Disguising a mobile as a landline for outgoing calls

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Hi,

I'm in the early stages of starting a new business, and I'm on the road all of the time.

Initially I will be the only person who is able to speak to clients and discuss problems. To give a more professional image, I would like to be able to have a landline number for the business, however I would like to be able to phone out from my mobile cloaked as that landline number rather than just have it for incoming calls.

Is this possible?

Thanks

[Andy-SP2]

It's called 'Caller ID spoofing' and I believe that you can get an app for it.. Not sure about the legal side of things though

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Andy-SP2 said:

It's called 'Caller ID spoofing' and I believe that you can get an app for it.. Not sure about the legal side of things though

Thanks. A quick google shows that it's not illegal if its not for malicious reasons.

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Buggles said:

You can do this with Cisco Jabber

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/unified-com...

Thanks. Their website is pretty difficult to understand! Looks more complex than I am looking for.

[technodup]

I think people are much more relaxed about mobile numbers than even a few years ago. I wouldn't consider it unprofessional, in fact as a client I'd probably prefer it because (it makes it seem) I can get back to you easier (even if not actually true as your landline could divert to the same mobile anyway).

I would always have a landline on a website or marketing materials, but I tend to make business calls from my mobile.

[anonymous-user]

You can always tell though it is forwarding. But you can get apps to add background noise if you want, but I think being contactable is better than leaving a message.

[feef]

Get a Vonage box and install the app on your phone that allows you to dial out from the 'landline' over Wifi

[QuartzDad]

I remember Orange offering it ~15 years ago, looks like EE still do:

https://ee.co.uk/business/small/connecting-your-bu...

And Voda: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/unified-commun...

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QuartzDad said:

I remember Orange offering it ~15 years ago, looks like EE still do:

https://ee.co.uk/business/small/connecting-your-bu...

And Voda: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/unified-commun...

Thanks perfect, thanks. Vodaphone is the only network I can get signal at my house (via a signal booster) so I'll go down this route.

[Marcellus]

Why not have a Skype or other VOIP phone number, you can use skype from your mobile and choose where your dialing code is.

[silentbrown]

VOIP allows you to pick a number with any local area code, or transfer an existing number in. Once you've done that you can use a VOIP app on your phone, or just set up a redirect to your mobile.

Still very impressed with Nimvelo.

https://www.nimvelo.com/

[maxdog]

Hi

I have direct experience of Vodafone One Net

Used it for a few years, so had the number printed on stationery, business cards etc.
A word of warning, Vodafone were very unhelpful when I tried to port the number out to another provider.
I think their logic behind it was to keep me locked in to their service.
Eventually managed to move the number over to Horizon. It took a lot of time and effort.
So I now have a VOIP phone in the office and an app on the iPhone that allows me to make and receive calls from the 'office' number worldwide.

[ol]

Great, thanks for all the replies and I'll research all the bits mentioned.

[elise2000]

I think ttnc offer this

[jammy-git]

Sorry to hijack, but does any one know where I can buy local phone numbers? I have a Twilio account I use to host them but they’re really poor now for having a good selection of local UK numbers. I only need a handful to transfer into Twilio!

[tumble dryer]

jammy-git said:

Sorry to hijack, but does any one know where I can buy local phone numbers? I have a Twilio account I use to host them but they’re really poor now for having a good selection of local UK numbers. I only need a handful to transfer into Twilio!

See post directly above yours. TTNC

[rich12]

I use smart numbers for buying the number and using the landline/mobile features.

[jammy-git]

Thanks! Is there any way to know both which number is calling and which number has been called when you have more than one landline redirected to a mobile?

[elise2000]

jammy-git said:

Thanks! Is there any way to know both which number is calling and which number has been called when you have more than one landline redirected to a mobile?

Yes. Ttnc do it...