Calling China

Analysts were slightly worried when Chinese growth figures for the second quarter of 2010 came out at a “mere” 10.3%, suggesting a slight slowdown in the world’s third largest economy. Then out came the August output growth data at 13.9% year on year followed by the September purchasing managers’ index up for the fifth month in a row and analysts breathed a sigh of relief.

Whilst the world economy abounds with mixed, and at time conflicting, messages, at least China looks as though it might be heading for stability. This gives encouragement to the rest of the world as a stable and growing China will help to drive world trade.

Those hoping to either work with Chinese businesses or promote their services to the Chinese market have at times struggled with the necessities of a telephone system geared up to serve 1.3 billion people over 31 provinces. For them, help is now at hand with the inception of the Callagenix 401 toll free service.

Businesses taking on a 401 number offer every potential client in China a single telephone number to call, no matter whether the call is made from a landline or mobile or from any one of the 31 provinces. With the addition of +86, the number can also be used for calls from Hong Kong. Better still, from the clients’ point of view, the number is toll-free so the client pays nothing for the call. Statistics prove that prospective clients are far more likely to call toll free numbers thus increasing the potential for business sales.

From a business perspective, not only does a 401 number give you access to 900 million Chinese phone users, it brings you flexibility with a range of Callagenix services. For example, the call can be routed to your offices anywhere in the world. Using our automated switch board services, the calls can be switched to each of your offices across the world based on time of day (follow the sun). Alternatively, our group divert (ACD) service will route the calls to multiple phones with the order of priority set by you.

So, we have had good news for the Chinese economy and now the 401 service brings good news for those hoping to work with and for the Chinese people. In these days of mixed economic messages, all businesses are looking to tap new markets and the 401 China toll free service could be a cost effective way to tap into a whole new marketplace.