What is a DID Number (Direct Inward Dialing)?
DID number (direct inward dialing number also called DDI - direct dial-in number in Europe and Oceania) looks like a usual geographic landline or mobile telephone number. It is a service to forward inbound phone calls to another landline, mobile, VoIP service, IP PBX, etc.
For example, Los Angeles DID Number looks like: +1-213-XXX-XXXX
(+1, +61, +86 – USA, Australia, China country codes; 213, 2, 10 – Los Angeles, Sydney, Beijing city codes, XXX-XXXX – subscriber’s number). Get DID numbers online!
Benefits
DID phone number doesn’t use customer’s equipment, it allows to connect remotely to DID numbers provider. Thus you shouldn’t purchase any additional equipment.
VoIP DID numbers are usually used to decrease the cost of domestic and international phone calls, show local presence in different cities and countries, unite all overseas offices, attract more customers from local markets, etc.
Both entrepreneurs and large companies use local DID numbers to optimize their telephony cost. For example, you buy USA DID number and forward incoming calls from it to your UK landline or mobile number. The customers will pay local rates for phone calls to DID phone numbers in their location and consider that you are located in the USA.
Continent Telecom is international DID numbers provider. We offer local DID numbers from the USA, Canada, UK, China, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan, etc. (90 countries, 6500 cities are available worldwide) with Call Forwarding to Sype, SIP.
