International Call Forwarding | How to Set Up A Virtual Number To Follow You
Virtual phone numbers provide you with the ultimate in portability because the virtual number is not permanently attached to any phone. In a typical day, you might use multiple phones including your home phone, office phone, and mobile phone. If you travel frequently or work out of different offices, the number of phones you use on a regular basis increases.
While you can easily call out, your contacts might not know which number is best to reach you on.
Giving out your mobile phone number is one option, but it’s not always desirable, especially if you want to maintain a nice line of separation between work and personal calls.
Our international call forwarding virtual phone numbers offer several ways for you to manage your incoming calls:
- Manual call forwarding changes
- Sequential ringing
Simultaneous Ringing
Let’s take a look at how each option works and when you might want to use them.
Manual Call Forwarding
With manual call forwarding, you log into your account and manually change the virtual phone number’s ring-to number. This option is best when you want flexibility but tend to use the same phone most of the time. For example, if you’re using the virtual phone number as your business phone number and usually work out of your main office, you’ll likely set it up so that it rings to your main office by default. However, if you occasionally work from your home office, this feature gives you the ability to quickly change your ring-to number to your phone at home.
Simultaneous Ringing
Simultaneous ringing requires that you set up your virtual phone number with two or more ring-to numbers. When an incoming call comes in, all of the ring-to numbers will ring simultaneously. This is useful in a team setting where several team members are expected to promptly answer incoming phone calls. It’s also helpful if you’re frequently on the move and want the ability to answer your incoming calls on the phone of your choice. For example, if you’re in your office and both your office and mobile phones ring simultaneously, you can choose to answer on the phone that makes the most sense for that moment.
Sequential Ringing
Sequential ringing requires setting up the virtual phone number with two or more ring-to numbers just as simultaneous ring did. However, in this case, the incoming calls will ring the ring-to numbers in the order you specify. For example, you might set it up so that your office phone rings first, your mobile phone next, and your home phone last. This is helpful in ensuring that you can be found at the most likely phone numbers no matter where you are. You’ll want to limit the number of ring-to numbers to just a handful as your callers may not stay on the line long enough for the system to ring through the entire sequence.
Each of these options works internationally, too. So, if you’re heading on a trip, you could set up whichever virtual hunt group makes the most sense for your travels. This is especially helpful because your callers will simply dial the same phone number they always dial, yet they’ll reach you wherever in the world you may happen to be.
Setting up your international call forwarding virtual number so that it finds you is easy, and you can adjust your settings as needed. We have virtual phone numbers for countries around the globe, all offered with no contract.