Voice Short Codes
Five-digit SMS Short Codes have proven to be a huge marketing success over the past few years thanks to their memorability and convenience.
Voice Short Codes are compatible with SMS Short Codes, making them the ideal complement to existing SMS services, and an effective marketing vehicle to combine voice and data components of any campaign or application. The same 5-digit short code number can therefore be used for both voice calls and SMS messaging.
The revenue from the charge to customers of Voice Short Code services is shared by Oxygen8 and its customers.
Customers pay for premium rate calls in the normal way; either on their mobile phone bill or out of their pre-paid credit.
Find out more about the benefits of Voice Short Codes
End users are able to make a range of differently rated calls to Voice Short Codes from their mobile phone.
Traditional '090' premium rate numbers cannot usually be called from many mobile phones; and are often barred by the mobile networks by default. Even if this bar is lifted, end users can still be restricted on making calls to premium rate numbers. For example, end users on Orange UK cannot call a premium rate number that charges more than 60p per minute, even after having the premium rate bar lifted.
Mobile phone users can, however, make calls to Voice Short Codes, allowing end users to call voice services that they may otherwise not be able to access if the service was via a premium rate number.
5-digit memorable numbers.
There are obvious advantages to Voice Short Codes. End users only have to call a 5-digit number, which is much more memorable than a standard phone number or premium rate number. Users are more likely to remember the short code and therefore re-use the service.
Cross Network Short Codes:
The same 5-digit short code number can be used for both voice services and SMS, MMS and Video call services.
End user charges for calls made from mobile phones:
Call charges to mobile phones can vary. When an 08 number is called from a mobile phone, the charges to the end user are normally higher than if the call had been made from a landline. For example, mobile users are usually charged by their mobile network for calling an 0800 freephone number. When a premium rate number is called from a mobile phone, the charges to the end user are usually higher than if the call had been made from a landline. For example, mobile phone users may be charged 2.50 GBP per minute when calling a 1.50 GBP per minute premium rate number. With Voice Short Codes the caller only gets billed the advertised tariff.
To find out how Voice Short Codes could be used in your business contact the Oxygen8 Sales Team today.
