How to Host South Africa Global Conference Calls

Our Expanded plan supports more than 100 countries. These global conference calling plans provide high quality, reliable connections over PSTN fiber optic telecommunications networks

Johannesburg South AfricaWhether you’re new to hosting conference calls or a seasoned pro, hosting global conference calls from South Africa or with participants in South Africa require a few extra steps.

Don’t worry, they aren’t hard. Once you’re all set up, you’ll be able to host South Africa global conference calls on a moment’s notice.

 

  • Start by signing up for a global conference calling service. South Africa is part of our Legacy global conferencing plan, and the per minute rates are extremely competitive. We also support more than 119 countries with this plan including worldwide toll free and local access numbers.
  • Our Expanded plan supports more than 150 global access numbers.

Both plans offer different country rates to accommodate diverse customer calling requirements.

These global conference calling plans provide high quality, reliable connections over PSTN fiber optic telecommunications networks — and they allow your attendees from around the world to easily join your South Africa conference calls without having to dial an international telephone number.

  • Download our free Connect app. This app makes it easy to initiate, participate in, or manage global conference calls. You can store your access number and PIN in the app, quickly connect to your South Africa global conference calls, dial participants directly to connect them to the call, and start recording the call with just a tap.
  • Schedule an international conference call. Scheduling is easy with no reservations required. Whether you want to schedule a group audio call in advance or need to meet with a global team ASAP, you can quickly organize your teleconference. If you need any help, we have live, US-based operators available 24/7.
  • Invite attendees. Your guests can join your South Africa global conference call using any type of phone including landlines, mobile cellular phones, VoIP, and Skype-compatible phones. Rates vary from country to country. If you are trying to keep your costs as low as possible, you’ll find that using the moderator dial-out feature can get you an even lower per minute rate than our toll free and local access numbers.  Our Expanded version includes an access number in Johannesburg in addition to a country specific South Africa Toll Free number.
  • Record your call. Once your South Africa conference call begins, you’ll want to make sure to record it. Let your callers know that the call is being recorded and then simply press *2 on your phone to start the recording. If you’re using the Connect app, you can record the call by tapping the record button. We’ll automatically mail a link to the MP3 recording to you after the conference call. This is a free feature.

If you need to host conference calls with participants located all over the world, using our pay-as-you-go global conference calling plan is a great way to do it. You’ll get the best call quality thanks to PSTN networks; your participants will be able to dial in using local or toll free access numbers; and you’ll get competitive rates without having to lock into a long-term contract.

With our service, you only pay for the minutes you use. That’s it.

No plan fees, no prepayment, no monthly fees, no contract, -it’s pay as you go, usage only.

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Tips for Effective International Conference Calls with Philippines

Recording Philippines conference calls, for example, you may want it strictly for archival or legal purposes or you may want to use it as a training tool for future employees.

manila building philippines binondoInternational conference calling are a great medium for conducting customer service training, collaborating with call center managers, and communication with business partners in the Philippines — even if you and others are located in different countries.

However, like any type of meeting, running an efficient teleconference is important in ensuring that your message is communicated and everyone knows what’s expected of them moving forward. Use the tips below to hold more effective international conference calls in the Philippines and beyond.

  • Make joining the call as easy as possible. Provide participants with local or toll free access numbers to join your Philippines conference calls. Not only will this reduce or eliminate their potential costs, it will avoid any confusion that may accompany dialing international phone numbers. Encourage participants to use our free Connect app, which makes joining and managing global conference calls a breeze.
  • Start and end your global conference calls on time. Sticking to a well-managed schedule allows everyone to get back to business, and it shows respect for everyone’s time. Consider that your call may be taking place at an inconvenient hour due to global time zone differences, too. Unless you’re in a crisis situation, consider holding a series of shorter, more focused calls, rather than a long marathon session. Use a timer or alarm to help you better manage your conference call’s duration.
  • Designate someone to act as the conference call’s secretary. This person will take meeting minutes and ensure that the minutes and all action steps are distributed to all participants after the call.
  • Consider recording the Philippines global conference call as well. With just a tap of a button, you can record your global conference call in MP3 format. This recording can be used as you see fit. For example, you may want it strictly for archival or legal purposes or you may want to use it as a training tool for future employees. If you have some participants who missed the call originally, you could email them the MP3 file and quickly get them up to speed.
  • Use a high quality, reliable Philippines global conference calling service. With participants located in the Philippines and other countries around the world, audio quality should be a top concern. Unfortunately, not all global conference calling services offer the same level of quality or reliability. With our service, all of your global conference calls will be routed over modern, PSTN fiberoptic telecommunications networks for the best quality of service and reliability out there.
  • Hold Philippines global conference calls on a regular basis. By hosting regular international group calls with your team, you will build rapport, be able to focus on issues in greater depth, and create a communications routine that bridges geographic distances. How often you host Philippines conference calls should be up to you and your specific needs, not the terms of your international conference calling contract. That’s why we recommend choosing one of our pay-as-you-go global conferencing plans. We have competitive rates and all of the advanced features you’d expect of a premium international teleconferencing service — all with no contact, no minimums, and no hassles.

Example per minute rates for conference calls between US and the Philippines:

Philippines Dial-Out rate = $0.11 /minute
U.S. rate = 2.6¢ /minute

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Quezon City, Makati, Caloocan, Davao City, Cebu City
Zamboanga City, Antipolo, Pasig, Taguig

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International Conference Calls with Peru

Record your Peru conference calls with a click of a button.

Lima CityscapeWith its fast-growing economy (the fastest in Latin America for the last 10 years), pro-market policies, multiple international free trade agreements, and the least volatile currency of Latin American currencies, Peru continues to be an attractive market for businesses and investors.

Whether you travel to Peru regularly or have associates located in the country, you may find yourself in need of a reliable international conference calling service that supports Peru.

Our international conference calling service allows you to collaborate with people from around the world — including Peru — without the need to sign up for years on end. Here’s what you need to know about holding international conference calls in Peru using our global conferencing solutions.

  • Providing toll free or local access numbers is essential. Keep in mind that when you have international participants, conference calling becomes far more complicated than you’re accustomed to. One of the biggest barriers to a successful international conference call is access. Generally speaking, toll free numbers only work regionally, making it important to choose an international conference calling plan that issues local access numbers specific to the countries your attendees are located in. We support more than 100 countries with local and toll free access numbers. This means your callers can dial a country-specific access number from virtually anywhere in the world and be automatically connected to your Peru conference call.
  • Avoid commitment with a pay-as-you-go global conference calling service. You may only need to hold one international conference call in an entire year, so why sign up for a one- or two-year contract? Save your money and choose a pay-as-you-go global conference calling plan. If you need to make lots of global conference calls, you can do that too.
  • Connect with attendees from around the world. No matter where your attendees are located, if they have access to a phone (landline, mobile phone, VoIP, or even satellite), they can join your Peru conference call. We include a moderator dial out feature, which usually has even lower rates, allowing you to dial some participants directly. This is especially helpful when local access numbers are not available or when the country has excessively high telecommunications costs.
  • Get competitive per minute rates. Our per minute global conference calling rates vary by country and are very competitive. With our pay-as-you-go global conference calling plan, you’ll pay per minute per participant based on each participant’s country’s rates.
  • Hear participants as if they were in the same room — not halfway around the world. All of our global conference calls are routed over state-of-the-art PSTN telecommunications networks for the best audio quality and service reliability possible.
  • Record your Peru conference calls with a click of a button. Our global teleconferencing plans include advanced features like MP3 recording, 24/7 live operator assistance, moderator dial out, and more.

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International Conference Calls with Tanzania

For example, the chairperson might be located in the U.S., other conference call guests could be located in the UK, South Africa, The Netherlands and Belgium. -all of these attendees can speak and be heard clearly on the same global conference call.

Tanzania Dar es SalaamTanzania International Conference Calls

Yes you can add Tanzania participants to your global conference call.

For example, the chairperson might be located in the U.S., other conference call guests could be located in the UK, South Africa, The Netherlands, Belgium and Tanzania -all of these attendees can speak and be heard clearly on the same global conference call.

Making Tanzania international conference calls is easy, especially when you use our international conference calling service with the free Connect app. The app takes care of all the international dialing so all you need to do is tap a button. It also connects you using a modern PSTN fiber optic telecommunications network and bills you our low and highly competitive dial out rates.

Not only can you use the Connect app to host your Tanzania global conference calls, it allows you to dial participants in Tanzania and around the world directly and join them into the teleconference. You can also record your Tanzania conference calls by tapping the record button and more. The free Connect app can be used by the host of the global conference call as well as by individual participants.

Another option for connecting participants from Tanzania into your international conference calls is to use our live US-based operators. They’re available 24/7 and can connect attendees quickly and easily.

Our international conference calling plans are available without a contract. Simply host your Tanzania global conference calls and pay as you go. There are no monthly fees, no minimum usage requirements, no commitment, and no surprises. Sign up for an account today.

Tanzania – The CountryTanzania Map

Home to the famed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the United Republic of Tanzania is located in East Africa in the African Great Lakes region. Tanzania is bordered by Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, and the Indian Ocean.

Once known as German East Africa and then later coming under British rule following World War I, the areas formerly known as Tanganyika and Zanzibar gained their independence in the late 1960s and came together to become the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanzania was under one-party rule up until 1995. Subsequent elections have been controversial, though tensions have eased in recent years.

Today, Tanzania has a population of 51,045,882. The country has been hard hit by HIV/AIDS and has a high death rate and low life expectancy as a result. A 2013 Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS report reveals hope, concluding that AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have decreased 33 and 36 percent respectively and a 67 percent decrease in new HIV infections among children.

Tanzania is the most linguistically diverse country in Africa with more than 100 languages spoken. The official languages of Tanzania are Swahili and English.

Tanzania is one of the world’s poorest countries with high poverty levels and extreme hunger and malnutrition. Agriculture makes up about a quarter of the country’s GDP and employs 80 percent of the workforce. About 85 percent of Tanzania’s exports are agricultural products.

Tanzania’s economy is largely market based. However, the telecommunications, mining, energy and banking sectors continue to have a government presence.

The banking sector in Tanzania is growing rapidly, with foreign-owned banks owning nearly half of all financial assets and providing robust competition for financial services.

Tourism is another important economic driver in Tanzania, making up about 12.7 percent of its GDP. Popular tourist destinations in Tanzania include Mt. Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Telecommunications in Tanzania

Like most sub-Saharan Africa countries, Tanzania has a very low fixed line telephone density (about one fixed line telephone for every 100 people). In 2014, there were just 150,000 fixed line telephones in Tanzania.

That number is eclipsed by the number of mobile cellular subscribers in Tanzania — 31.9 million in 2014, for a mobile telephone density of 64 mobile phones for every 100 people.

According to CIA World Factbook, Tanzania’s telecommunications system operates below capacity, offering marginal telecommunications services. It is being modernized, however. Currently it consists of trunk service provided by open-wire, tropospheric scatter, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic cable. Tanzania serves as a landing point for the EASSy submarine cable system. It has two satellite earth stations.

According to Budde.com.au, there are two fixed line operators and eight mobile operators (with several more in the works) in Tanzania. The Internet sector is benefiting from 3G, 4G, and wireless broadband services along with the liberalization of VoIP telephony.

In 2014, roughly 15 percent of Tanzania’s population, or 7.4 million people, were Internet users.

Making International Phone Calls to or from Tanzania

If you need to make international phone calls from Tanzania, the exit code for Tanzania is 00. Dial the exit code first followed by the country code of the other country and the phone number.

Tanzania ZebraIf you are calling someone in Tanzania from outside the country, dial the exit code for your country to start the call. Next, dial Tanzania’s international country code of 255 followed by the phone number for the person in Tanzania that you are calling.

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Hosting Global Conference Calls, an Alternative to Traveling to Colombia

In short, our Colombia global conferencing solutions make communicating with people in Colombia much easier than traveling out of the country.

Bogota ColombiaThough Colombia’s security situation has improved in recent years, the U.S. Department of State still warns US citizens to exercise care when visiting Colombia. However, Colombia is a large country with a wealth of natural resources and a growing economy. You may have academic or business colleagues you need to meet with in Colombia.

If you’re concerned about official travel warnings, the recent Zika outbreak, or traveling in general to Colombia, global conference calls are an excellent alternative to meeting in person. Here’s what you need to know about holding an international conference call for Colombia and other countries.

  • Look beyond traditional conference calling services. When holding an international conference call, traditional methods fall short. One of the biggest problems involves how all the various participants will connect to the call. Toll free access numbers are usually limited to the country in which they are issued, and few attendees will look forward to getting an international long distance bill for participating in a global conference call.

By using our international conference calling plan, Colombia participants will get a toll free access number specific to Colombia while those in the United States will connect using a U.S. toll free number. We have international access numbers to more than 100 countries around the world.

  • Consider using a pay-as-you-go Colombia conference calling service. In many cases, you’ll come out ahead when you use our pay-as-you-go international conferencing plan. Our rates are extremely competitive, and you pay only for the time you and your attendees use. There are no long-term commitments, no monthly fees, no contracts, and no cancellation penalties.
  • Prioritize call quality. With the popularity of Internet-based telecommunications options, you may be tempted to go with a VoIP conferencing plan. Though VoIP promised to be cheap, it falls short on call quality. VoIP conference calls are often plagued with line noise, dropouts, stutters, and echoes. If you want to make sure everyone can hear clearly, choose a Colombia global conference calling service that is built on fiber optic PSTN telecommunications networks. Our service is, and it’s competitively priced and loaded with features. There’s no comparison.
  • Take advantage of advanced features. Our plan includes a variety of useful, advanced features that enhance any global conference call. The moderator dial-out tool is helpful when you have forgetful participants or participants located in countries with higher conference calling rates (or unsupported countries). The free connect app makes connecting and managing calls easy. If you want to record your Colombia conference calls, a quick key press will do it.

In short, our Colombia global conferencing solutions make communicating with people in Colombia much easier than traveling out of the country. Our plans are affordable and flexible, allowing you to use them as much or as little as you need.

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Chairing Estonia Global Conference Calls

If you’re in the USA, you’ll dial a U.S. access number while participants in Estonia will dial an Estonia access number.

Tallin Estonia SkylineLocated in the Baltic region of Northern Europe, traveling to Estonia from the United States isn’t necessarily practical.

Whether you’re closing a business deal or collaborating with partners in Estonia, you may want to consider chairing an Estonia global conference call instead of making the trip across the Atlantic.

Why Hold Estonia Global Conference Calls?

Obviously, holding a global conference call will cost you much less than booking airline tickets, reserving a hotel, and arranging for local transportation once you arrive. While saving money is a major benefit, it’s not the only one.

For example, you can bring together a much larger team if desired in a group global call. Moreover, you can hold as many Estonia global conference calls as needed to complete your project. In fact, you could hold a series of shorter, more focused conference calls on a weekly basis, allowing you to make greater progress and build long-term relationships over time.

Not only that, initiating and participating in these conference calls is easy — both for you and for your participants.

  • You can schedule Estonia conference calls at any time, day or night. There’s no need to make a reservation, and our 24/7 live US-based operators are readily available to help you in any way.
  • You can also hold Estonia conference calls on the fly.
  • The only special equipment required is a phone. Any phone will do, and everyone already has access to one.
  • Your participants in Estonia — and countries around the world — will be able to dial a local or toll free access number specific to their own country. If you’re in the USA, you’ll dial a U.S. access number while participants in Estonia will dial an Estonia access number.
  • You can record your group audio calls and then share the MP3 recording if desired.
  • Advanced features and tools are available to further enrich your international conference calling experience.

Estonia Conference Calling Plans

We offer toll free Estonia international access numbers and a Tallinn, Estonia access number under our Expanded conferencing plan. Your callers in Estonia do not need to dial an international number or incur costs associated with the conference call.

Our pay-as-you-go Estonia conferencing plan features low per minute rates from Estonia and more than 100 other countries. You are billed only for the minutes used, and there are no surprise charges like monthly fees, minimum usage fees, cancellation penalties, penalties for non-use, etc.

Plus, you don’t even need to sign a contract. Whether you need to host a single Estonia conference call or dozens of them, you will only pay for the time spent conferencing.

While traveling to Estonia to meet with colleagues, business partners, and others may be necessary every now and then, global conference calls are a good way to fill in the gaps and build a shared history of communication and collaboration.

Sign up for our Expanded plan today and start communicating internationally right away.

Collaborating with Your North, Central, and South American Team Using Costa Rica International Conference Calls

Get access to advanced conference calling features like call recording, moderator dial-out, online live conference viewer, and the free Connect app

San Jose Costa RicaIf you have a team of colleagues scattered across the Americas, Costa Rica is an attractive central location for face-to-face meetings with the entire team. However, bringing everyone together is costly.

Moreover, the recent Zika outbreak affecting Latin American countries may have many of your team members concerned about traveling to Costa Rica.

International conference calls are a great way to collaborate without the costs or risks of travel.

What Do You Need to Host Costa Rica Conference Calls?

While there are many good international collaboration options like discussion boards, Web conferencing, and group video chats available, most require some sort of technology or hardware. With international conference calls, all you need is:

  • An international conference calling service
  • A phone

With our Costa Rica international conference calling service, each of your attendees will receive a country-specific access number to join the conference call. This means that no one, other than those located within the country, needs to dial a Costa Rica phone number. Your team members in Brazil, for example, will dial a Brazilian phone number while those in the United States will dial a USA number. Each of these calls is routed over a state-of-the-art fiber optic PSTN telecommunications network and joined together in a group audio call. This results in crystal clear audio without dropouts, line noise, echoes, or dropped calls.

Your participants can use any phone including traditional landlines, mobile phones, or Skype phones to connect to the call. Since they’re all dialing either a local or toll free number, few will incur any costs associated with the call.

For example, here is the Costa Rica and Brazil toll-free access number used by our Costa Rica and Brazil customers to join global conference calls from their countries.

08000150520 (accessible from inside Costa Rica)

08008916666 (accessible from inside Brazil)

There’s no need for complicated international dialing or operator assistance because joining your Costa Rica conference call is a simple matter.

Benefits of Pay-as-You-Go Conference Calling

We offer our Costa Rica global conference calling on a pay-as-you-go basis, allowing you to:

  • Make as many conference calls (or as few) as you need to make
  • Take advantage of some of the most competitive international conference calling rates available without having to sign a contract
  • Pay only for the minutes you and your attendees spend in conferences
  • Get access to advanced conference calling features like call recording, moderator dial-out, online live conference viewer, and the free Connect app
  • Participate in crystal clear international group audio calls as needed

Since our Costa Rica conference calling plan has no contracts, no minimums, and no penalties, you can use it any time you need to communicate with your international team. If you have a month, or many months, where you don’t need to use the service, then simply don’t use it. You won’t be charged. This is an excellent way to collaborate with team members around the world without getting locked into a long-term plan that you may not full utilize.

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How to Host Cyprus International Conference Calls

Advantages of Cyprus International Conferencing

Nicosia, CyprusDo you need to host Cyprus international conference calls?

Unless you reside in Cyprus, spend a great deal of time visiting the area, or have business associates living in Cyprus, you may not have the need for a long-term Cyprus conferencing calling service. In situations like this, you may want to consider using a pay-as-you-go international conference call plan.

Advantages of Cyprus International Conferencing

Our international conference calling plans are an excellent choice for both short-term and long-term global conferencing requirements. Below are a few of the many benefits you can expect when signing up for one of our pay-as-you-go plans:

  • Use the plan for as long as you need — There are no contracts, no monthly fees, no minimum usage requirements, no cancellation fees, and no surprises. Whether you need to host a single conference call or plan on hosting Cyprus international conference calls on a regular basis, you pay only for the minutes you use.
  • Competitive Cyprus toll free access rates — Give your participants in Cyprus a toll free number specific to Cyprus to ensure that they do not incur any international tolls associated with your conference calls.
  • Dial-out rates for Cyprus further lower your costs — You can also dial Cyprus participants directly if desired. Doing so gives you an even lower per minute rate.
  • Our international conferencing plans aren’t just for Cyprus — We support more than 60 countries on our Legacy plan and more than 100 countries on our Expanded plan. If you want to host a Cyprus conference call on Monday, a USA conference call on Tuesday, and a China conference call on Wednesday, you can! The possibilities are endless.
  • PSTN networks make all the difference — We route all conference calls over traditional, modern PSTN networks featuring fiber optic components for the best call quality regardless of where each participant is located.
  • Advanced features enhance the conference call hosting experience — As the host of international conference calls, you have a lot to do including inviting participants, planning the agenda, and reviewing action items after the call. We offer advanced features designed to make your experience, and that of participants by extension, much better. For example, you can schedule calls in advance or on the fly, ask for help from live US-based operators 24/7, record calls, view attendance reports, mute calls, and dial participants directly (and more). Features like these are easy to access and use — both from standard phones or from our free Connect app.

Our plans offer a lot of advantages to you, the host of Cyprus international conference calls. Not only that, by providing country-specific access numbers and crystal clear sound quality, they offer a lot of advantages to your participants.

From Cyprus – Cyprus toll-free conference call access number: dial – 800 96145

This Cyprus access number requires an account activation before conferencing with other countries is enabled.

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Connecting with Clients in Australia with Two Essential International Communications Services

With our month-to-month global virtual numbers and pay-as-you-go international conferencing plans, there’s no long-term commitment and no obligation to continue using the service.

Skyline Melbourne AustraliaCommunicating with clients in Australia has its challenges, especially if you’re located in North America.

Two essential international communications services can bring down barriers and help you to better connect with your customers Down Under: global virtual numbers and international conferencing. Here’s how they can help.

Global Virtual Numbers Give Your Business a Local Flair

A virtual phone number does not have a physical location. With an Australia global virtual number, the phone number looks like any other local phone number in Sydney, Queensland, Perth, Melbourne, Mackay, or Liverpool, but it rings to the destination phone number of your choice — virtually anywhere in the world.

Thus, if you have customers in Sydney, you could get a virtual Australian phone number local to Sydney yet receive calls in New York or Los Angeles. Toll free Australia virtual numbers are also available.

A virtual phone number will help you to overcome at least two obstacles to calling your business: international calling concerns and potential calling costs. Even your most sophisticated customers may have reservations about calling an international phone number. The number itself may look odd, and they may worry about time differences. While international long distance costs have fallen, an international phone number brings uncertainty to the mix.

By providing your clients with a local Australia phone number, you will take these potential barriers out of the equation. There’s no need for callers to question whether or not they should call you; they simply see the local number and call. It’s that easy!

Holding Group Audio Calls with Your Australian Clients

You may also need to communicate with your Australian clients in a group audio call. For example, if you need to provide training or answer questions about a product or service with two or more participants in Australia or elsewhere, an international conference call is a great way to do so.

However, you want to make the process as easy on your clients as possible. With our international conference calling service, you can do just that. One option is to provide each participant with an international conferencing access number for Australia, which addresses many of the same problems outlined above. Another option is to use our moderator dial out tool to call your Australian attendees directly and join them into your international conference call.

In both cases, the quality of the phone connection is of utmost importance. Our global virtual numbers and all international conference calls are routed over modern, fiber optic telecommunications networks of the highest caliber for crystal clear audio every time. Both services are loaded with advanced features, yet offered at competitive rates with no contracts.

For example, our global virtual numbers include:

  • Local ringtones
  • Simultaneous ringing
  • Advanced voice response
  • Customized greetings
  • Forward faxing
  • Optional call recording
  • And more…

Our international conferencing plans for Australia include:

  • Low per minute rates
  • Toll free and local access numbers for Australia
  • Free Connect app
  • Dial out feature to 196 countries
  • Free MP3 recording
  • Toll free access from 65+ countries
  • 24/7 operator assistance (US-based)
  • And more…

With our month-to-month global virtual numbers and pay-as-you-go international conferencing plans, there’s no long-term commitment and no obligation to continue using the service. Give us a try and find out just how easy it is to communicate with your Australian clients — no matter where in the world you may be!

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What You Need to Host New Zealand Conference Calls

If some invitees do not attend due to scheduling conflicts, you can share the recording of the conference call with them after the fact and they won’t miss out.

Wellington New Zealand Tram CapitalIf you have business associates, potential partners, suppliers, vendors, or customers in New Zealand, how do you connect them into one of your conference calls?

International conference calls are more difficult to arrange than domestic conferences for several reasons, making it important to learn what to expect before you schedule your first New Zealand global conference call.

New Zealand Global access numbers

International participants each need a convenient, low cost means of joining your global conference calls. New Zealand callers, for example, won’t be able to dial your North American toll free access number; it simply won’t connect as toll free numbers are not international numbers.

That said, it’s possible to get international toll free conference call access numbers with our global conferencing plans.

In fact, our Legacy and Expanded conference calling plans offer toll free access numbers to dozens of countries around the world.

We also have regional access numbers. For example, you can set up your New Zealand conference calls with either a toll free access number or a local number for Auckland.

If you have participants in Auckland, choosing the Auckland access number is the most cost-effective option.

Tools and Apps

What else do you need for hosting New Zealand conference calls? A world time zone map is helpful, especially if you have participants located all around the globe. It’s virtually impossible to schedule a call time that’s 100 percent convenient for 100 percent of your global participants.

However, awareness of time zone differences can go a long way in scheduling a call that will disrupt the fewest people.

It’s also helpful to have a way to record your calls easily. After all, if some invitees do not attend due to scheduling conflicts, you can share the recording with them after the fact and they won’t miss out.

Our New Zealand conference calling service includes a free call recording feature where you can record your conference calls in MP3 audio format.

You may also want to use an app to manage your global conference calls. Our free Connect app can be used with your PC, Mac, or smartphone (BlackBerry, Android, or iPhone), allowing you to easily connect and manage your New Zealand conference calls. Our free live event viewer is also helpful, putting a variety of useful features, like moderator dial out and call recording, right at your fingertips.

A Modern PSTN Telecommunications Network

Often overlooked, you need a reliable international conference calling service built on modern telecommunications networks. How your callers are connected to your New Zealand conference calls matters more than you may realize.

If you want to be sure that every word comes across crystal clear with no interference or line noise, choose a service provider that uses superior fiberoptic PSTN networks. Our quality is of the highest quality because we’re built on a solid telecommunications infrastructure.

Exceptional 24/7 Support

Finally, with any of our global conference calling plans, if you ever need help, live, US-based operators are available 24/7. We’re here to help ensure that all of your global conference calls are trouble-free.

Sign up for one of our pay-as-you-go New Zealand conference calling plans and you’ll have everything you need to host successful global conference calls.

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International Conference Calls from Luxembourg

Hosting international conference calls from Luxembourg is easy and affordable with our pay-as-you-go plan.

Luxembourg CityWith its charming mix of medieval and modern buildings along with its prestige as a financial hub, you could find yourself in Luxembourg for business or for pleasure.

Luxembourg’s government recently announced its intentions to fund asteroid mining research, making Luxembourg even more attractive to those in the space and mining industries.

No matter why you may be in Luxembourg, there’s a good chance you’ll need to communicate with your family or business partners back home — or around the world. One of the easiest and most convenient options is to host international conference calls from Luxembourg. Below are a few tips that can help.

  • Evaluate your international conference calling options. Hotels often offer business services to their guests, but you may find that international conference calling is not an option. Even if it were, you can bet it would be offered at a premium price. If you’ll be working out of a corporate office of one of your Luxembourg-based colleagues, you may be able to use their teleconferencing system. However, the best option is to bring your own international conferencing call service along for the trip. Our pay-as-you-go Luxembourg international conferencing plan is perfect: it’s easy to use, has low rates, and is loaded with high quality advanced features.
  • Determine what you want to accomplish during your global conference calls. It’s important to have a clear goal for each call, invite the right people to join your conference call, schedule the call at a convenient time (this is tricky with a global audience), and actively manage the meeting. We recommend creating an agenda, using a world time zone map, and setting up alerts to help you stay on track.
  • Take advantage of international conference calling technology. Our Luxembourg conference calls are easy to schedule and initiate using standard telephones. They’re even easier if you download the free Connect app or use the online tools included in your online dashboard. You can schedule and join international conference calls with just a few taps or clicks, record your group audio calls with a button press, and even dial participants directly (which further reduces your costs) using the moderator dial-out function.

Hosting international conference calls from Luxembourg is easy and affordable with our pay-as-you-go plan. Since there are no contracts, you can sign up and use the service for the duration of your trip and then cancel when you return. In fact, you don’t even need to cancel your plan because if you do not use it, you will not incur any costs. Many of our users keep their plans and use as needed.

Since our international conference calling plan supports 60+ countries (100+ on our Expanded plan), you can host conference calls from virtually anywhere, not just Luxembourg — and you can have participants connect using local and toll free numbers specific to their countries.

Legacy International Conference Calls

Expanded Global Conference Calls

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International Conference Calls from Iceland

Whether you’re in Iceland for a week, month, year, or longer, you can make as many or as few Iceland conference calls as you need and pay only for the minutes you use.

Iceland Reykjavik imageSpending time in Iceland, but need to stay in touch with your business associates, family members, and other people from around the world?

As remote as Iceland may be, you can stay connected by using international conference calls. Below are a few tips for holding conference calls from Iceland.

Sign Up for a Global Iceland Conference Calling Service

Since you’ll be communicating with participants from countries around the world, you’ll need an international conference calling service provider that supports international conference calls. Our Expanded conference calling plan offers country-specific access numbers for Iceland and more than 100 other countries. In fact, we have toll free access numbers for many countries including Iceland.

If you’re hosting the call from Iceland, you can dial into the conference call toll free using an Iceland toll free number. Meanwhile, your participants located elsewhere can dial local access numbers for their countries.

Schedule Your Iceland Conference Calls and Begin Communicating

Whether you want to preschedule your calls or host them on the fly, once you’ve signed up for our pay-as-you-go plan, you’ll be up and running in no time. If you need any help, our live, US-based operators are available 24/7.

Since all incoming calls to our conference bridge are routed over PSTN fiberoptic networks, you can rest assured of the sound quality. Our telecommunications networks are notable for their exceptional audio quality. There are no echoes, muffled sounds, dropouts, stutters, or line noise with our Iceland global conference calls.

Take Advantage of Advanced Conferencing Features

When hosting Iceland conference calls, you have a variety of tools at your disposal. As the moderator of the call, you can determine the best way to connect participants. For some, you may want to issue toll free access numbers; for others, you may want our operators to assist in connecting them; for others, you may want to use the moderator dial out function. Either way, you have affordable options.

Make sure to download our free Connect app. This app puts useful tools like the call recording and dial out features right at your fingertips. You can also mute noisy lines, view the participant list, and more — all from your computer or smartphone. The Connect app also makes it easy to initiate or join conference calls. Likewise, our Live Event Viewer is handy.

Participants can also benefit from using the Connect app, so make sure to let them know it’s available to them.

Get Started Today

Signing up for an Iceland global conference calling plan is easy, and there are no contracts required. Our pay-as-you-go plans allow you to use the service as needed without worrying about minimum usage, monthly fees, or long-term commitments.

Whether you’re in Iceland for a week, month, year, or longer, you can make as many or as few Iceland conference calls as you need and pay only for the minutes you use.

Best of all, you can use our international conference calling plans from just about any country beyond Iceland’s borders. Sign up today.

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Tips for Hosting Belgium International Conference Calls

Time is a precious commodity, making it important to start and end your global conference calls on time.

Brussels Belgium Bruxelles imageNeed to host a conference call with international participants in Belgium? Whether you’re in Belgium or your attendees are, international conference calls have a few additional considerations.

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

  1. Your attendees will need a convenient and cost-effective means of accessing the call. If you use a traditional conference calling service, it most likely doesn’t support international callers. While you could give them a direct number to access the conference, they will incur international long distance charges in order to participate. This is a huge obstacle to overcome! Even if your participants are not concerned about the potential cost of the conference call, they may have trouble connecting.

The best solution is to use an international conference calling service that has local or toll free access numbers for each country. For example, attendees in Belgium will dial a toll free access number for Belgium while those in Chile will dial a different access number specific to Chile.

  1. Telecom quality is essential. While many VoIP and web-based conferencing options exist, they have their downsides. One of the biggest problems with IP conferencing solutions has to do with audio quality. Echoes, sound delays, drop outs, and noise are common issues with these technologies. When you have vast distances, these problems can become even worse. If you want all attendees to hear one another perfectly, make sure to choose a Belgium conference calling service known for its telecommunications quality. We use modern, fiberoptic PSTN telecommunications networks for the best sound quality available.
  1. Factor in time differences when scheduling your Belgium conference call. If most of your attendees are in Eastern Europe, time differences aren’t too dramatic. However, if you have attendees in North or South America and other parts of the world, they could be significant. Use a world time zone map to help you determine the best time to schedule your Belgium global conference call.
  1. Start and end your global conference call as promised. Time is a precious commodity, making it important to start and end your global conference calls on time. If these are recurring teleconferences, your attention to the time limits will be appreciated — and will help to build trust with your attendees. For example, they’ll know that you keep your word and will be more likely to attend future conference calls because they know that they’ll be well managed and run on time.

Use alerts and timers to keep you on track during the call, and make sure to prepare an agenda. If a topic requires more time than you scheduled, consider scheduling a follow-up global conference call rather than allowing your current one to run over.

  1. Finally, familiarize yourself with the international conferencing tools included in your Belgium conference calling plan. These are included to make you a more effective moderator. Below are a few of the most popular ones:
    • MP3 recording
    • Live Conference Viewer
    • Connect App
    • Moderator Dial-Out

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Collaborate Internationally with Latvia Global Conference Calls

Our Latvia global conference calling plans eliminate this problem with local and toll free access numbers specific to more than 60, or more than 100 with our Expanded plan, countries.

Riga Latvia imageAre you part of a global team based in Latvia? Whether you’re part of a small virtual group or have colleagues scattered around the globe, hopping on a plane every time you need to collaborate simply isn’t practical.

While online collaboration tools make it easier for teams to work together, there are times when you need the real-time back and forth of an actual conversation. If you’re in Latvia, global conference calls are the perfect solution. Here’s what you need to know to get started.

  • Regular conference calls don’t necessarily work internationally. Sure, you could give your fellow team members the direct phone number for your office in Latvia and use the PBX’s conference calling features, if available, but that would require each global conference call participant to dial an international phone number as well as incur costs. Some may have trouble figuring out how to call your office from their countries, and country exit codes vary, making it hard to provide this information for all of your intended participants. Our Latvia global conference calling plans eliminate this problem with local and toll free access numbers specific to more than 60, or more than 100 with our Expanded plan, countries.
  • Audio quality is crucial. This is not the time to experiment with free international conferencing services that use VoIP. Our Latvia global conferencing service is powered by modern, fiberoptic PSTN networks of the highest quality. You’ll be able to hear one another perfectly despite geographic distances spanning the globe.
  • Hosting Latvia global conference calls is less expensive than it sounds. You’ll be pleasantly surprised as you browse our competitive international conference calling rates. For example, our conferencing rates for Riga access numbers are currently just 10 cents per minute. We offer both toll free and local numbers for dozens of countries. You can control your costs even further by using the dial out feature which gives you even lower per minute rates. Plus, there are no minimum usage requirements, monthly fees, or surprises. Simply pay for the minutes you use, as you use them.
  • There’s no need to sign a long-term contract. Our Latvia global conference calling plans are available on a no-contract basis. They are truly pay as you go. If you use our service to make 100 conference calls a month, great. If you use it to make one conference call and never make another call again, that’s fine too. You can use it or not use it as you see fit.

These are but a few thoughts to keep in mind as you consider international conference calling services in Latvia. We’re here to answer any questions you may have and help in any way. Sign up for an account today and find out just how affordable and easy it is to collaborate using Latvia conference calls.

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What You Need to Know About Global Conferencing in Bahrain

We use modern PSTN telecommunications networks for superior sound quality no matter where in the world you hold your global conference calls.

Bahrain at night imageThinking about hosting global conference calls in Bahrain?

Whether you’re in Bahrain temporarily or permanently using our pay-as-you-go global conferencing plan provides you with excellent sound quality, advanced global conferencing features, and flexibility.

Here’s what you need to know about global conferencing in Bahrain.

  • Signing up for a Bahrain global conferencing plan is easy. You can get started right away, and since our Bahrain conference calling plan has no contracts, you can cancel at any time.
  • Our rates are extremely competitive. We offer both toll free and local (Manama) access numbers for participants in Bahrain. Because you’ll be using your conference calling plan internationally, you’ll be pleased to know we support more than 65 countries in our Legacy plan and more than 105 countries in our Expanded plan. Whether your Bahrain conference call attendees are located in Bahrain or elsewhere around the world, you’ll get great per minute calling rates.
  • We offer tools to lower your global conference calling costs even further. Not only can you quickly look up current rates for the countries we support on our website, you can use the moderator dial-out option to get even better per minute rates in nearly all cases. For example, if you have a participant located in a country where the per minute rate is much higher than others, using the dial-out option can bring that rate down. You’d simply initiate the connection on your end rather than have that participant dial the conference call directly.
  • Your Bahrain conference calls will sound crystal clear. We use modern PSTN telecommunications networks for superior sound quality no matter where in the world you hold your global conference calls. You’ll hear each person’s voice as they speak, but you won’t hear unpleasant line noise, crackling sounds, echoes, or stuttered audio, all of which are common with cheap VoIP international conferencing solutions.
  • Advanced conferencing tools are included. Though our Bahrain conference calling rates are extremely competitive and affordable, we include all kinds of premium conferencing tools in every pay-as-you-go plan such as MP3 call recording, a free Connect app, a free live conference viewer, an Outlook plugin, automatic call reports, and more.
  • Help is readily available. Our US-based operators are always a tap of a button away, ready to jump in and help you as needed. Whether you need a line muted or an absentee participant dialed in, our live operators can help — 24/7.
    We’ve built our Bahrain global conference calling plan around the needs of busy professionals. Sign up for a no-contract international conference calling plan today and find out just how easy it is to collaborate with associates from around the world. Remember, there are no minimum requirements, no contracts, no surprise fees, and no cancellation penalties.

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Hosting Botswana Global Conference Calls

Our Botswana global conference calling rates are extremely competitive, as our all of our international rates.

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Gaborone Botswana

Though Botswana is one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries, it is home to over 2 million people. In the middle of the last century, Botswana was one of the world’s poorest countries.

That, however, has changed. In fact, Botswana is now one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. It has a modest standard of living and a high gross national income.

If you’re in Botswana for business, for a visit, on a medical mission, or for any other purpose, you may need to stay in touch with colleagues from around the world. One affordable option is to host an international conference call from Botswana.

Here’s how to do it.

1.     Sign up for our pay-as-you-go expanded international conference calling plan. Our expanded plan offers toll free access numbers for Botswana as well as local and toll free access numbers for more than 100 other countries. With this plan, you can host an international conference call from within Botswana and have colleagues join you from countries far and wide. No matter how far apart your attendees are, you can rest assured that you’ll be able to hear them clearly thanks to our fiberoptic PSTN telecommunications networks.

2.    Use our free Connect app to manage your Botswana global conference calls. This app makes it easy to initiate and manage conference calls. It includes a variety of helpful tools such as call recording or moderator dial out.

3.    Hold international conference calls on the fly or pre-schedule them. There’s no need to reserve time with our Botswana conference calling service, but you can if you prefer. We have live, US-based operators standing by 24/7 to assist you as needed.

4.    Provide your international participants with local (to them) access numbers. Your colleagues may have concerns about how to connect to your Botswana conference calls. With our global conference calling service, you can put their concerns to rest by giving them country-specific access numbers. For example, if you have attendees in Canada, rather than dialing an international long distance number to connect to your Botswana conference call, they can dial a Toronto access number or a Canadian toll free number to join your call.

5.    Use our service as needed. Our global conference calling plans are available on a pay-as-you-go basis with no contracts. If you only need to host a single conference call from Botswana, there’s no need to sign up for a long-term plan. There are no minimum usage requirements, no monthly fees, and no early termination penalties. Simply host international conference calls when needed and pay only for the minutes you use.

Our Botswana global conference calling rates are extremely competitive, as our all of our international rates. If you want to reduce your costs even further, make sure to use the moderator dial out feature to dial some participants directly as those rates are even lower.

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Australia Global Conference Calling Benefits

Our Australia global conference calling plans feature advanced calling features and live event viewing tools.

Darling Harbour Australia imageAs tempting as it may be to fly to Australia periodically to meet with your business partners, regional employees, family members, and associates, international travel is costly and time-consuming.

Australia global conference calls can take the place of many of your trips, saving you both time and money while simultaneously allowing you to communicate and collaborate with a group. Below are some of the many benefits of hosting Australia global conference calls.

  • Conferencing calling with Australian participants is fast and easy. Unlike booking a flight and then traveling, you can connect to an Australian global conference call on a whim. Whether a business emergency needs your immediate attention or you have a brilliant idea to share with your colleagues, initiating and holding a global conference call can be done in mere minutes.
  • Global conference calls are less expensive than you may realize. Our pay-as-you-go Australian global conference calling plans feature advanced features and competitive international conferencing rates. You pay a low rate per minute per person with rates varying depending on the countries involved. You can even issue toll free international numbers for participants in dozens of countries, making it easy and toll free for your international attendees.
  • Holding international conference calls in Australia and around the globe helps to build relationships. Since the cost of global conferencing is so much lower than in-person meetings, you’ll be more likely to hold more frequent teleconferences. Feel free to hold weekly global calls with your international staff — or daily calls if your business dictates a higher frequency. If you have family members living in Australia, bring the entire family together and keep those bonds strong with regular group calls. Even if you have family in USA, France, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, and Australia, you can all gather together in an Australian conference call. The hardest part will be scheduling a time that accounts for all the time differences.
  • Having an international conference calling plan provides you with flexibility. Our international conference calling plans provide support for more than 60 to 100 plus countries (depending on the plan you choose). This means that not only can you hold global conference calls in Australia, you can hold them around the world. Whether you’re located in Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, Italy, Egypt, or anywhere else in the world, you can both host and attend meetings.
  • Our Australia global conference calling plans feature advanced calling features and live event viewing tools. You can manage your conference calls via our free Connect app or our online live event viewer as well as use traditional phone menus or ask the live operator for assistance. You can also record your calls with a quick click of the button.
  • Superior phone networks mean that you can hear everyone clearly. We use fiberoptic PSTN networks for all international conference call attendees. These modern networks deliver the best audio quality and are far superior to VoIP.

These are but a few of the many advantages of our Australian international conference call plans. Sign up for an account today and pay as you go with no contracts and no cancellation fees.

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Bahamas International Conference Call Tips

bahamas lighthouse caribbean sea atlantis travelPlanning a business retreat or family vacation in the Bahamas? Or have an office staffed in the Bahamas?

Global conference calls could help you stay in touch with your colleagues back home. Get the most out of our global conferencing plans by using the tips below.

  1. Sign up for a pay-as-you-go global conferencing plan. Our international conference calling plans offer support for the Bahamas, and they’re available on a pay-as-you-go basis. This means that you only pay for the minutes you use; nothing more, nothing less. There are no minimums, no contracts, and no cancellation fees. Once you’re in the Bahamas, you can initiate a Bahamas conference call with your office back home as needed. Should you find that one conference call is more than enough, you don’t need to worry about canceling your plan. On the other hand, if a crisis erupts, you can host as many global conference calls as you need without worrying about going over your limit.
  1. Plan your global conference calls just as you’d plan any meeting. While our rates are competitive for the Bahamas and beyond, no one wants to spend more time on a group audio call than necessary. If you’re on vacation, especially, you’ll want to spend as little time as possible. Spend a few minutes planning your agenda for the call and then stick to it once your teleconference begins. Not only will a well-run conference call result in less time spent, it will reduce the overall cost of the call.
  1. Take advantage of advanced teleconferencing tools. Our Bahamas global conference calling plans come with a wealth of features and advanced tools. Make sure to get acquainted with the features available, and then use them! The MP3 recording feature is useful if you need to record your calls for legal compliance, training, or other purposes. It’s also helpful for sharing with attendees who were unable to attend. If you are using your conferencing service to conduct training calls, you can use the recordings to train others — including future employees. The online live event viewer is also a useful tool that allows you to direct dial participants, mute and unmute individual lines, record the call, lock the conference, and more.
  1. Schedule your Bahamas conference calls with time zone differences in mind. If your participants are on the East Coast, time zone differences aren’t as dramatic as they are for participants on the other side of the world. Use a world time zone map to help you schedule the best time for your global conference calls in the Bahamas.

If you need any help before, during, or after your Bahamas international conference call, assistance is just a click away. Live operators are readily available to assist. Whether you need global conferencing for just a few weeks or plan on holding global conference calls on an ongoing basis, you’ll appreciate the flexibility, quality, and affordability of our plans.

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Saudi Arabia International Conferencing as an Alternative to an In-Country Visit

The strong market and the dangerous climate bring a dilemma to those doing business in Saudi Arabia.

By B.alotaby - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44911748Saudi Arabia is a large export market for the United States and other countries, and its economy is diversifying.

Its IT market alone is estimated to be worth $4.6 billion (USD). Saudi Arabian infrastructure projects such as the North-South railway and the Saudi Land Bridge are worth another $30 billion in potential contracts. Saudi Arabia’s healthcare market is also large and potentially lucrative to external firms.

At the same time, Americans and Westerners in general have valid concerns about traveling to Saudi Arabia. In fact, the U.S. Department of State urges US citizens to carefully consider the risks due to security threats, previous attacks, and violence near the Yemen border.

The strong market and the dangerous climate bring a dilemma to those doing business in Saudi Arabia. Opportunity knocks, but it’s not necessarily safe to answer the door. And if you happen to be a female business professional, traveling to Saudi Arabia could also mean being treated differently.

Avoid these Problems by Holding a Saudi Arabia Conference Call

International conference calls allow you to communicate with associates, business partners, and customers in Saudi Arabia without having to step foot in the country. When you hold a Saudi Arabia conference call, you can discuss business without having to be concerned about your personal security or acceptable attire.

Even during times of political stability, holding international conference calls is a smart and practical choice. With an international conference call, you can have callers from around the world join together to discuss any number of topics without requiring anyone to travel.

The cost of hosting an international conference call in Saudi Arabia is small compared to travel costs. Imagine flying just five executives from the US to Saudi Arabia for a meeting. Not only do you have airfare times five, you also need to pay for hotels, meals, and local transportation. You may even need to rent a conference room to hold your in-person meeting. Your in-person meeting could easily cost tens of thousands of dollars.

In contrast, hosting a global conference call with Saudi Arabia is much cheaper. To connect USA participants, it would cost less than 3 cents per person per minute using our current rates. To connect Saudi Arabia participants, you could choose either a toll free or dial out option which are currently just 68 cents and 19 cents per person per minute.

So, let’s say you have five American and five Saudi Arabian participants in a one-hour conference, your total cost for the international Saudi Arabia conference call would be as low as $64.80, broken down as follows:

The chairperson is located in the U.S.

60 minute international conference call with 10 conferees
Five USA Participants at $0.026 per person per minute – $7.80
Five Saudi Arabia participants at $0.19/min dial-out rate per person per minute – $57.00

Hosting Saudi Arabia international conference calls also allows for instant communications, something you can’t achieve with in-person conferences. If you have a crisis or need to coordinate a new initiative, you need to communicate sooner rather than later, and an international conference allows for that.

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Holding International Conference Calls in Portugal

Whether you need to host a global conference call in Portugal with international suppliers, partners, customers, colleagues, family, or friends, doing so is easy when you have an affordable, pay-as-you-go Portugal international conferencing plan

Lisbon PortugalWhether you live in Portugal or plan on traveling there for business or pleasure, holding Portugal international conference calls is a convenient way to stay in touch with a group of people from around the world.

Holding international conference calls requires each attendee to dial an access number to join the call. However, unless you use a dedicated international conferencing service provider like aitelephone.com, your attendees will need to dial a Portuguese phone number. This could be off-putting to some attendees.

For example, some may wonder how much it will cost them to connect to your Portuguese global group call. Others might be confused because the Portuguese access number looks different from phone numbers in their own countries.

By using an international conference call service, you can provide your international attendees with local access numbers — or even toll free numbers if so desired. Our international conferencing service is an easy-to-use, pay-as-you-go service that you can use as needed with no worries about long-term contracts or minimum usage requirements.

Highlights include:

  • Available Portugal access numbers include Portugal toll-free and Lisbon local
  • Low per minute rates for dozens of countries
  • Toll free access numbers in 150+ (depending on the plan) countries
  • Our PSTN fiber optic network means excellent sound quality
  • Live 24/7 operator assistance
  • MP3 call recording
  • Moderator dial-out option saves even more money
  • No reservations required
  • Free Connect app
  • Pay for usage — if you don’t use the service, you don’t pay
  • No contracts, no minimums

About Portugal

Portugal flag imagePortugal was once a global maritime power, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries. Alas, a series of events changed that including a massive earthquake, the Napoleonic Wars, the independence of its wealthiest colony (Brazil), and a revolution in 1910 that deposed Portugal’s monarchy only to replace it with repressive governments. Democratic reforms came to Portugal in the mid-1970s after a military coup.

Today, Portugal has a population of more than 10.8 million according to July 2014 estimates. Portugal has a diversified, service-based economy with many formerly state-controlled sectors such as financial and telecommunications now liberalized. Portugal joined the EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) in 1999. Some of Portugal’s largest trade partners include Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, UK, USA, and Angola.

Telecommunications in Portugal

The CIA World Factbook estimates that Portugal had 4.558 million mainline telephones in use in 2012 and another 12.312 mobile cellular subscriptions. Portugal has more mobile subscribers than it has residents.

Portugal has a state-of-the-art telecommunications network with broadband and high-speed capabilities. Domestically, its phone system consists of an integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations. Portugal is connected to the rest of the world via submarine cables and 3 satellite earth stations.

Portugal had 5.168 million Internet users in 2009, putting it in 44th place in comparison to the rest of the world. Cafes, post offices, hotels, conference centers, and other public areas often offer free and paid Internet connections to Portuguese residents.

The telecommunications industry in Portugal is overseen by the regulatory body known as ANACOM. Competition in the telecommunications industry dates back to 1989 when legislation was written to allow the introduction of competition nine the telecom services sector. Portugal’s Telecommunications Act compiled the general principles for telecommunications into a single piece of legislation. The act made it the state’s responsibility to guarantee the existence and availability of fundamental services with the stipulation that the exploitation of services involving the use of complementary telecommunications infrastructures could be carried out by properly licensed public and private companies.

Several operators, CTT, TLP and Marconi, had to be re-organized, a process that reportedly brought its share of controversy, backdoor deals, and mergers. Portugal Telecom emerged and continues to be a major player in the Portuguese telecom market.

Some of the major telecommunications providers in Portugal include:

Cabovisão, Oni Telecom, Portugal Telecom, Telepac, and TIMWE. Mobile operators include: Meo, NOS Comunicações, UZO, and Vodafone Portugal

Whether you need to host a global conference call in Portugal with international suppliers, partners, customers, colleagues, family, or friends, doing so is easy when you have an affordable, pay-as-you-go Portugal international conferencing plan.

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