Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Private Mobile Numbers...Upcoming

Got frustated with unwanted expenditure on mobile minutes ? Take a sigh of relief and join NetZero's PrivatePhone which will allow you to distribute your phone number to anybody and can be activated in very simple steps. This is also referred as "Phone In" feature. Users may sign up either through the Internet or through a mobile phone. Users ay set up a text-messaging service to alert them when a new voice mail has been received. PrivatePhone voice mail may be checking through a phone or via the Internet. Incoming calls are routed directly to voice mail, which you can check for free. NetZero hopes you will upgrade to their premium VoIP service (plans start at $3.95/month for 100 minutes) which includes inbound and outbound calling. Rates are as low as 2 cents per minute in higher volume.

Better value proposition comes from savings on roaming calls and STD calls. You can choose the area code where you want your virtual presence other than your physical one. So from that area your friends, family members can get in touch with you at local rates. This feature comes handy in numerous situations where you have to expose your mobile number in public domain, for example if you are placing an advertisement in news paper etc. All these things are good for the customer but didn't you forget the "moolah" coming from the business. NetZero is totally relying on the optimism that the PrivatePhone users will upgrade themselves to other packages which include the "Phone Out" feature. We won't say that it is not pragmatic but things will take time to fall in place.


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