What is a Virtual Phone Number?
A Virtual Phone Number is a low-cost secondary phone number, with a different code, reserved for incoming calls. When someone dials this, it rings through to your main Vonage phone line. So friends and family elsewhere in the UK can call you as though you lived locally, and avoid paying for a national call.
What is an International Virtual Phone Number?
It's the same principle – except that you pick a different country dialling code. Anyone calling you from abroad can speak to you as though lived in the same country.
You can add as many Virtual Numbers or International Virtual Phone Numbers as you need to your Vonage account.
Choose an international virtual phone number from the following countries below.
What are the costs?
You can set up as many international or UK virtual phone numbers as you like. The costs are straightforward.
| Virtual phone number activation fee | £5.99 one-off |
| Ongoing monthly subscription | £2.99 or £5.99 / month |
So now, when friends, family or clients who live abroad want to call you, they can do so for the cost of a local call, simply by dialling the new virtual phone number you gave them. No more worrying about how much the call's going to cost.
Examples
Carlos didn't want his parents in Mexico to make expensive calls
Carlos lives in the UK, but his parents retired to Mexico City. So he set up an International Virtual Phone Number prefixed with a Mexican country code. Now mum and dad can dial a local Mexican number – and it rings straight through to Carlos's Vonage line.
Ellen moved to Nottingham
Her friends back in Bristol rarely called because national calls cost more. So Ellen added a Virtual Number with a Bristol code to her primary Nottingham number. Now her mates don't hesitate to pick up the phone.
Jamie was ready to expand his UK business
He wanted an international presence. So he set up two International Virtual Phone Numbers with American & Canadian country codes, to offer potential overseas customers an office number that was local to them. When they dial, Jamie's primary phone line in London rings. His international customers save money, and Jamie can build up his reputation abroad.
