collaboration between and among individuals who are separated by distance and/or time.” They referred to this as “distributed collaboration.”

Picturephone

The inventors noted the shortcomings of other systems of the time such as:

A lack of high quality video
Limited data-sharing capabilities
(For non-visual communications technologies) The inability to convey facial and non-verbal cues

The inventors envisioned users starting with a “collaborative multimedia workstation” (CMW) with high quality video and audio capabilities installed within a system architecture with separate real-time and asynchronous networks.

Data Sharing Component video call

In addition, the inventors included a data-sharing component where visual information such as screenshots (or “snapshots of screens” as the inventors called them) and the sharing of both he control and display of applications (application sharing). Each participant had the ability to annotate or point at the shared visual data. Plus, the entire teleconference, including audio and video as well as shared data, could be recorded from each collaborative multimedia workstation.

This invention certainly had promise, and many of the concepts noted in the original patent are commonly included in modern video conferencing solutions.

In fact, Skype arrived in 2003. It was no longer necessary to have serious network architecture in order to conduct free audio calls, complete with text messaging and the ability to share files with other people. All you needed was a free download and Internet access. Video calling soon followed in 2006.

Though Skype helped bring the concept of desktop video calls to the mainstream, it wasn’t alone. Apple’s FaceTime launched in 2010. Other services soon followed.

Today, various companies over affordable video conferencing options and plans both as unified communications systems for the enterprise and as cloud-based services. Either way, the days of $1000 per hour calls are over.

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Party Lines, the Original Group Audio Call

Party Line - The Original Conference call — Party Line – The Original Conference call

When you pick up the telephone at your home or office, it’s a given that the call will take place over a private line.

You know that whether you initiate a call with one, two, three, or more individuals, only those you’ve specifically included will be on the call.

It wasn’t always this way. In fact, party lines, which are a type of shared / group telephone subscription service, were the dominant type of phone service for decades.

By the 1950s, when they were just starting to fall out of favor, roughly 75 percent of all residential customers in the United States were on party lines.

What is a Party Line?

A party line is a local telephone line shared by two or more subscribers. When the party line was in use, any other subscribers could pick up their telephones and listen in. This meant that there was absolutely no privacy. If you needed to make a phone call and the line was in use, you’d simply have to wait your turn. In most states, if you had an emergency and announced your emergency as such, the other parties were legally obligated to hang up so you could make your emergency call.

Whose Line Is It? How Recipients Recognized Calls Intended for Them

When someone called the group party line, all of the telephones within that group would ring. Can you imagine the chaos with dozens of people answering at once? Fortunately, the telephone company had an answer for this: custom ringtones (or “signal codes” as they were called back in the day)!

According to the Cyclopedia of Telegraphy and Telephony, the signal code for each “station” typically consisted of combinations of long and short rings, much like Morse code’s dots and dashes. For example, station 1 would be notified with one short ring while station 2 would receive two short rings. Recognizing that people would have difficulty interpreting ring sequences above five, the higher numbered stations would use long and short rings. For example, station 11 would have a signal code with one long ring and one short ring while station 12’s signal code was one long ring and two short rings.

Thus, if your home was designated as station 11, you’d keep your ear out for one long ring followed by one short one.

While common sense would dictate that people would only pick up the telephone when their signal code rang, reality was a different story. Eavesdropping was a serious concern, so much so that the Bell System produced a short film and a comic book about party line etiquette in 1946.

https://youtu.be/nL0TDHfvTSU

Not only was eavesdropping considered rude, as it is today, having multiple parties connected to the line at the same time drained local batteries and impaired the ringing efficiency of the party line due to the way the current passed through the infrastructure.

Determining the Size of a Group Party Line

The phone company had to weigh several factors to determine how many stations to place on a single party line. It wasn’t a matter of the central office’s capacity, but rather finding the balance where multiple parties could use the party line without undue interference from other users and easily interpret their own signal codes without having to suffer through non-stop ringing.

Telephone “traffic” was also analyzed. In general, city dwellers tended to make short, two or three-minute phone calls whereas rural callers tended to chat for much longer – up to a half hour or more. Thus, rural party lines typically had fewer subscribers than their urban counterparts.

Party Lines Phased Out

As you can imagine, having to wait a half hour or longer to maybe get a chance to make your own phone call was annoying — and knowing that your conversations were likely being listened in on unsettling. Private lines were available, but there was a backlog during World War II. By the 1950s, private lines became more readily available and party lines fell out of favor between the 1950s and 1970s. Local circuit loops, however, found a small niche with young adults for a time, with topic- or interest-specific party lines serving as a pre-Internet social network. Between 1988 and 2000, most big phone companies had eliminated party lines altogether.

Looking back at the way phones were used in the past, we realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Today, three-way calling and conference calls are excellent choices for family and business communications. Fortunately, all the negatives of the old party lines, such as lack of privacy and having to listen for your own signal code out of many, are long gone.

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Old Bell Party Line Etiquette video here:

Sharing link:

http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2012/6/6/AT&T-Archives-Party-Lines

Togo International Conference Calling

There are no contracts, no monthly fees, and no commitment, yet you get competitive rates and advanced conference calling features like MP3 recording, PSTN connections, dial-out tools, a live online conference viewer, and more.

You can host Togo international conference calls by using our global conference calling service. While we offer toll free and in-country access numbers for over 100 countries, for Togo international conference calls, the access to the call is enabled using the Connect app or via the dial-out feature or by requesting the connection from the 24 hour operator.

Fortunately, there are several convenient options for hosting or participating in Togo global conference calls using our pay-as-you-go service.

We suggest the following:

Use the Connect app — This is a free mobile and desktop app that makes accessing Togo international calls a simple matter of tapping a button. The app routes all calls over our modern PSTN fiberoptic telecommunications network, ensuring that your Togo conference calls are crystal clear no matter where in the world you or your participants may be. It also allows you to manually join other participants as well as record your conference calls. When you connect using the app, you get our competitive dial-out rates, too.

Use the dial-out feature — have the chairperson if located in one of the 100+ countries where toll-free access exists, dial-out to you in Togo to add you and your Togo based participants to your call.

Ask for operator assistance — Our US-based operators work 24/7 and are readily available to connect you or your participants to your Togo conference calls.

The Togolese Republic, or Togo as it’s commonly called, was once known as Togoland. Togo is one of the smallest African countries measuring just 22,000 square miles. The country is located in West Africa next to Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, and the Gulf of Guinea. The official language is French, though numerous languages are spoken throughout Togo.

Togoland was a German protectorate from 1884 through World War I, at which point it became French Togoland. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960 but, according to CIA World Factbook, has been ruled “with a heavy hand” for nearly 40 years. Togo’s former President Eyadema took over in 1967 after a military coup and ruled until his death in 2005. His son, was installed as president in the aftermath. Togo’s first free legislative elections were held in late 2007. A presidential election in Togo has since followed, but not without controversies.

Today, Togo is home to 7,552,318 people. It is a poor country with about half of the population living below the poverty line, low life expectancy (especially among men), and high infant mortality. Togo has also been impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Commercial and subsistence agriculture make up the bulk of Togo’s economy, yet Togo imports basic foods. Togo’s main crops are cocoa, cotton, and coffee which collectively represent about 40 percent of Togo’s export revenue. Togo also is rich in phosphate and is one of the largest phosphate producers in the world.

Because it relies on agriculture, Togo’s economy is vulnerable to weather conditions and international coffee, cocoa, and cotton price fluctuations.

Telecommunications in Togo

According to CIA World Factbook, Togo had 63,200 filed line telephones in 2014, which is about one fixed line phone for every 100 people. In 2014, Togo had 4.8 million mobile cellular phone subscribers, or about 66 mobile subscribers for every 100 people.

The CIA World Factbook describes Togo’s phone system as fair. The network is primarily based on microwave radio relay with supplemental open-wire lines. Togo has one satellite earth station and is connected to the West Africa Cable System.

According to Africa and Middle East Telecom Week, the fixed line operator in Togo is Societe des Telecommunications du Togo (Togo Telecom). Mobile operators in Togo include Moov and Togo Cellulaire.

As of 2014, just 336,000 (4.6 percent of Togo’s population) people in Togo were Internet users. Internet cafes are a popular option for accessing the Internet. According to an undated article on BalancingAct-Africa.com, Togo has more than 200 Internet cafes in its capital city. Internet services include dial-up and fixed and wireless broadband. The two largest Internet service providers are Café Informatique et Télécommunication, a private company, and Togo Telecom, the incumbent phone company.

Togo International Phone Calls

If you need to call someone in Togo from another country, Togo’s international country code is 228. First, dial your country’s exit code and then dial 228 followed by the phone number.

If you are in Togo and need to call someone in another country, Togo’s exit code is 00. Dial that followed by the international country code for the other country and then the phone number.

Hosting Togo conference calls is easier than you may think, and our pay-as-you-go international conferencing plans are the perfect choice. There are no contracts, no monthly fees, and no commitment, yet you get competitive rates and advanced conference calling features like MP3 recording, PSTN connections, dial-out tools, a live online conference viewer, and more. Sign up for an account today and begin hosting international conference calls in Togo and around the world.

What does pay-as-you-go mean?

The pros clearly outweigh the cons of pay-as-you-go pricing for USA and Canada conference calls.

Pros and Cons of Pay-As-You-Go Conference Calling

Pay-as-you-go pricing models have become increasingly popular in the telecommunications industry.

Is it the right choice as far as business conference calling goes? It could be. Check out the pros and cons listed below.

You pay only for the time you and your conference attendees spend in conference calls. With pay-as-you-go pricing, there are no recurring fees or minimum usage requirements. Thus, on months where you don’t use the service, you don’t pay. Verdict: PRO!

There’s no long-term contract. If you company makes a very high volume of conference calls on a regular basis, you might get a better deal by signing up for long-term contract. However, there’s that long-term contract to consider — and you may be surprised to find out that pay-as-you-go per minute rates are competitive with contracted plans. What happens if the audio quality of the service is bad? What if attendees from Canada cannot join your USA conference call? What if you find that you don’t actually use the service as much as you thought you would use it? What if the service is unreliable, or worse, unusable? That’s a lot of “what if’s,” and with a contract, you’re stuck until the term is over. If you’d rather not deal with contracts, pay-as-you-go is the way to go. Verdict: PRO!

Pay-as-you-go rates are competitive. Our USA and Canada conference calling rates are mere pennies per minute. Even our highest rate for local Canada access is just 2.9 cents per minute. Local USA access is just 1.7 cents per minute. By the time you overpay for a conference calling plan with minutes you don’t use, you may find that your contracted plan is more expensive than you realized. Verdict: PRO!

Pay-as-you-go conference calling providers in the US and Canada need to be competitive, thus they include advanced features to be as competitive as possible. In a competitive landscape like the telecommunications industry, being competitive isn’t just about having the cheapest rates; it’s also about being an exceptional value. Our conference calling plans are packed with the most advanced features and are powered by modern, reliable telecom networks and infrastructure. Live operators are available around the clock, too. Verdict: PRO!

Hmmn, we’re having a tough time thinking of any cons involved with pay-as-you-go conference calling. In fact, since there are no contracts and no penalties for canceling the service, even if you were completely unhappy, you can move on, no questions asked. Your satisfaction is important to us though, so we welcome your feedback.

The pros clearly outweigh the cons of pay-as-you-go pricing for USA and Canada conference calls. Whether you expect to make a lot of conference calls for just a few here and there, consider giving our service a try. We’re confident that you’ll find that going this route is a great choice.

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Using International Conferencing for Latvia Team Members

You pay only for what you use, and there are no contracts to sign, no minimum usage requirements, no surprise fees, no costly add-ons, and no penalties if you cancel. Our rates are extremely competitive, too.

Whether you travel to Latvia frequently or infrequently, when in the country, you may realize you need to hold a group audio call with your colleagues back home. Perhaps you’re in your home country, but some of your team members are in Latvia.

You may even have participants from various countries around the world. This can cause some concern if you don’t have a plan, or it could be a non-issue thanks to our international conferencing plans with local and toll free access numbers for more than 100 countries including Latvia.

Activating an International Conference Calling Account is Easy

We make it easy to sign up for and activate international conference calling accounts. Once you’ve done so, you can host international conference calls with attendees around the world.

Using Our International Conference Calling Accounts is Even Easier

As the host of a Latvia conference call, you’ll first need to determine when to hold your first conference call and then invite attendees. Everyone will use a phone number that is local to their own countries in order to join your global conference call. For example, those in Latvia will dial a Latvian phone number or a toll free Latvian phone number. Those in other countries will be given access numbers for their own countries. This makes dialing and joining an international conference call as friction-free as possible for your participants.

We include free tools and advanced features to ensure that your global conference calls go without a hitch. Start by using either the online live conference viewer or downloading the free Connect app. These tools allow you to:

Dial attendees directly, manually joining them into your conference calls
Mute and unmute individual phone lines to keep ambient noise from interfering with your conversations
Lock your conference calls to prevent interruptions or unauthorized entry
Record your international conference calls
And more…

Communicating with Your International Colleagues is as Easy as Ever

Hosting a global conference call in Latvia, or any other country for that matter, may sound intimidating at first, but it’s easy. There’s no special equipment required other than a standard or mobile phone. Virtually any phone can be used including soft and VoIP phones. There are no complicated dialing conventions to figure out or software to download. Simply dial a local or toll free number, enter the conference room PIN, and communicate with your colleagues from around the world.

Our Latvia global conference calls are carried over modern fiber optic telecommunications networks (PSTN not VoIP) to ensure optimal voice quality and unsurpassed reliability. The sound quality is phenomenal. Though oceans may separate you, it won’t sound that way.

Communicating with Your International Colleagues is as Affordable as Ever

Our pay-as-you-go global conferencing accounts are ideal for businesses of all sizes, including small teams. You pay only for what you use, and there are no contracts to sign, no minimum usage requirements, no surprise fees, no costly add-ons, and no penalties if you cancel. Our rates are extremely competitive, too.

If your business crosses borders, you need a plan, a global conference calling plan.

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Building Rapport During USA and Canada Conference Calls

“We have the human resources team from our Miami office on the line as well as team members from our Los Angeles, Cleveland, Montreal, and Toronto offices.

One of the many benefits of holding regular conference calls in the United States or Canada is the opportunity to build stronger relationships with your contacts.

By hosting frequent group audio calls with your group, people will become more familiar — even if you never actually meet in person.

Even if you’ll rarely interact, you can use conference calls to build rapport before digging into the matter at hand.

Use the tips below to build rapport with others during your conference calls.

Arrive a few minutes before the conference call’s start time and chat with other early arrivals. If you’re the moderator of the call, you should be the first one. Greet participants as they arrive, ideally by name. Our live conference viewer will display contact details as your attendees join the call.

Small Focus Safe Topics because there’s always a chance that others will join the call in the midst of your conversation, make sure to keep the small talk focused on safe topics like the weather, sports, or your favorite local hikes.

Start the conference call off with a short icebreaker or introductions. As the moderator of the call, ask each person by name to briefly introduce themselves, their position, and where they’re calling from. This can be fun, especially if your callers are from locations all over the USA and Canada. If you have a larger group, this is less practical. However, you could still do quick group introductions. For example, you might say something like, “We have the human resources team from our Miami office on the line as well as team members from our Los Angeles, Cleveland, Montreal, and Toronto offices.

Find common ground and neutral territory. For some of your more intense conference calls, such as contract negotiations or mediation, initial small talk can help you find some common ground or at least neutral territory. For example, talks may become less adversarial if it turns out that you and the other party attended the same university or grew up in the same town.

Keep small talk and introductions brief. While you can use conference calls to build rapport, do so in small doses. Keep your eye on the main purpose of the call and quickly get down to business.

Build a Q&A session in each of your conference calls. Not only does this provide you with an opportunity to clarify earlier discussions and answer questions, but people who were not formally slated on the agenda to speak will also have the chance to talk.

Ask questions of your own. If no one has questions or the few questions that do get asked are handled promptly, use the extra time to ask your own questions.

Prepare a shortlist of questions you’d like to ask of each group on the call and then either ask a specific person by name what they think or refer to one of the sub-groups. For example, “Can someone from human resources explain this in layman’s terms?”

USA and Canada conference calls are ideal for connecting with others and building stronger relationships while also taking care of business thanks to their real-time nature.

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Location Centric Conference Calls and International Access Numbers

If the calls are regularly planned conference calls, a solution could be to actually arrange for a private dedicated Uganda access number. (replace country with your requirement)

International companies that have branch offices in dozens of countries utilize our service to deploy everything from regional conference calls to calls with all hands globally joining the call.

These international conference calls may take place weekly or monthly. The purpose of the global conference calls could be for collaboration with offshore partners, branch office communications, international press conferences, bidding conferences, annual board meetings that include offshore investors, etc.

The overseas guests for these calls usually dial-in to the international conferencing bridge with an access number that’s local to them but sometimes they may be located in a country that is not served by the current conference call company of the user enterprise.

While our standard offering has more than enough toll-free and local global access numbers (150) for most geographical situations, additional city specific access numbers may be available upon request.

The ability to add local access numbers in distant countries to your account allows you to build your own network for your international collaboration as you may require.

What to do if no access number exists now for your remote office?

One solution is to have participants call-in to a U.S. number to connect to the conferencing bridge. The other is to use the included dial-out feature which works well but can be a burden on the chairperson’s staff due to the extra step. Having the invitee dial-in to the U.S. access number can translate into a big expense for the attendee from their local phone company to call the U.S. from, for example, Nairobi or Uganda or any number of other remote countries.

If the calls are regularly planned conference calls, a solution may be to buy a private dedicated international access number. (ask aitelephone.com about your requirement)

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Hosting Finland International Conference Calls

Finland participants, for example, could dial into your global conference by dialing a toll free access number specific to Finland. We also have an access number for Helsinki if you prefer.

Highly integrated with the global economy, Finland’s manufacturing sector is largely focused on electronics, machinery, vehicles, engineered metals, forestry, and chemicals.

If your business has partners or suppliers based in Finland, international conference calls may become necessary at some point to build relationships, negotiate deals, or collaborate on various projects.

How to Host Your Own Finland International Conference Calls

Hosting a conference call with suppliers located in different countries has its challenges with one of the main ones being how to access the teleconference. For example, if you were to use a regular US-based conferencing service, your suppliers in Finland would be unable to access the call using the provided toll free number because that toll free number will only work in North America. The workaround, which is far from ideal, would be to have them dial the direct number — if available. Unfortunately, many will have trouble dialing in, and some may even refuse to join your conference call out of concerns about costly toll charges.

Fortunately, a better option exists for hosting Finland international conference calls: our pay-as-you-go international conference calling plan. Simply sign up for a pay-as-you-go plan and host international conference calls with participants from around the globe. Finland participants, for example, could dial into your global conference by dialing a toll free access number specific to Finland. We also have an access number for Helsinki if you prefer.

By hosting your own Finland conference calls using our global service, you can ensure that your contacts feel comfortable joining your conferences. There’s no need for them to worry about toll charges or how to dial a foreign phone number. Our convenient service takes those concerns out of the equation, which can lead to better participation in your calls.

Once you’ve signed up for a pay-as-you-go global conferencing plan, you can host your Finland group audio calls on demand or schedule them for a time in the future. We have an intuitive online portal for managing your conference calls as well as live operators (24/7) and a free Connect app.

Schedule your Finland conference call, invite participants, and prepare for your meeting. At the appointed time, everyone involved will dial an access number and enter the conference PIN. It’s that easy, especially since most everyone has access to a phone. There’s no software to download or equipment to buy.

If you’d like to add participants at some point during the call, you can easily do so using the moderator dial-out function. Other useful features include conference lock for added security and MP3 call recordings.

How Many People Can Participate in Your Finland Conference Calls?

As the host of the call, you can invite up to 250 attendees around the world to join your global conference calls whether they’re in Finland or located elsewhere. Whether you need to speak with a small group or a large one, our global rates are highly competitive and our audio quality is exceptional.

Since our international conferencing plans are available without a contract and on a pay-as-you-go basis request an account today, host your first conference call, and see if global conferencing is the right choice for your business.

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Using Dominican Republic International Call Forwarding Numbers

Make your business or yourself more easily accessible to Dominican Republic suppliers, partners, or customers

If you’re looking for an easy and affordable way to establish a local presence in Dominican Republic, international call forwarding numbers are one option.

Not only can you quickly establish your business in the country, you can do so without having an actual physical location.

Understanding International Call Forwarding

With international call forwarding, you get a phone number that is local to people in the Dominican Republic; however, the calls that are placed are actually forwarded to another country. For example, if you have an office in the United States, but offer managed IT services to businesses in Dominican Republic, you could use international call forwarding to route sales and technical support inquiries to your US office.

Below are a few key points to keep in mind when considering international call forwarding:

Our Dominican Republic call forwarding numbers are “virtual” numbers. They are never tied to a physical location. Instead, you assign a “ring to” or “destination” phone number to your virtual Dominican Republic number when you set up your account.

Our Dominican Republic call forwarding numbers can ring to any phone, anywhere. We can route your Dominican Republic calls to virtually any phone, anywhere in the world — and you can change the destination phone number as needed. You can even change the ring to number automatically based on the time of day the call is placed.

Our international call forwarding service is available without a contract. Whether you need the virtual phone number for a quick campaign or for a long-term project, our month-to-month plans are flexible and affordable. You’ll start by choosing an allotment of monthly minutes based on how much usage you anticipate. If you need more minutes, our per minute rates are competitive. Optional rollover minutes are available. As your needs change, you can upgrade or downgrade your plan without penalty. There’s also no penalty for canceling the service.

You get loads of advanced features with our international call forwarding plans including: local ringtones, PBX and voice response features, personalized greeting, voicemail boxes, forward faxing, simultaneous ringing, sequential forwarding, select country call forwarding, and more. Optional features like rollover minutes and call recording are also available.

Dominican Republic Virtual Number database

Dominican Republic Virtual Number

Ideas for Using International Call Forwarding in Dominican Republic

There are many ways you could use a global call forwarding number. Some ideas for Dominican Republic might be to:

Establish a local business, but take phone calls in an offshore call center
Set up an international hotline after an earthquake or hurricane
Make your business or yourself more easily accessible to Dominican Republic suppliers, partners, or customers
Create an informational hotline where callers from Dominican Republic can call in for recorded information
Make cheap international phone calls while visiting Dominican Republic
Stay in touch with family and friends in Dominican Republic by providing them with a toll free number that automatically forwards their calls to you no matter where you are in the world

How will you use international call forwarding in Dominican Republic?

Ghana Global Conference Calling

If attendees are bidding on a multi-million-dollar Ghana contract, they’d likely be eager for the opportunity to learn more about your requirements.

With its robust export, manufacturing, oil production, real estate, and mining sectors, it’s not unusual to have business contacts in Ghana with whom you need to have an international conference call.

Our international conference calling plan is an excellent choice for holding global conference calls with participants around the world — including Ghana.

Even though the country of Ghana does not offer toll-free access numbers through it’s government owned telecommunications agency, it is still a reality that you can easily hold a conference call with a Ghana based attendee.

The Solution to Ghana International Conference Calls

To host or participate in international conference calls from Ghana using our service, we recommend downloading and using the free Connect app. This app requires a network or wireless connection but allows you to join international conference calls without having to dial any international access numbers. The app takes care of the connection, allowing you to communicate with your colleagues quickly and easily.

If you have participants located in Ghana and need an easy way to join them to the call, you can join them to your call directly from within the app. Another option is to use our live, 24-hour US-based operators to make the connection for you.

In addition to 24 hour live operator support to assist in joining participants to your call, you could also use the included dial-out feature. In other words, if you know the phone number of the Ghana participant that you wish to add to your call, simply dial-out to that Ghana phone number through your conference call account and place the guest into your call.

The Republic of Ghana is located in West Africa along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by the Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Guinea.

Ghana has a long and ancient history. Ghana was colonized, and known as the British Gold Coast, by the British in the 1900s. Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to declare its independence from colonization by the Europeans in 1957. A series of coups followed before Ghana stabilized politically in the early 1980s.

Today, Ghana is a diverse country that is home to more than 26 million people from various ethnicities and religions.

Ghana has the 9th largest economy on the African continent by several measures and is abundant in natural resources including oil, natural gas, gold, and diamonds. Cocoa production is one of its other economic drivers, and Ghana is one of the largest cocoa producers, if not the largest, in the world. Ghana also has robust manufacturing and real estate markets.

Telecommunications in Ghana

According to CIA World Factbook, Ghana had 260,000 fixed line telephone subscribers in 2014 for a tele density of just one subscriber for every 100 inhabitants. This isn’t unusual in sub-Saharan Africa, nor is its much higher mobile phone density of 118 for every 100 inhabitants. In 2014, there were 30.4 million mobile cellular subscribers in the country.

Ghana’s telecommunications system is made up of microwave radio relay and wireless local loop components. CIA World Factbook reports that its fixed line infrastructure is concentrated in Accra and is both outdated and unreliable. Ghana is a landing point for several submarine cables (SAT-3/WASC, Main One, and GLO-1) which link to South Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also has four satellite earth stations and uses microwave radio relay links to connect to neighboring countries.

According to Budde.com.au, Ghana’s mobile telecommunications market is one of the more competitive in the region. Ghana was one of the first to privatize its telecommunications sector and has led the way in mobile telephony and data services development as well as in Internet adoption.

Ghana’s mobile market is competitive with six operators offer mobile cellular and mobile broadband services. Both m-commerce and m-banking are growing in Ghana. One service of note is MTN Ghana’s Mobile Money service.

Ghana’s government also offers a network of public Internet access stations and has made efforts to improve the country’s computer literacy. As of 2014 estimates, Ghana had about 5 million Internet users, or about 19 percent of its population.

Making International Phone Calls to and from Ghana

Ghana’s international country code is 233. If you need to call someone in Ghana from another country, you’ll first dial your country’s exit code followed by 233 and the number. If you’re in Ghana and need to dial an international number, you’ll need to dial Ghana’s exit code, which is 00 followed by the international country code and phone number for the person you are calling.

Joining International Conference Calls to and from Ghana

For most participants located in the world’s more developed countries, access to your call can be accomplished via the app, via operator assistance, or by dialing a country-specific access number (toll free or local).

Our international conferencing service connects all participants to your call over a modern fiber optic telecommunications system. Even if your participants are in countries like Ghana where the telecom infrastructure is barely adequate, the call quality is exceptional thanks to our networks.

Our global conferencing plans are offered on a pay-as-you-go basis, making them ideal for your short-term and long-term international conference calling needs. There are no contracts, commitments, monthly fees, or minimum usage requirements.

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Using International Conference Calls for Group Collaboration in Colombia

a participant from Canada might dial a local Toronto access number, yet the caller will be routed to the same exact audio conference room you just joined from Colombia.

Are you planning an extended trip or being reassigned to Colombia, South America?

While you’ll likely have plenty to keep you occupied, whether traveling for work or on vacation, you’ll need an easy, affordable way to communicate internationally during your stay.

Avoid costly surprises by lining up your international conference calling services before you go to Colombia.

International Conference Calls from South America

Staying in touch with your business partners, employees, colleagues, suppliers, customers, and family members while in Colombia is important to maintaining those important relationships, staying involved, and getting business done. However, hosting international conference calls from South America is a bit more complicated than it is to host a conference call when everyone is in the same country.

Some of the biggest obstacles are:

International phone number differences
International long distance costs
Time zone differences
Audio quality

For example, if you have people located in the United States who need to join your Colombia conference call, they may have trouble dialing a direct phone number to Colombia. They might not know how to place an international phone call or worry about their future phone bills. Meanwhile, people in other countries will likely have the same concerns.

Colombia International Toll-Free access number: 01800 7550003
Bogotá local access number:  14864889

You would need to activate an account to use these access numbers for
a global conference calls with your call guests.

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There’s not much you can do about time zone differences other than to be aware of them and attempt to schedule the most convenient global conference calling times.

Poor audio quality is another concern for hosting Colombia conference calls. While Colombia has a relatively modern telecommunications system, it’s important to choose a reliable international conference calling service provider using fiber optic PSTN networks to connect callers from around the world to your Colombia conference call.

Our Colombia Global Conference Calling Solution

Our global conference calling service solves many of the concerns you may have about hosting conference calls from South America. While you’re in Colombia, you’ll use a Colombia access number to join your calls, as will any attendees also in Colombia. Meanwhile, your participants in other countries will use in-country access numbers. For example, a participant from Canada might dial a local Toronto access number, yet the caller will be routed to the same exact audio conference room you just joined from Colombia.

Our superior PSTN networks and international conferencing bridge technologies ensure the best audio quality. All callers are routed via these networks, resulting in crisp, clear voice communications.

Cost concerns are eliminated with our international conferencing plan. If you issue toll free access numbers, your callers won’t be affected by costs whatsoever. If they dial a local access number but are not in that locality, they may incur some tolls but that shouldn’t catch them off guard. We even have a workaround — moderator dial out — for situations where toll free or city-specific access numbers are not available.

Our international conferencing plans for Colombia and dozens of countries around the world are available on a pay-as-you-go basis with competitive per minute rates. These plans are flexible, affordable, and convenient — and they’re perfect for all of your short-term or long-term global conferencing needs.

Sign up for a Colombia global conferencing plan today and begin using it immediately. Since this is a no-contract plan with no minimums, no recurring fees, and no penalties, you can use it when you need it and pay only for the minutes you use.

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How to Create a Phone Presence in Botswana and Facilitate Botswana Conference Calls

If you’d prefer to manually dial individuals in Botswana and then join them into your conference calls, a dial-out feature, with a lower per minute rate, is available.

Thinking about entering the Botswana market from afar? In addition to conducting market research and taking care of any legal requirements associated with doing business in Botswana, you’ll need to develop an international communications plan.

Two important elements to include are Botswana virtual phone numbers (for call diversion from Botswana to your main office located in another country) and Bostwana international conference calls. Here’s how to create a local phone presence in Botswana and collaborate with international prospects, partners, and vendors in global conference calls.

Setting up a Phone Presence in Botswana

Call diversion with a global virtual phone number for Botswana is essential in ensuring that your local sales leads, prospects, customers, suppliers, vendors, and partners have an easy, convenient, and toll free means of calling you. Global toll free virtual phone numbers for Botswana are local to callers in the country. Though the calls are routed to your phone internationally, callers from Botswana will not be billed for the call.

Botswana Virtual Toll-Free numbers (267)

The first step is to sign up for a Botswana global virtual phone number. Our service can grow with you, and there are no contracts or long-term commitments. Simply choose Botswana as the country for your new toll free virtual phone number, enter your destination phone number (this is where you’ll receive calls from Botswana), and pick the number of monthly minutes you’d like.

From there, share your Botswana toll free call forwarding number with your contacts in Botswana and begin receiving international phone calls. Our Botswana global virtual phone numbers include advanced features such as local ring tones, voice response system, custom greetings, fax forwarding, country-specific call forwarding, time of day call forwarding, sequential or simultaneous ringing, and more. Optional call recording and rollover minutes are available for an affordable price.

Since you can cancel at any time, getting a Botswana virtual phone number is both affordable and low risk. You may want to use your call forwarding number as you test the market; should you decide not to enter the market after all, simply cancel the service without penalty.

Using International Conference Calls

Botswana global phone calls don’t necessarily need to be limited to just one-to-one conversations. Our pay-as-you-go international conferencing service is the perfection choice for hosting group audio calls with prospects, customers, business partners, local officials, and others located in Botswana and around the world.

Botswana Conference Call access number 00269 800 3000532
An account will need to be activated before you can use this
number to connect with others on a conference call.

No matter where you and the conference call’s participants are located, accessing the group audio call is easy. For example, we offer toll free access numbers for callers in Botswana and more than 100 countries worldwide. If you’d prefer to manually dial individuals in Botswana and then join them into your conference calls, a dial-out feature, with a lower per minute rate, is available.

Both our Botswana global virtual phone numbers and international conference calling service are built on fiber optic telecommunications networks (not VoIP) to ensure the best audio quality and the most reliable international phone service possible. There are no contracts with either service, and our rates are extremely attractive.

There’s no risk in trying our service, so sign up for a Botswana virtual phone number or pay-as-you-go Botswana international conferencing plan today.

International Conference Calling with Sudan

Our live operators are based in USA and are available 24/7 to assist you.

The Republic of Sudan is located in North East Africa. It is bordered by Egypt, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, and the Red Sea. Sudan is divided into eastern and western portions by the Nile River and is Africa’s third largest country.

Sudan gained its independence in 1956, but the transition was characterized by military regimes, conflicts, and two lengthy civil wars. A peace agreement, the North-South Peace Agreement, in 2005 eventually led to the independence of South Sudan, which was formalized in 2011 but has yet to be completely settled. U.N. Peacekeeping troops have been in Dafur since 2007 where instability remains.

Ceding South Sudan also impacted Sudan’s economy as about 80 percent of Sudan’s oil fields were located in the south. Prior to the secession of South Sudan, Sudan’s economy was booming, and Sudan was ranked as one of the world’s fastest growing economies. That quickly changed with the secession of South Sudan.

Currently, Sudan is an authoritarian state where the president and the National Congress Party have full political power. Sudan operates under Sharia law, a religious legal system favored by some Islamic countries. Challenges Sudan faces includes refugees from neighboring countries, continued violent conflicts, poor infrastructure, and poverty.

As of July 2015, Sudan had an estimated 36,108,853 people. The official languages of Sudan are Arabic and English, and Islam is the predominant religion. About half of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and lives near or below the poverty line.

Sudan is the largest exporter of gum Arabic in the world, and its economy is now largely dependent on agriculture. Gold mining is a potential economic driver being explored.

Telecommunications in Sudan

Sudan had about 420,000 fixed line telephones in 2014 according to CIA World Factbook. That’s about 1 subscription for every 100 people. That same year, Sudan had 27.8 million mobile phones for a mobile cellular density of 78 mobile phones for every 100 people.

Sudan’s telecommunications system is considered to be well-equipped for the area, and in the process of being upgraded. It is made up of various telecom technologies such as microwave radio relay, fiber optics, cable, tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communications, and domestic satellites. Cellular service arrived in Sudan in 1996.

Today, most major cities in Sudan have extensive cellular coverage.

The fixed line operator in Sudan is Sudan Telecommunication Corporation (Sudatel). Canartel also offers competition in the fixed line market.

Mobile operators in Sudan include Sudan Mobile Telephone Company, MTN, and Canar.

Sudan has one international satellite earth station and more than a dozen domestic ones. The country is linked to EASSy and FLAG fiber optic submarine cable systems.

In 2014, Sudan had 8.5 million Internet users for an Internet penetration rate of 24 percent of its population.

Making International Phone Calls in Sudan

If you are in Sudan and need to make an international phone call, you will need to dial 00 first, which is Sudan’s exit code. You’ll also need to find out the international country code for the country you are calling and dial that before dialing the phone number.

Making International Phone Calls to Someone in Sudan

In order to call someone in Sudan from another country, you’ll first need to dial your country’s exit code followed by Sudan’s international country code of 249. Once those two codes are entered, you can then place your phone call by dialing the phone number.

International Conference Calling — Sudan

Our international conference calling service allows you to host global conference calls from anywhere in the world, including Sudan. You can also invite attendees from around the globe to join your international conference calls. Sudan does not have a toll free or in-country access number, however. The best ways to host or join international conference calls from Sudan are listed below:

Use the free Connect app. This app requires a network or wireless connection, and it makes hosting or joining a global conference call simple. The app will dial the international access number for you, eliminating the hassles associated with making international phone calls and providing you with our competitive dial-out rates. This app also includes handy features like call recording and the ability to manually join attendees into your Sudan conference call by dialing them directly.
Use moderator dial-out. As the host of a global conference call, you could use the moderator dial-out feature of our international conferencing plan to dial attendees in the Sudan directly and join them to your conference calls. This saves them from having to dial an international access number, and it ensures that you get billed our low dial-out rates. All your Sudan attendee needs is a telephone. View our best Sudan dial out plan rate here.
Use one of our live operators from USA. Our live operators are based in USA and are available 24/7 to assist you. If you need help joining an attendee from Sudan into your global conference call, they’ll be happy to jump in.

Our Sudan international conferencing plan is available on a pay-as-you-go basis. All callers, from around the world, are joined over a modern, fiber optic PSTN network for the best quality and reliability. Since there’s no contract, there’s also no risk.

Learn more about global conferencing here

Using a Kazakhstan Virtual Phone Number

Like our global virtual phone numbers for Kazakhstan, international conference calls are routed over a modern PSTN telecommunications network for the best connections, reliability, and sound quality possible.

If you sell to customers in Kazakhstan, international communications are easier and more affordable to establish than you may realize.

Rather than setting up a regional office, you can extend your business’s reach into Kazakhstan by establishing a local phone presence and using Kazakhstan international conference calls.

Here’s what you need to know about both of these international phone services.

Kazakhstan Global Virtual Phone Numbers Can Be Forwarded Anywhere in the World

Kazakhstan global virtual phone numbers are a special type of international call forwarding phone number. Choose from several Kazakhstan prefixes for cities such as Almaty, Shymkent, or Kazakhstan Astana, and then configure your destination phone number.





Above Kazakhstan virtual number available from
database as of 10/7/2016
View current Kazakhstan virtual number database here

Once done, anyone in Kazakhstan who calls your virtual phone number will be connected to the phone of your choice. The beauty of using Kazakhstan virtual phone numbers in this manner is that your caller will not be charged to make an international phone call.

In fact, the entire process is like making a local call in Kazakhstan. There are no country codes to dial and there’s no need to get operator assistance. It’s a simple phone call that routes calls over a high quality PSTN telecommunications network to your “ring to” phone.

By getting a virtual global phone number for Kazakhstan, you can immediately establish a local phone number to use in advertisements, marketing materials, on your website, and on business cards. Advanced features are available such as time of day routing, advanced voice response system, personal greetings, voice mail, voice mail to email, fax forwarding, and more. Optional features like call recordings and rollover minutes are also available.

Kazakhstan International Conference Calls

While it’s helpful to have a local Kazakhstan phone number for receiving calls from customers and leads in Kazakhstan, there may be times when an international conference call is necessary. Using a standard service is challenging due to the nature and costs of international phone calls. This can become especially problematic when the group of international participants gets larger.

Kazakhstan International Conference Call toll-free access number
8800 3337312
You will need to activate an account before you can
connect with others using this number.

The answer is to use our pay-as-you-go expanded international conferencing service. We support over 100 countries with toll free access numbers, including Kazakhstan. International conference calls are easy to make for everyone involved.

For example, your Kazakhstani attendees will dial a toll free access number specific to the country. You, on the other hand, will dial an access number specific to the country you are in. Meanwhile, if you have attendees from other countries, they’ll be assigned country-specific access numbers as well.

Host a Kazakhstan international conference call to give sales presentations, answer questions, strategize with partners and vendors, negotiate contracts, conduct training sessions, plan an installation or deployment, and more. The possibilities are virtually unlimited.

Since our international conferencing service is available as a pay-as-you-go plan, you can use it as needed without worrying about monthly fees, limits, contracts, or penalties. Simply pay for the minutes used as you use them.

There’s a lot to love about both of these Kazakhstan international phone services, and they both can make it easier to communicate and sell in Kazakhstan.

Learn more about Global Virtual Numbers and International Conference Calls here

Using Global Conferencing Services from Costa Rica

After the Costa Rica global conference call, our service automatically sends you an attendance report detailing attendance and how many minutes were consumed.

Whether you’re working abroad, wanting to keep in touch with family while vacationing in another country, or running a business in Costa Rica, global conferencing services can help you stay in touch with a group. Here’s what you need to know about using global conference calls with Costa Rica.

Costa Rica Toll-Free access number 0800 0150520

First, you’ll need a convenient means of conducting global conference calls. One of the best conference calling options for people in Costa Rica is our pay-as-you-go global conferencing calling plan. There’s no special equipment to buy, no contract to sign, no expensive buckets of minutes to pay for each month whether you use them or not, no recurring fees, and no penalties if you decide to cancel. Simply pay as you go. We have competitive Costa Rica toll free and international conference calling rates along with modern global conferencing technologies.

After signing up for a pay-as-you-go Costa Rica global conferencing plan, the next step is to host your first international conference call. This is easy using our free mobile Connect app or online conference manager. You can even ask one of our live operators to help. They’re based in the United States and available 24/7. There’s no need for a reservation; if you’re ready to host a global Costa Rica conference call, you can host one on demand.

Accessing the Costa Rica conference call is easy — for everyone involved. If you’re in Costa Rica, you can dial a Costa Rica access number which routes you over our PSTN network and global conferencing bridge. Meanwhile, your attendees in other countries will dial different access numbers specific to their own countries. Depending on the locale or individual circumstances, you could also dial attendees directly using the moderator dial-out feature available in the app and online global conference call manager.

During the Costa Rica conference call, you may want to take advantage of a few features such as our MP3 recording tool. With just a tap of the button, you can record your global group audio calls. Whether you share the recording with your participants after the fact is completely up to you. Having a recording allows you to focus on the conversation as it takes place while also serving as a fall back should you need to review what was said after the call. It’s also helpful for key participants who might not have been able to join your international conference call from Costa Rica due to time zone differences or other reasons. Using the app or online conference viewer, you can also mute noisy lines, lock the call for security purposes, or join participants to the call in progress.

After the Costa Rica global conference call, our service automatically sends you an attendance report detailing attendance and how many minutes were consumed. You can go into your account and listen to the MP3 recording or share it with others.

As you can see, using our global conferencing services from Costa Rica is easy and affordable. We encourage you to sign up for an account and hold a test call so that you can also HEAR the quality firsthand.

Learn more about Costa Rica International Conference Calls here

Tips for More Efficient International Conference Calls With Participants in Sweden and Beyond

For example, if you have some team members in Sweden and the rest in USA, international conference calls are much cheaper than flying back and forth between countries.

Hosting international conference calls using our Expanded service is an affordable way to communicate with participants in Sweden and any other country worldwide.

For example, if you have some team members in Sweden and the rest in USA, international conference calls are much cheaper than flying back and forth between countries. Real-time voice calls are also preferable to email and chats in many situations.

List of Swedish companies that are prolific global conference call users

SKF, AB
SCA, Svenska Cellulosa AB
Atlas Copco AB
Autoliv AB
Scania AB
Securitas AB
Ericsson
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
Volvo, AB
Electrolux, AB
Skanska AB
Assa Abloy AB
Sandvik AB
PostNord AB
Nordstjernan AB
Nordea Bank AB
Vattenfall AB
Volvo Car Group
Transcom Worldwide AB

However, despite cheap Sweden international conference calling rates, you’ll still want to hold efficient group calls to ensure that time is being used wisely and everyone knows what’s expected of them after the call. Use the tips below to better manage your team’s time spent in conference calls.

Consider scheduling a series of shorter conference calls throughout the month rather than one marathon monthly session. No one likes to spend hours on the phone, even if the topic is engaging and the people friendly. Plus, long, infrequent group collaboration calls can quickly become information dumps with unclear action steps. By holding a series of shorter calls, the conference calls will likely be more focused and more results oriented.
Create a timed agenda. International conference calls are just like any other type of meeting. The more organized you are, the more efficient it will be. One of the best tools you can use is a written agenda with time limits.
Communicate before the international conference call. Participants need to know what to expect and what’s expected of them. When you invite them to the Sweden conference call, include the agenda along with any pertinent instructions. Make it clear when the call is scheduled to begin and end. If you intend to record the call and later share the recording or transcript, let them know that too as this can affect how their note-taking plans.
Encourage everyone to be on time. The sooner the conference call starts, the sooner it can end. Our free Connect app is helpful for moderators and attendees alike. It makes joining the conference call a simple matter of tapping a button. As the moderator of the call, you can also use the app to dial participants directly.
Use a timer or alarm to alert you a few minutes before the international conference call’s end time. This gives you time to wrap up the conversation, clarify action steps, and end the call on time.
Follow up with an email. Use the attendance report to see who attended the conference call and then send all participants a thank you message. You can also include the recording of the call, your personal notes, and any action steps you’d like to reinforce. You may also want to reach out to absentee members, sharing the recording or a synopsis of what they missed.

Sweden conference call access numbers

0201400589 - Sweden Toll-Free
0114966100 - Stockholm Local access
An activated account is required to use these numbers
for a conference call.

These tips should help you improve the efficiency of your international conference calls. How else can Sweden conference calls be improved? Share your tips with us on Facebook.