Benefits of BYOC
While equipped with many advanced features, most PBX systems, CCaaS, and UC providers cannot meet all businesses’ diverse telecommunications needs.
For example, a provider could excel in providing omnichannel solutions, WFM and WEM capabilities, and real-time generative AI but does not specialize in providing global phone numbers or offering low-cost solutions.
Here are the most common benefits of BYOC:
Many providers require strict in-country documentation, have long activation times, and lack flexibility regarding international phone numbers. Additionally, they might only cover a small number of countries. BYOC enables businesses to source global phone numbers from other providers in areas that might be harder to access — for example, smaller South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East markets. United World Telecom does its best to keep a stocked inventory of available phone numbers in 160+ countries to enable faster speed-to-activation. Additionally, our long-term relationships with local and regional partners allow flexibility when needing in-country documents.
We believe that Least-Cost Routing leads to substandard business outcomes in the long run. While some major telcos employ this routing strategy to increase their own margins, bad call quality can impact your business’s relationship with its customers. Poor audio quality can also be more pronounced in countries with a less developed telecommunications infrastructure. United World Telecom uses a global network of Tier-1 carriers to terminate calls with enterprise-grade voice quality. Additionally, we maintain a thoroughly vetted partner network to ensure the highest quality voice origination and the most comprehensive coverage.
Your business should have a backup plan in the event that something goes wrong. In the case of phone system outages, if phone numbers are hosted by the same provider as your phone system, then you’re out of luck. Luckily, using a BYOC strategy enables businesses to quickly pivot and implement a backup plan if something goes wrong. You can quickly modify routing settings through an external portal and route calls to a different destination outside your main phone system. Our hybrid infrastructure has multiple layers of network redundancy to ensure 99.999% uptime and an easy transition to the cloud.
BYOC introduces flexibility and scalability that might not otherwise be possible within your existing network. For example, your provider might impose long-term contracts to activate new phone numbers and users. United World Telecom provides unmatched flexibility through our month-to-month service. Businesses can activate new phone numbers without long-term contracts and add or remove users and lines as needed. Additionally, we provide 24/7 live tech support, customer service, and a dedicated account management team that can help with flexibility and scaling business usage.
United World Telecom can help companies save up to 75% on telephony and phone number costs. If you’re paying too much for cloud phone numbers or international calling but want to remain on your phone system, implementing a BYOC solution can help reduce TCO.