As experts in both business voice and Microsoft 365 solutions, we've been working along our roadmap of building alternatives to Microsoft's extortionate Calling Plans for a while, but what with "one thing and another" (nod, wink) causing half the world to suddenly realise out of the blue that Microsoft Teams is brilliant, we've had to pretty much turn our roadmap into a teleportation device!
Thankfully our Easy Direct Routing service was already up and running when the effluent struck the air oscillator, so we're already enabling businesses to bridge the gap between their existing communications setups and their use of MS Teams for collaboration.
You can read more about Easy Direct Routing in the link below, but in essence it's a way to integrate your existing communications systems, from full phone system to single trunks, directly with Microsoft Teams and avoid committing fully to Microsoft and their exortionate call costs.
It's ideal for customers who want to keep their existing calling plans, phone system features or only move some of their workforce to Microsoft Teams.
But what if you're happy with the basic phone system features that Microsoft offers, don't have legacy systems or contracts to keep, and just want to enable external calling for your Microsoft 365 users?
That's where our new Calling Packs will come in.
Our Calling Packs are designed for those who are satisfied with the basic phone system features Microsoft offers, and don't have legacy systems or contracts to maintain. If you simply want to enable external calling for your Microsoft 365 users, our solution is ideal for you. With our Calling Packs, you can avoid being tied to Microsoft's expensive call costs while still leveraging the power of Teams for business communications.
We have focused on making the transition seamless, ensuring that businesses of all sizes can benefit from a cost-effective and flexible alternative to Microsoft’s own Calling Plans.
We're just finalising the full commercials at the moment ahead of a full launch in May, but we're leveraging our Direct Routing technology in such a way that we already know we'll be undercutting Microsoft's prices for the vast majority of businesses.
If ever you've searched for a simple answer as to how much Microsoft charge for their Calling Plans you'll know it's like trying to find Brigadoon, but roughly speaking their Domestic Calling Plan is around £9.50 per user, per month, with 1,200 minutes inclusive (although this varies depending on vendor and estate size).
Not only will our Calling Packs give you between 2,000 and 4,000 UK minutes, dependant on commitments, but we'll be charging many pounds less than £9.50pm. Our Calling Packs will also have the added benefit of not cutting your service off when you've used up your credits!