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Coordinating International Conference Calls in Pakistan

Your attendees located in Pakistan will dial the included access number in Lahore, thus keeping their calling costs manageable.

Tasked with coordinating an international conference call with attendees located in Pakistan?

As with any group audio conference call, you’ll need to invite participants and share the call’s details with them.

However, when you have participants from around the world, including in Pakistan, international conference calls become a little more complicated. Use the tips below to schedule and host a successful Pakistan global conference call.

Pakistan Lahore access number is included

Start by selecting an international conference call service provider that provides local access numbers in Pakistan. For example, our pay-as-you-go international conferencing plan (extended) includes local access numbers for more than 100 countries around the world. Your attendees located in Pakistan will dial an access number for Lahore, thus keeping their calling costs manageable. There’s no need for your Pakistani participants to dial an international phone number or incur international toll charges. Their calls will be remote call forwarded to your main conference over a PSTN fiber optic telecommunications network — no matter where in the world you are hosting the conference. Once you’ve scheduled the conference, share the local access number and PIN with your participants.
Do the math to ensure your international conference call fits your budget. Using international conference calls is a great way to control your costs, especially compared to other options such as traveling or flying guests to your location. Get a better idea of the savings by looking up rates and estimating the cost of your call. For example, if you have 10 participants in Pakistan and rates of $0.18 per minute and expect the call to last 10 minutes, the Pakistani portion of your call would cost just $18. Look up the rates and do the math for each country involved in the Pakistan conference call and you’ll see just how affordable global conference calling really is.
Consider using dial out to reduce the cost of the Pakistan conference call even further. Our dial out rates typically run even lower per minute than our regular and toll free rates for most countries, making it smart to compare rates if you’re on a tight budget. After all, every little bit helps! Using dial out is simple. You’ll need to enter each participant’s contact number in your account. At the appointed time, initiate the dial out feature and the international conference calling software will dial your participants directly and join them into the call.
Get help when you need it. When you use our pay-as-you-go global conference calling service, you can get help 24/7 from live, US-based operators. Whether you need assistance in scheduling your Pakistan conference call, connecting a caller directly using dial out, or anything else, our live operators are standing by and eager to be of assistance.
Use the free live conference viewer during your Pakistan conference call. This free tool provides you with real-time access to a variety of helpful features. For example, if one of the lines on the call is not muted and the ambient noise is distracting, you can quickly mute the offending line. You can also initiate moderator dial out, record the conference call, put callers on hold, disconnect callers, or lock the conference so no one else can join once it’s in session.
Hear every word. All participants, whether in Pakistan, Turkey, France, USA, Canada, the Philippines, Australia, Japan, or anywhere else in the world, will be connected to your Pakistan conference call using the highest quality PSTN telecommunications networks and not over the Internet. Many low-cost global conferencing services use VoIP, and sound quality suffers. We prefer to use the tried-and-true traditional networks known for exceptional audio quality.

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Tips for Facilitating a Morocco Global Conference Call

If attendees are bidding on a multi-million-dollar contract, they’d likely have no problem dialing an international phone number for the opportunity to learn more about your requirements.

You may notice that some smaller countries, such as Morocco, do not have toll free international conference call access numbers — even under our Expanded plan which supports more than 150 network access points around the world.

This doesn’t mean that your attendees in Morocco or other unsupported countries can’t participate in your global conference calls, however.

Use the tips below to facilitate a Morocco global conference call:

Check our country list — We update our list of supported countries frequently, so make sure to check to see the current status and per minute rates for Morocco global conferencing.

Determine how you want the call to be billed for your Moroccan attendees — Is it essential for the attendee to be shielded from all associated costs of the conference call or do your attendees expect to incur some costs? For example, if your attendees are prospective customers, you probably want to absorb all associated costs.

On the other hand, if attendees are bidding on a multi-million-dollar contract, they’d likely have no problem dialing an international phone number for the opportunity to learn more about your requirements.

Consider using moderator dial out — If toll free access is not available for your Morocco global conference call and you’ve determined that you do NOT want your participants to incur toll charges, use the moderator dial-out feature to dial your Moroccan participants directly. With moderator dial-out, the global conference calling system dials participants, not the other way around. Thus, their phones rings and they are not billed for the cost of the call. However, if you dial their mobile phone numbers, they might incur costs based on their individual mobile phone plans. Moderator dial-out rates tend to be much lower than toll free rates, making using this feature a smart choice when you have attendees located in countries that have high toll free global conferencing rates.

Another option is to ask our 24 hours operator to perform the dial-out for you. All you will need to provide the operator is the guest’s phone number in Morocco or any other country.

Provide a direct, albeit international, access number — Generally speaking, this option should be your last resort and used only for select attendees in countries that do not have local or toll free access numbers to your international conference calling service. We highly recommend using moderator dial out to initiate conference calls in these situations in order to ensure that attendees do not get hit with unexpected international toll charges. Issuing a direct access number to the Morocco global conference call would require your callers in Morocco to dial Morocco’s exit code along with an international access number, a process that could cause some confusion.

Finally, consider recording the global conference call and then distributing it to attendees who may have missed the call. In the case of an international RFQ or RFP situation, you could hold a global conference call that covers the basics and then share the MP3 file with bidders in Morocco and other countries to listen to at their leisure.

In fact, if your global conference call be largely informational in nature with minimal two-way conversations, this approach could substantially reduce the cost of your conferences.

Our pay-as-you-go global conference calling plans are easy to use, affordable, and top quality — and more than 100 countries are supported via our extended plan.

Hosting Efficient Global Conference Calls from Poland

Running an efficient conference call is always a smart idea, but it’s even more important when you have international participants.

For example, if you’re hosting an international conference call in Poland but have participants located in France, Spain, Jordan, China, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, and the Philippines, the cost of the teleconference is billed per minute, per person based on the per minute rates for each country.

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Keeping your Poland global conferences running on time, with minimal wasted time can translate into lower overall teleconferencing costs. Use the tips below to host a more efficient Poland international conference call.

Limit the number of participants to those who truly need to be involved. Does your assistant really need to be present during the call or could he benefit from a recording of the call after the fact? Are the people you’ve invited the actual decision makers or will they need to defer to their superiors after the call? The more selective you can be before the call, the more efficient you can make it.
Identify your global conference call’s highest cost countries. Though you may be hosting your global conference call in Poland, which has affordable per minute rates, the cost of your Poland conference call is affected by the rates of your participants’ countries. Some countries, such as Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Cuba, and Botswana have much higher rates than others. By examining your costs per country, you may be able to use alternative contact methods, such as moderator dial out, to keep your overall cost low. You may want to be even more selective about who you invite from these countries. One option is to record the conference and distribute the MP3 recording to key people located in countries with higher calling costs.
Create and follow a focused agenda. It’s not just about controlling costs, creating an efficient Poland conference call is also about getting things done in a time-efficient manner. No one wants to be stuck on a lengthy conference call that’s unfocused, irrelevant, or poorly organized. Just as you would create an agenda for an in-person conference, you should do the same for a teleconference. Break your agenda down into topics, organize the topics in a manner that makes sense, and assign a time limit for each topic.
Organize the call so that some participants can leave at an appropriate time. Think about whether or not all participants should remain on the call for the duration or if they can drop off after a specific time. For example, you may want to spend the first half of the call discussing high level concepts with the entire team and then spend the next half digging into strategy with your management team. If so, release most of the participants at the halfway mark, leaving just a handful in the conference for the remainder. Using our live event viewer is highly recommended in this case as you’ll be able to see who’s still in the conference call.

Finally, use a reliable international conference calling service. Spending time repeating yourself or asking others to repeat their questions because of sound quality issues is inefficient.

Our pay-as-you-go PSTN fiber optic networks allow for the best quality of service available — and more than 150 network access points are supported.

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How to Host an International Conference Call in Paraguay

Paraguay is a small country of about 7 million residents located in the middle of South America. Whether you’re in Paraguay or have colleagues in the country, if you need to speak with a group from around the world, using an international conference calling service is by far the best way to do so.

Here’s how to host an international conference call in Paraguay or with participants in Paraguay.

Sign up for a pay-as-you-go international conference calling service that supports Paraguay. Since our service has no contracts, you can host just one Paraguay global conference call or as many as you’d like. Whether you have a one-time need for Paraguay conference calling or plan on hosting routine international conference calls, our international conferencing rates are highly competitive — and our service is top-notch.

Schedule your first international conference call. Depending on the countries involved, time zone differences could affect scheduling. Make sure to give some thought to the best timing for your Paraguay conference call. If it looks like some participants will be expected to join the call in the middle of the night local time, consider using the MP3 recording feature to record the call for these participants to listen to after the fact.

Choose the most appropriate access type for your participants. In some cases, you might want to provide toll free access numbers for your participants to dial. In others, a local access number will do just fine. In others, international conferencing rates may be higher than you’d like, making using the moderator dial out (and getting cheaper rates as a result) a better choice. Our Paraguay global conference calling service offers international regional and toll free access numbers for dozens of countries around the world. We also have alternate dial out rates for most of the countries we support.

Plan your call. As with any meeting, it’s smart to plan an agenda for your Paraguay conference call. This respects everyone’s time and ensures that your global conference call runs smoothly. Stick to the agenda by actively moving the conversation forward.

Invite attendees. Now that you’ve scheduled the call, selected the most appropriate access, and created an agenda, it’s time to invite participants to join you in your Paraguay global conference call. Issue invitations to the call complete with the time and date of the call expressed in local time, local access numbers, the Paraguay conference call PIN, and a copy of your agenda for the call.

Host the call. Finally, launch our free Live Conference Viewer and host the Paraguay conference call. Though this tool is not required to initiate international conference calls, it’s great for managing your Paraguay global call as it takes place. For example, you can quickly mute a noisy line, connect participants directly to the call by using the moderator dial out tool, or record the call on the fly. You’ll also see a list of everyone on the call.

Our Paraguay global conferencing plans are available with no contract, and our international rates are very competitive. Whether you need to host a single Paraguay global conference or plan on hosting regular global conferences, our state-of-the-art telecommunications networks and advanced features can’t be beat. Sign up for an account today. Once your account is activated, you can use it now or anytime in the future.

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Hosting Panama Global Conference Calls

Whether joining your Panama international conference call from a neighboring country or from the other side of the world, your participants will be routed over a reliable, high quality network.

With its Central America location, Panama is close to Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela. The Panama Canal brings businesses from around the world through Panama, further adding to Panama’s international stature.

Whether you’re conducting business in Panama or merely passing through, you may find the need to host Panama global conference calls with international participants. Here’s what you need to know about hosting global conference calls in Panama.

Your participants will appreciate local access numbers to your Panama international conference call. Rather than giving them an access number local to Panama, using an international conference calling service allows you to give participants country-specific access numbers that are then routed to the Panama conference call. For example, those in Colombia will dial a Colombian access number while those in the Dominican Republic will dial a Dominican Republic access number. Our “legacy” global conference calling service provides international access numbers for more than 65 countries around the world. Our “extended” global conferencing service supports more than 100 countries.
Call quality should be a top concern. Many countries have inferior telecommunications systems, resulting in poor international connections. Further contributing to subpar call quality issues is the use of VoIP conferencing services. Our global conference calling service is built on modern fiber optic PSTN telecommunications networks for the best international conference calling quality available. Whether joining your Panama international conference call from a neighboring country or from the other side of the world, your participants will be routed over a reliable, high quality network.
You can manage your call as it takes place using our free Live Conference Viewer. Once your Panama conference call is about to begin, sign into our Live Conference Viewer. This tool allows you to initiate moderator dial out (a great way to reduce the cost of connecting participants from around the world), mute individual lines, view attendance, lock the conference, record the Panama conference call, and more.
Holding Panama conference calls is affordable. With our pay-as-you-go international conference calling plans, you can host Panama conference calls as needed without a contract or minimum usage requirements. Each call is billed per person, per minute based on the rates of the underlying countries. Competitive toll free, regional, and dial out rates are available, giving you plenty of options.
Live, US-based help is available 24/7. Our Panama global conference calling service is easy to use, but if you need help, help is readily available. Our US-based operators are always just a tap away. You can access help during the call at any time by pressing *0. It’s that easy!

If you’re currently located in Panama and need to host an international conference call with participants from around the world, or if you’re located elsewhere but have participants located in Panama, hosting an international Panama conference call is easy, affordable, and risk free.

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Hosting Global Conference Calls from Malaysia

Whether you need to host a single global conference call from Malaysia or multiple calls throughout the year, you’ll appreciate the flexibility of our pay-as-you-go global conference calling plans.

Located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is home to more than 30 million people. Whether you’re visiting the country temporarily or have a permanent office in Malaysia, our global conference calling service makes hosting global conference calls from Malaysia both easy and affordable.

Why Use an International Conference Calling Service to Host Global Conference Calls from Malaysia?

You may have a sophisticated PBX system with conferencing capabilities or access to a domestic conference calling service. However, with international conference calls, these systems force participants to dial international phone numbers in order to participate in the call. This could cause a host of problems including: trouble connecting, delays in joining the call due to dialing issues, audio problems, international long distance tolls imposed on participants, dismal attendance, and even resentment.

Our Malaysia global conference calling service avoids these problems. You could host your international conference call from Malaysia, but issue national or toll free access numbers that are local to your participants’ countries. For example, your participants located in New Zealand would dial an access number local to New Zealand while your participants in Hong Kong would dial a Hong Kong access number.

Issuing international access numbers to join your Malaysia conference calls can result in:

Increased attendance — The access number will no longer be a barrier to joining your Malaysia global conference call.
Less confusion — Everyone will receive a familiar-looking access number. There’s no need to look up country codes or ask an international operator for help connecting to a foreign phone number.
Improved connections and sound quality — All of your international conference call’s participants will be joined together over a fiber optic PSTN telecommunications network known for its quality and reliability. Even if your participants are located in countries with sub-par telecommunications networks, the audio quality of your conference call will be excellent as their networks are bypassed.
Increased satisfaction — International access numbers improve the end user’s experience, improving overall satisfaction of the global conference call as a result. Joining the call is easy, it’s free or low-cost for participants, and the sound quality is amazing despite joining callers from around the world.
Improved communication — When you have a reliable, high quality international conference calling service for your conference calls in Malaysia, you may be more inclined to use it. Thus, you can build stronger interpersonal relationships with your international team, business partners, and others by joining together more often in global audio calls.

Hosting Malaysia global conference calls with our service is an affordable choice, too.

Our per minute international rates are extremely competitive. For example, toll free global conferencing rates for participants in Malaysia as of this writing are just $0.09 per minute.

Your calls from Finland would cost just $0.18 per minute toll free or $0.10 per minute if you issued a Helsinki access number. For countries with higher international calling costs, consider using our moderator dial out feature to reduce your costs by dialing participants directly.

Whether you need to host a single global conference call from Malaysia or multiple calls throughout the year, you’ll appreciate the flexibility of our pay-as-you-go global conference calling plans.

There are no contracts, no commitments, and no minimums. Simply pay for the minutes you use — and cancel anytime with no penalties.

Getting started is easy. Sign up for a Malaysia global conference calling account today here.

Global Conference Calls with Kyrgyzstan

By providing a toll free number local to Kyrgyzstan, you will make it easier for your participants to dial in while simultaneously addressing any financial concerns they might have otherwise had with an international phone number.

Do you need to host global conference calls with participants located in Kyrgyzstan? If so, you’ll need to consider several key points when choosing an international call conferencing service.

Toll Free Access

Largely rural, and one of the poorest nations in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan is home to more than 5.7 million people. While your global conference call’s participants may or may not have financial concerns, it’s a good business practice to provide toll free access to your international conference calls.

Kyrgyzstan Toll Free access number:  00800 70077701

You can use this access number from Kyrgyzstan to connect
with others after you set up an account.

However, toll free access numbers for the host country won’t work internationally. For example, if you’re located in Australia and will be hosting an international conference call with participants in Kyrgyzstan, your Australian toll free number won’t work. Rather, you need a Kyrgyzstan toll free number for your global conference call’s participants in Kyrgyzstan.

Mobile Access

Like many countries, Kyrgyzstan’s telecommunications system is largely skewed toward mobile use. In fact, according to CIA World Factbook, its mobile tele density is 135 percent while its fixed line tele density is a mere 8 percent per 100 people.

If you will be hosting global conference calls with participants in Kyrgyzstan, you’ll want to make sure that mobile devices are supported. Our pay-as-you-go international conferencing service offers toll free access numbers for Kyrgyzstan — and callers can use any phone, including mobile phones and VoIP phones, to connect to your international conference call.

Dial Out Option

Another option for your Kyrgyzstan global conference calls is to use the dial out feature to dial your participants directly. With this option, you call participants rather than having them call you. Our dial out option features a significantly lower per minute rate than our toll free access number for Kyrgyzstan. If you’re concerned about the potential cost for toll free Kyrgyzstan conference calls, using the dial out option can reduce the cost of your calls by quite a bit.

MP3 Recordings

Our international conference calling service includes a built-in MP3 recording feature. Recording your Kyrgyzstan conference calls is a great way to capture the moment. After recording the conference call, you have numerous options available. For example, you could:

Distribute the MP3 recording amongst participants so that they have a record of the call
Share the MP3 recording with absentee participants so that they can get up to speed quickly as if they had attended the call in person
Have the recording transcribed by a third party
Repurpose the recording (if appropriate) such as by using it as a training tool in the future

Call Quality

Though Kyrgyzstan’s telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded to digital, you’ll want to choose an international conference calling service provider that delivers the best call quality possible. We use fiber optic PSTN networks for the most reliable, best quality service. Make sure that everyone’s voice is heard as if they’re seated in the same room by using our Kyrgyzstan international conference calling service.

Global access numbers that work are obviously a crucial factor for a successful conference call. You want all participants to be able to join the call. Using aitelephone.com Expanded plan, assures you that 100% of your attendees will be able to connect to you global meeting.

Running an international business often requires group audio calls with participants located in countries such as Kyrgyzstan. While you may have a reliable domestic conference calling solution in place, callers from other countries aren’t necessarily supported unless they’re willing to dial the direct line and incur international long distance tolls. If you have attendees in Kyrgyzstan, you’ll likely encounter some pushback to this method. A better choice would be to use our pay-as-you-go global conferencing service.

For example, with our service, you could invite callers from around the world to your global conference call. Kyrgyzstan attendees will dial a toll free phone number specific to Kyrgyzstan, making it easy and intuitive for them to dial into your international conference call while also ensuring that they won’t incur toll charges. You can also invite attendees from other countries. They, too, would dial toll free access numbers to join your call, and these access numbers would be specific to their countries.

Why Use Our Kyrgyzstan Global Conferencing Service over Other Solutions Like Instant Messaging, Web Conferencing, or VoIP

The Internet makes international communications much easier, and they all have their place. Below are a few reasons why you might want to use our Kyrgyzstan global conferencing service over the others:

Audio conferencing enables real-time conversations — While email and text messaging are helpful, sometimes a phone call is the most effective and efficient choice. Whether you need to explain a complicated issue, answer questions, or brainstorm ideas, meeting in a global conference call can be a quick way to do it.
Audio conferencing builds relationships — When you can hear one another’s voice, it’s much more personal. It’s easier to pick up on subtle verbal cues that are absent in texts and emails.
Audio conferencing doesn’t require any special technology or equipment — There’s nothing to download unless you want the added convenience of our free Connect app. Your Kyrgyzstan attendees simply use their phones (any phone will do) and dial a toll free number to join the call. It’s that easy. If you use the moderator dial out feature, all they have to do is answer the phone.

Pay-As-You-Go Global Conferencing

Competitive rates, exceptional audio quality, and advanced features are hallmarks of our Kyrgyzstan global conference calling plans. We use modern, fiber optic PSTN telecommunications carriers to ensure crystal clear audio and reliable connections every time, no matter where your attendees may be located. There are no contracts to sign, no monthly fees to pay, no minimum usage requirements to meet, and no penalties if you don’t use the service. Simply sign up for a global conferencing plan and use it when you need it. If you don’t need to make any global conference calls, do nothing. You won’t pay a penny for calls you don’t make and the service will be waiting for you when you need it next.

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Hosting Global Germany Conference Calls

In addition to potentially being intimidated about dialing an international number, they may have concerns about how the group conference call will affect their phone bills.

Doing business internationally often requires global communication with a geographically diverse group of participants.

If you or one of your colleagues is in Germany, hosting global conference calls is a fantastic way to facilitate communications.

Here’s what you need to know about hosting global conference calls from Germany.

You’ll need international access numbers for your participants to use in order to connect to your Germany conference call. For example, if you’re hosting the conference call in Germany but you have participants calling from the United States and Canada, they will not want to dial a German phone number in order to participate. For starters, they may not know how to place an international call, and the German access number will definitely look foreign to them. In addition to potentially being intimidated about dialing an international number, they may have concerns about how the group conference call will affect their phone bills. Fortunately, you can overcome these objections by providing them with North American access numbers to your Germany conference call. Likewise, when using our international conferencing service, you can issue international access numbers (toll free and local) to callers from more than 60 (and more than 100 with our extended service) countries.

Call quality is an essential ingredient in any conference call, even more so in an international conference call. Phone connections have improved dramatically over the past several decades, even international ones. However, there are still audio quality issues that can negatively impact your global conference calls — particularly with VoIP connections. While you may be able to tolerate the occasional bad connection when communicating one-on-one, in a group call bad connections should be avoided at all costs. You need to be able to hear each participant clearly without interference, echoes, dropouts, or stutters. Make sure to choose an international conferencing service that uses the best telecommunications networks. We use PSTN fiber optic networks for the best audio quality around the world.

Germany conference calls don’t have to cost a fortune. As the host of an international conference call, you’re likely concerned about containing your costs. Fortunately, hosting global conference calls in Germany or elsewhere around the world doesn’t need to cost you a fortune thanks to our low international conferencing rates and our pay-as-you-go plans. To get a better idea about the costs of hosting a global conference call in Germany, take a look at our per minute rates for each country where your participants will be calling from. Do the math and you’ll find out just how affordable hosting a Germany global conference call can be. If you want to reduce your costs even further, consider using the moderator dial-out option where it makes the most sense.

Choosing a pay-as-you-go international conference calling plan is ideal for those times when you need global conferencing but not necessarily on a regular basis. Simply use the service as needed and connect internationally with your colleagues, partners, and others around the world.

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GEORGIA Global Conference Calls

For example, if you’re located in the United States and would like to host a Georgia conference call, our extended global conference calling service allows you to do just that.

The country of Georgia has been recognized by the World Bank, since 2003, as one of the world’s fastest-reforming economies and as a leader in fighting corruption.

As of 2012, the World Bank has ranked Georgia as the ninth in the world in terms of ease of doing business. Whether you’re already doing business in Georgia or exploring the possibility, you may find it necessary to use a Georgia global conference call service from time to time.

What You Need to Host a Georgia Global Conference Call
In most countries, holding a domestic conference call is fairly straightforward. For example, your PBX system may have the ability to join multiple callers into a conference call.

If not, domestic conference calling services are readily available in many countries. However, once your conference call involves international participants, it immediately becomes more complicated.

For example, if you’re in the United States but need to have a conference call with attendees in Georgia, will you expect them to call your main phone number and incur all of the long distance costs associated with the call?

This is a major barrier that can adversely affect attendance. Some international attendees will not participate because of cost concerns. Others will have trouble dialing an international number. Giving them your toll free number won’t help matters because toll free numbers only work domestically.

The best approach is to use a global conference call service that supports the countries involved. International conference calling service providers offer services that address the unique needs of global conference calls.

For example, if you’re located in the United States and would like to host a Georgia conference call, our expanded global conference calling service allows you to do just that.

Georgia Conference Call Rates

Toll Free access from Georgia = $0.28 /minute
Dial-out to Georgia = $0.22 /minute

(get the same $0.22 rate using the included free Connect App)
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US toll free access = 2.6¢ /minute

View all worldwide conferencing rates here

For your attendees (and yourself) in the United States, you can issue US access numbers just as you would for any other domestic conference calls. For your attendees in Georgia, however, you would issue toll free access numbers specific to Georgia. They’ll dial a toll free number, thereby eliminating any concerns about cost or operator assistance, and be connected to your global conference call at no cost to your participant.

Your Georgia conference calls can also include participants from other countries. For example, if you need to host a global conference call with participants from the U.S., Georgia, France, Ireland, Australia, and Hong Kong, you can easily accommodate all of these participants from around the world.

The hardest part of hosting Georgia international conference calls with our service is dealing with time zone differences, and that’s beyond any of our control.

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Provide Spain Toll Free Access Numbers for your Spain Conference Calls

If you’re thinking of doing business in Spain, it’s probably a good idea to spend some time in the country introducing yourself to potential suppliers, vendors, partners, and prospects.

Using International Conference Calls in Spain to Build Stronger Business Relationships

According to Export.gov, face-to-face meetings in Spain are of utmost importance in building initial business relationships. If you’re thinking of doing business in Spain, it’s probably a good idea to spend some time in the country introducing yourself to potential suppliers, vendors, partners, and prospects.

Once those relationships have been set into motion, you may want to continue building your relationships in Spain with international conference calls. Below are a few pointers to keep in mind.

Have an Agenda for the Call

While one of your goals is to continue to build a strong business relationship, your international conference call in Spain needs to have a purpose beyond getting acquainted. And, it needs to be relevant to your new business contacts in Spain.

Define the purpose of the conference call and highlight what’s in it for them. Who needs to attend the Spain conference call? What time, in local business hours in Spain, should the call take place?

From there, create an agenda for your conference call, allowing time for formal introductions amongst participants at the beginning.

Export.gov says that Spaniards expect personal relationships with their suppliers but they tend to be more formal in their relations than Americans.

No one appreciates rambling meetings, so keep your Spain conference call moving according to your agenda and stick to the allotted time period. For example, if you told your conference call attendees that the conference call would take no more than 15 minutes of their time, wrap up the call at the 12 to 13-minute mark.

Part of building strong business relationships is demonstrating that you keep your word and respect the other person’s time. By keeping your Spain conference calls within the stated time period, you are doing both.

Because you’re the one initiating these relationships and soliciting business, you should pay the costs associated with your international conference calls in Spain. Thus, if you’re in the United States, don’t expect your callers in Spain to dial your US office number. You can’t give them your toll free number either because your toll free number only works in North America.

The best choice is to use an international conference calling service that provides international access numbers. With our global conferencing service, your callers from Spain will dial a toll free access number that’s local for Spain. Their calls will then be forwarded over a high definition, fiber optic network and joined in an audio conference.

Meanwhile, if you have other participants located in other countries, they too, will dial a toll free access number that’s unique to their own countries. In order to join your own Spain conference call, you’ll dial a domestic access number.

No matter which access number a given attendee dials, everyone will be joined in a group conference call with exceptional sound quality.

As the host of the Spain conference call, you’ll be billed per minute, per attendee based on the individual rates for their countries. Our toll free international conferencing rates are extremely competitive, and even lower “dial out” rates are available for Spain and other countries.

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Sri Lanka Global Conference Calls

if you are wooing potential customers in Sri Lanka, you’d probably want to schedule the call as conveniently as possible for them — even if it means that you must join the call in the middle of the night.

Need to host global conference calls in Sri Lanka?

Whether you’re located in Sri Lanka or have business contacts or family members in the country, as soon as a conference call involves international participants, it becomes much more complicated to coordinate.

Here’s what you need to know about hosting Sri Lanka global conference calls.

Use a global conference calling service that provides Sri Lanka and global access numbers. The reason you need a global conferencing service in Sri Lanka is because traditional conference calling services only provide national and toll free numbers for that particular country. For example, if you’re in the United States and use a traditional domestic conference calling service, callers in Sri Lanka would not be able to join the call using the provided toll free number because that number only works in North America. While you could give them a non-toll free number (if available from your provider), they’d incur international long distance charges by the minute when participating in the call.

Our expanded global conference calling plan offers both toll free and regional (Colombo) access numbers for Sri Lanka along with toll free access numbers for more than 100 other countries.

This ensures that all of your international participants can join your Sri Lanka international conference calls simply by dialing a local access number without concerns about international long distance costs.

Scheduling Sri Lanka global calls is tricky due to time zone differences. If you’re in India, this is less of a problem than if you’re in Brazil or New Zealand. How you schedule the call is up to you. However, keep in mind the purpose of the call and its “VIPs.” For example, if you are wooing potential customers in Sri Lanka, you’d probably want to schedule the call as conveniently as possible for them — even if it means that you must join the call in the middle of the night.

Take advantage of available conference calling features. Our international conference calling plans for Sri Lanka and other countries include a variety of advanced features like MP3 call recording and moderator dial-out. Take advantage of these and increase the effectiveness and reduce the cost of your Sri Lanka conference calls.

For example, when you record your conference calls, you can later distribute the recording to participants via an MP3 file. This is helpful in several ways including:

Making sure that everyone has a copy that they can listen to later.
Ensuring that participants who were unable to attend the call can hear it after the fact.
Having the ability to transcribe the call afterward.
Repackaging the recording as a training course or seminar (if applicable).

Moderator dial-out is a method where you can dial participants directly rather than requiring them to dial an access number. Our dial-out rates tend to be less than our toll free rates, making this a great way to reduce the total cost of the call.

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ESTONIA Virtual Phone Numbers

Creating a virtual Estonia office with your international call forwarding numbers is a great way to overcome these objections and facilitate communications.

Did you know that Estonia ranks eighth in the world in terms of economic freedom — and number one in the European Union? This is according to the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom.

The World Bank ranks Estonia in 17^th place in the world in terms of “Ease of Doing Business.” Coupled with a stable government and moderate costs, it may make sense to explore the Estonian marketplace.

If you do, we highly recommend getting some Estonia virtual phone numbers as part of your business expansion. Here’s what you need to know about using virtual phone numbers in Estonia.

What are Estonia Virtual Phone Numbers?

Estonia virtual phone numbers are virtual numbers in the sense that they are not “tied” to a physical phone. Because they are virtual, you can assign them to ring to just about any phone in existence.

For example, you could have your Estonia virtual phone number ring to your main office, your mobile phone, or even your home or hotel phone. Moreover, the physical phone you designate as your “ring to” number can be located anywhere in the world — not just in Estonia.

Why Use an Estonia Virtual Phone Number?

Estonia virtual phone numbers look and act like regular Estonia telephone numbers. They’re available in toll free Estonia and Estonia national versions with the 372 national prefix.

Because they look like any other phone number local to Estonia yet ring to any phone in the world you designate, you can use these virtual phone numbers to create a local phone presence in Estonia.

For example, if you export goods to Estonia and would like your customers to be able to contact your office for customer service or technical support, they’ll appreciate a local or toll free number.

In fact, they may hesitate to call your office if you list a number in another country. Creating a virtual Estonia office with your international call forwarding numbers is a great way to overcome these objections and facilitate communications.

As you explore the Estonian marketplace, you may find it useful to share your Estonian virtual number with your new contacts, Estonian business partners, and local authorities. By giving them local phone numbers where you can be reached, you are also sending them a subtle message about your intentions.

That message is this: You are serious about doing business in Estonia! They will see that you’ve taken the time to set up a business presence in their country. They’ll also appreciate not having to make international long distance calls in order to speak with you once you’ve returned to your home country.

Getting virtual phone numbers for Estonia and other countries is easy. Our virtual phone number plans are available on a no-contract basis — and they’re loaded with features like time-of-day routing, local ring tones, HD audio quality, advanced call forwarding, advanced IVR/PBX, and more. Optional call recording and rollover minutes are also available.

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SWEDEN International Conference Call

Not only is this undesirable due to the cost and inconvenience imposed upon your Sweden conference call’s attendees, it may cause some potential participants to opt not to join your international conference call.

Sweden International Conference Call may be required whether you’re living in Sweden, doing business in the Scandinavian country, or traveling to Sweden, you may find yourself in need of a convenient way to make conference calls with associates in other countries.

The Need for International Conference Calling Services

Why do you need a special international conference calling service to accommodate participants outside the country? While you could issue them all your conference call’s Swedish access number, doing so requires attendees to dial internationally and incur associated costs. Not only is this undesirable due to the cost and inconvenience imposed upon your Sweden conference call’s attendees, it may cause some potential participants to opt not to join your international conference call.

But wait, you have a toll free access number — problem solved, right? Wrong! Toll free numbers only work within their designated region. If your participants are located in other parts of Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, or any other part of the world, your Sweden toll free number won’t work for them.

That’s why you need a Sweden international conferencing service provider who offers international access numbers that will connect your global participants into your call seamlessly.

What to Consider When Choosing a Sweden Conference Calling Plan

Some points to consider before you sign up for your Sweden international conferencing plan:

Is this a one-time need? Will you be using the global conference calling service regularly or sporadically? A pay-as-you-go plan is a great choice for occasional conference calls as well as frequent use.
Do you want your conference calls to be toll free or do you prefer local access numbers where available? Our plans offer toll free support to more than 60 countries, and more than 100 countries with our extended plan. In addition to toll free and local access numbers around the globe, we have a moderator dial out feature where you can dial participants directly if their countries are not supported.
Call quality is essential to the success of your call and your overall happiness with your international conference calling service provider. Make sure to choose a Sweden conference calling service that uses tried-and-true, crystal clear PSTN networks rather than error-prone VoIP.

Getting the Most Out of Sweden International Conferencing

After signing up for an international conference calling plan, it’s time to put it to good use. A few ways to use your global conferencing plan are:

Communicate with business partners around the world
Hold team meetings with your international team
Host tele-seminars and motivational training sessions with participants around the world. We suggest recording these calls using our MP3 recording feature.
Negotiate a deal with international investors

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Developing Stronger Business Relationships with Ecuador International Conference Calls

Our international conference calling service provides toll free access numbers from around the world, including Ecuador.

Ecuador is considered a small-to-medium export market for exports from the United States, but the market is growing. According to the U.S. Embassy, the export market in Ecuador grew 15.8 percent in 2013 — and it has significant potential.

If you’re thinking of exporting or otherwise doing business with Ecuador, building strong relationships with local partners is essential. One way to do just that is by using Ecuador international conference calls.

Why use Ecuador international conferencing?

Exploring international markets typically requires visiting the country in person, networking with potential partners, and building a foundation for a successful business relationship.

However, it’s not always practical to hop on a plane every time you need to communicate with your partners in Ecuador. International conference calls are an affordable way to bring a group of individuals from around the world together in an audio conference call.

Tips for Using Ecuador International Conference Calls to Build Relationships

First, you’ll need a legitimate reason for each Ecuador conference call. They can’t just be to get acquainted. Spend some time brainstorming ideas for a series of conference calls.

Rather than trying to cover everything in a single conference call, and potentially overwhelming each participant with too much information and a time-consuming agenda, schedule a series of shorter group calls.

For example, you may want to discuss logistics, pricing, and marketing strategy with your partners in Ecuador. While you could schedule a one- or two-hour international conference call and conceivably cover all of those topics in one session, from a relationship-building perspective, a series of three 20-minute calls might be better.

Holding a series of Ecuador conference calls can also allow for:

Action steps and follow up — What needs to happen before the next group audio call? What steps have been taken since the last one?
Clarity — By focusing on a single topic each time, you can really dig in to the task at hand. In addition, if questions arise after the Ecuador conference call, they can be addressed via email, one-on-one calls, or noted for discussion during the next conference call.
Growing familiarity — As each call takes place, you and your partners will start to become more familiar with each other.

To avoid conference call overload, make sure to:

Keep each Ecuador conference call on topic and on time.
Share an audio recording of each international conference call with all attendees. This is a nice courtesy that allows participants to review the call at their leisure.
Provide toll free access numbers to each international participant. For example, if you’re in the United States, your partners in Ecuador should not be expected to dial an international number in order to join the call. Our international conference calling service provides toll free access numbers from around the world, including Ecuador.

Toll free international conferencing is more affordable than you may realize, and our pay-as-you-go plans allow you to use the service as needed with no contracts or minimum usage requirements.

Give it a try by signing up for an international conferencing account today.

Egypt International Conferencing Tips

One of the world’s oldest and greatest civilizations, Egypt is home to more than 88 million people as of July 2015 estimates. Whether you live in Egypt, do business there, or are visiting on business or pleasure, you may find it useful to use international conferencing to communicate with a group of participants from around the world. Here’s what you need to know about Egypt conference calls.

International Conference Calling Networks
Egypt has a modern telecommunications system that was extensively upgraded in the 1990s. Its mobile networks are also modern with a penetration rate of nearly 100 percent according to the CIA World Factbook. While using Egypt’s domestic telecommunications network generally results in quality connections, hosting international conference calls in Egypt requires careful consideration.

For example, if you choose an international conferencing service provider that uses VoIP, your calls could be affected by data loss, echoes, drop outs, stutters, and other quality of service issues common to VoIP. Our Egypt conference calls are routed over traditional PSTN fiber optic networks for HD quality audio. Make sure to prioritize audio quality, especially if your international conference calls will involve participants in countries with questionable telecommunications networks.

Toll Free or Local Access Numbers
Next, consider how your participants will join your call. If you were to hold Egypt conference calls with participants only located in Egypt, this becomes less of an issue than if you were to hold global conference calls. Why? Because international dialing causes both confusion and cost concerns amongst your participants — and a toll free number for Egypt won’t work internationally.

Thus, you’ll want to use an international conference calling service provider that provides local and toll free phone numbers for each of the countries your participants are in.

For example, if you have participants from the United States joining your Egypt conference call, rather than giving them an Egyptian phone number to dial, give them a USA toll free access number. Our international conferencing calling service then uses call forwarding to forward the USA calls to your Egypt conference.

You could also opt to use local numbers for the cities your participants are in. For instance, if your USA participants are located in Chicago, New York, and Miami, you could issue local numbers for each city.

Using Moderator Dial-Out
Another option for joining international participants to your Egypt conference call is to use the moderator dial-out feature. This option generally gives you a lower per minute rate and is useful for countries with higher calling costs or those that lack local or toll free access numbers.

Signing Up for an Egypt Conference Calling Service
Our Egypt conference calling service is a low-cost, high quality service that you can use as needed. Because it’s a pay-as-you-go conference calling plan with no contracts and no cancellation fees, you can use it however you’d like. If you need to host a lot of global conference calls none month and then just a handful in subsequent months, you can do so without penalty. Simply pay for the minutes you use.

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Honduras Conference Calls

Honduras is currently the second poorest economy in Central America, relying largely on US trade and remittances according to the CIA World Factbook.

In 2006, the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) went into force, a first step that may ultimately help the Honduran economy despite concerns about political instability, crime, and corruption.

If you’re a foreign investor, importer, exporter, or other business professional doing business with Honduras, conference calls should play a role in your communications plan. However, international conference calls are a little different from in-country group calls. Here’s what you need to know about hosting Honduras conference calls:

Providing toll free access numbers can boost your participation rate. With our Honduras conference calling service, you can issue toll free access numbers for dozens of countries around the world. This ensures that your participants can join the call at no cost to them, a key point in a country with a high poverty rate and struggling economy like Honduras. Toll free access is also appreciated by participants who wouldn’t otherwise be concerned about potential calling costs simply because dialing toll free is much easier than dialing an international number.

Call quality is imperative. With callers from around the globe, the quality of your audio is essential. Language barriers and heavy accents are hard enough on their own without adding in echoes, dropouts, and line noise. Our Honduras conference calls take place over a fiber optic PSTN network for the best audio quality available. This is tried-and-true technology that results in crisp, crystal clear voice communications around the globe. In contrast, VoIP technology is prone to muffled sounds, line noise, dropouts, stutters, and echoes.

Your Honduras conference call can originate anywhere in the world. You don’t need to be in Honduras (though you can be) in order to originate a Honduras conference call. Simply access your international conference calling account, set up the call, and invite participants from Honduras and around the globe.

Your Honduras conference call can include participants outside of Honduras. While your call may primarily involve attendees from Honduras, you can invite participants residing in other countries. For example, if you are holding a conference call with individuals from a Honduras manufacturing facility and would like your partners in USA, Mexico, and Australia to join the call, simply provide your partners with toll free access numbers for USA, Mexico, and Australia.

Doing business with partners in Honduras means staying in touch, and conference calls are an excellent way to do just that. Our international conferencing plans make it easy — and they’re offered at competitive rates on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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Denmark Conference Calls

Our international conferencing plans have no contracts and no cancellation fees.

Denmark’s economy has transitioned from largely agricultural to a highly service-based and export-oriented one. Among Denmark’s export offerings are: furniture, clothing, pharmaceuticals, industrial equipment, and, yes, windmills.

Whether you find yourself in Denmark on business or for pleasure, staying in touch with your team back home — and around the globe — is possible via Denmark global conference calls.

Here’s what you need to know about using our global conferencing service when in Denmark:

• You can host global conference calls from anywhere in Denmark. Whether you’re in Copenhagen or a smaller community like Ringsted or Skive, all you need is an active phone and our pay-as-you-go international conferencing service.

• Your conference call attendees can participate in your global call from virtually anywhere in the world. Again, as long as they have active phones, they can join your call. They do not need to have an account with us. They can use landlines, mobile phones, and VoIP connections to join your Denmark conference calls.

• You control how participants join your global conference call. Rates vary by connection type (mobile, landline, or dial out), country, and access number (toll free or regional). For example, you could choose to provide toll free access for everyone around the globe (where available) or you might choose a combination of toll free, local access numbers, and direct dial out as a means of reducing your conference call’s total cost.

• You can schedule conference calls in Denmark at a moment’s notice or well in advance. There’s no need to make a “reservation” with our international conferencing service. Thus, if you have an urgent need, you can quickly gather your colleagues into a Denmark conference call. On the other hand, you can schedule your global conference calls in advance, allowing plenty of time to plan a successful meeting.

• Operators are available to assist 24/7. Our US-based operators can help you with your conference call at any time, day or night. Whether you need technical assistance or would like an operator to patch in a caller from another country, you can count on us to make it happen.

• You have access to premium calling features. Our Denmark conference calling service has both budget-friendly rates and premium features such as superior audio quality via fiber optic networks, MP3 call recording, a live event viewer, and a mobile app. Our premium calling features are included at no extra cost.

• You can hold has many Denmark conference calls as you’d like — or as few. We don’t hold you to a predetermined usage requirement. Whether you want to hold conference calls every day, once a month, once a year, or once in a blue moon is completely up to you. You’ll pay only for the minutes you use. If you don’t use any minutes, you don’t pay.

• You can host conference calls outside of Denmark, too. You’re not limited to a single country and can use your international conferencing account to host conference calls from virtually any country in the world. If you’re a world traveler, a single account opens the doors to international conferencing no matter where you may happen to be.

• Our international conferencing plans have no contracts and no cancellation fees.

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Doing Business in Turkey : Add Global Conference Calls to Your List

Home to more than 79 million people (as of July 2015), Turkey is a quickly growing economy driven by industry and service sectors. According to CIA World Factbook, Turkey weathered a severe financial crisis in 2001 and has since undergone major financial reforms. However, it still has its economic weaknesses such as political uncertainty and a high account deficit.

If you’re thinking of doing business in Turkey, you’ll have a long list of tasks including market research, discussions with potential partners, import/export paperwork, and more. One way to facilitate these tasks is through global conference calls. By using global conference calls in Turkey, you may be able to reduce the number of in-country trips, saving you significant amounts of money.

Below are a few ways that Turkey conference calls can be essential as you explore your business expansion options:

Using global conference calls for market research — While nothing beats visiting another country in person, market research trips are expensive — and often a whirlwind. Consider following up by holding global conference calls. For example, if you held a focus group with consumers in Turkey to get their opinions about your products and services, consider holding follow-up focus groups via a group audio call. Here you can ask questions you may have missed during the first session as well as follow up after the group has had a few additional weeks to interact with your product.

Using an international conference call to gather licensing requirements — Each country has its own business licensing requirements and bureaucratic processes to go through. Gather your business partners and advisors into a group audio call and then conference in local authorities from Turkey to ensure that everyone is clear on what’s required to enter the Turkey market. You can easily do this by first hosting a conference call with your internal partners and then use the moderator dial-out feature to call the appropriate licensing authorities in Turkey.

Using Turkey conference calls to negotiate with local partners and suppliers — You’ll likely need local business partners, sales associates, and suppliers located within Turkey. Though you may establish initial contact when visiting the country, it’s not realistic to fly to Turkey for every possible discussion or question. Use Turkey conference calls to hold group discussions between your new partners and your international team.

Our Turkey conference calling plans are an affordable way to connect with participants in Turkey — and around the globe. Your participants in Turkey will dial a toll free Turkish access number to join the call, so there’s no cost to them.

Meanwhile, your other international participants can join the call using either toll free or local access numbers unique to their countries. This is a contract-free, pay-as-you-go global conferencing service that makes group audio calls a snap.

There are a lot of creative ways to use group audio calls when entering new markets.

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Managing a Virtual Team in Hungary with Global Group Calls

Our rates are highly competitive, and you can choose from toll free or local access.

Working with a virtual team distributed around the globe has its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, you can build a team with the skills and talent it needs regardless of geographic preferences.

For example, if you’re in Hungary, your team might have engineers in Ireland, developers in Japan, accountants in Luxembourg, and sales reps scattered around the world. Thanks to technologies that facilitate group communications, it’s no longer necessary for team members to be seated in the same building — or located in the same country for that matter.

On the minus side, managing individuals from around the globe can be challenging. It’s more difficult to build relationships when team members don’t interact with one another on a regular basis. Getting feedback on ideas doesn’t tend to happen spontaneously because of this lack of interaction. Team members can also feel isolated.

One way to take advantage of the positives and minimize the minuses is with global group calls. Using our virtual team in Hungary as an example, here are a few ways that you could manage your virtual team using international conference calls.

Hold regular virtual team meetings in a group phone call. Relationships build slowly, over time. By meeting in a conference call each week, your team members will have the opportunity to get to know each other, become familiar with each other’s mannerisms, and build empathy toward others as human beings rather than just another name on an email distribution list.

Include icebreakers, team-building activities, brainstorming sessions, and question and answers sessions in your regular meetings to help foster these relationships. These regular group calls can also counter that feeling of isolation some virtual team members get.

Try to create a fair schedule for your group conference calls. As you know, time differences between Hungary and other regions of the world could cause some team members to join the call at an odd hour. While some may not mind a midnight meeting for work, others will resent it — especially if every single conference call is scheduled at such an inconvenient time. One workaround would be to rotate the call’s scheduled time so that the scheduling hardship is shared evenly. Another option would be to record each group conference call so that those who can’t attend due to the odd hour can listen in later.

Global group calls require the use of an international conferencing service so that each participant can conveniently join the call. Our international conferencing service uses PSTN fiber optic networks and supports dozens of countries around the world. Our rates are highly competitive, and you can choose from toll free or local access. If you’re in Hungary, select one of our pay-as-you-go plans and gain access to a cost-effective way to stay in touch with your entire team.

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Group Collaboration in Croatia with International Conferencing

Depending on where your team members are located, you could issue toll free access numbers or use the optional dial-out feature so that individuals on your team do not incur costs associated with your Croatia conference calls.

The digital world often translates into digital teams made up of individuals from around the world.

These teams use a variety of tools for group collaboration including email, telephone calls, instant messaging, and video and Web-conferencing.

One of the most effective and affordable group collaboration tools available in Croatia and the rest of the world is the humble conference call.

Why Use Global Conference Calls in Croatia Rather than Other Group Collaboration Methods?
While email, one-on-one chats, Web-conferencing and other methods have their time and place, they also have their downsides. For example, it’s difficult to interpret meaning and tone from email messages, and email threads can become hard to follow in a group environment.

Regular phone calls are handy when you have a quick question for just one of your colleagues, but international calling costs are always a concern. Instant messaging has similar issues as email, and both Web- and videoconferencing requires special equipment and/or software.

International conference calls are ideal for real-time collaboration, particularly when you expect there to be a great deal of back and forth between participants. Everyone can hear each other’s tone and verbal cues, helping to avoid misunderstandings. Plus, there’s no special equipment required. Each team member, whether in Croatia or elsewhere, can join the call using their own office phones, home phones, mobile phones, VoIP phones, or landlines.

Group collaboration has become a business norm, and collaborators are often scattered around the world. You could have participants in diverse locations ranging from USA and Canada to Singapore and Croatia. Global audio calls provide you with a virtual conference room where you can share ideas, ask questions, brainstorm, and get your work accomplished.

If you have a team that’s working in multiple countries such as USA and Croatia, global audio calls can help keep those important work relationships strong and ensure an open line of communication. Here’s what you need to get started hosting your own global audio calls:

Toll Free International Conference Calling — The first order of business is to sign up for one of our toll free international conference calling plans. Our competitive international rates and our pay-as-you-go structure work together to ensure an affordable global conferencing solution. You can set up an international audio conference room and then use it as needed, paying only for the minutes you and your teammates use.
Global Access Numbers — Global access numbers set international conference calls apart from domestic ones. For example, if you’re in the United States but your team is located in Croatia, global conferencing access numbers will be provided that are regional, local, or toll free for each participant. You would access the global audio call using a USA access number while those in Croatia would dial a toll free access number in Croatia. This keeps costs down for participants while also making dialing into your group audio call second nature. There’s no need to worry about country codes, exit codes, or operator assistance. Just dial in and start collaborating.
Audio Quality — Audio quality is one of the most important things to look for in an international audio conference service. Though your callers may be located half a world away, they should sound as if they’re in the same building. Some global conferencing providers use VoIP (we don’t) to keep their rates down. However, there’s a price for that: substandard audio quality. We use modern PSTN fiber optic telecommunications networks and the same conferencing bridge technologies as AT&T to deliver crystal clear audio quality and reliable service no matter where in the world each call originates.

Ease of Use — Global audio calls work best and are used more often if they’re easy to use. With our international conferencing service, callers in Croatia and around the world can dial in using any type of phone. We also have a live conference viewer and free Connect app that you can use to manage your call in real time. These apps feature one-click line muting, MP3 recording, security features like lock out, moderator dial out, and more.

What You Need to Hold International Conference Calls in Croatia
However, for international teams, you’ll need an international conferencing service rather than your basic domestic phone service. For example, if you’re located in Croatia and you have team members located in Latvia, Italy, Canada, Mexico, and China, your fellow team members may have trouble dialing into a standard Croatia conference call.

Each would need to look up and dial their respective country’s exit code followed by the country code for Croatia. From there, they’d dial your domestic access number — that is, if they bother to do so due to concerns about incurring hefty long distance tolls.

What about giving them your toll free number in order to access your international group collaboration call? That would work for participants who are also located in Croatia, but your toll free number would not work for participants located outside of the country.

Thus, you’ll need to use an international conferencing service that provides either toll free or local access numbers for the countries your colleagues are located in (in this case, Latvia, Italy, Canada, Mexico, and China).

Our international conferencing plans (which are available with no contracts on a month-to-month, pay-as-you-go basis) are the perfect solution for international group collaboration.

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