From a mobile however, callers can incur some charges. As mobile services providers do not include 0800 numbers within their free service plans, callers can expect to pay up to 15p/minute for dialing an 0800 number.

With an 03 telephone number, you receive all the benefits that you would with an 0800 number – including some incredible digits – along with the assurance that the customer will not be charged any extra for making the call. 03 telephone numbers are included in the callers monthly minutes, if calling from a mobile and is usually included in any landline service package bundles.

The best news is, when you purchase an 03 number with Planet Numbers, it’ll still possess the great features that come with all our telephone numbers. It’ll still have the ability to re-route at the click of the button, to set up intelligent and innovative features; such as Call Whisper and Auto Attendant and there will still be the choice of fantastically memorable numbers.

If you have an 0845 number with us, we have already set aside your 03 equivalent, keeping the same digits. Give one of our friendly customer service members a call and begin advertising your 03 telephone number today.

The celebrations, which last around 13-15 days, correspond to the new moon and end on the date of the full moon. The Chinese calender differs from the calender we use in the UK. Formed of a cycle of 12 years, each being named after an animal – not too different from our Zodiac signs. Like our Zodiac signs, some people believe that if you share a year with an animal (I.e Lion) that person will share the traits of that animal.

As one in six people celebrate Chinese New Year, we’ve made it even easier to join the celebrations. Calls to China are just 1p/minute, no matter what time you call. Simply dial the access number 0844 605 7777 and enter the Chinese telephone number you wish to dial.

It’s hard to forget the snow duvet that engulfed Great Britain last year. Unexpected and unwelcome, the snow froze us to a standstill, leaving many stranded, unable to get to work. The phones were unmanned, the calls unanswered.

Businesses without an Non Geographical Number (0800, 0845, 0844 telephone numbers) were left helpless as their customers rang their lines, only to be left unattended to. With no way to answer those calls, businesses were losing money faster than snow melts on a warm car bonnet.

At Planet Numbers, we offer complete portability with all of our telephone numbers, be it 0845, 0800, 0844, 01202. All new and existing customers will be offered a complete Online Control Panel, accessible from anything with an internet connection. From computers, iPhones, Blackberrys, Nokias, the Control Panel will ensure that your important telephone calls can always be answered.

The redirection process is simple and quick. Simply login to your web account, select the telephone number you wish to re-route and enter your new destination number. Your telephone number can be routed to landlines or mobile, worldwide, meaning that if you are fortunate enough to be sunbathing on a beach in the Bahamas, you can do so with the peace of mind that your business is being looked after. Once you’ve clicked the ‘update’ button, your number will be instantly re-routed.

Disasters do happen. Ensure that the damage is minimal by chatting to one of our friendly staff today. Just dial us on 08000 886 886.

2012 is officially here.

We’re already three days into our new adventure and we have so much to look forward to. The Olympics will be held in London, England will get knocked out of the Football European Cup and Planet Numbers will unveil something very exciting indeed.

Working quietly behind the scenes, we have been hiding a very special secret. It has been a secret very difficult to keep, simply because it is so exciting and we’re confident that every single one of our customers will leap in jubilation once we reveal it. We’re not telling it yet though because we’re going to keep you holding on just a little while longer. Trust me when I say, it will all be worth the wait.

We’re expecting to be able to reveal this secret within the next few weeks so keep your eyes peeled.

No it’s not a giant statue of Alex, by the way, although he appreciates your suggestions.

Some of us in the office have finished all of our Christmas shopping and, well, some of us haven’t even started. Whilst I struggle through the hordes of last minute Christmas shoppers, like a salmon swimming against the tides, trying to think of what Aunt Mary would really want to open on Christmas day, I start to wonder if perhaps I should have done this earlier.

‘What to get Dad’, ‘what to get Mum’, are the thoughts looping in my head. I can’t get Dad socks, I got them for him last year – and the year before that. Would mum really appreciate Michael Bublé’s Christmas album? She can only really listen to it one month out of the twelve, it seems pretty pointless. As I put the socks and the CD back on the shelves, I realise that I’m being completely and utterly stupid.

Christmas isn’t about material goods. My Dad probably would be pretty happy with socks. Mum probably wouldn’t be that pleased with a Michael Bublé CD as she doesn’t particularly like him – thinks he’s a bit overated and can’t understand the hype… I digress. It’s very cliché but at this time of year it really is the thought that counts.

The most important thing about this time of year is spending time with the people you love. Some of us will sit around the dinner table all day and eat lots of delicious food, others might go for a long walk together. Christmas is about sharing, not just gifts but time as well.

This is why we are working so hard to ensure that our service is at a premium standard over the next couple of weeks. Not all of us can be in the same country on Christmas day. At Planet Numbers, however, we deliver a service that makes sure that Christmas can be spent together, even if you’re in a different country to one another.

And we know that Christmas is an expensive time of year too, which is why we continue to offer connectivity across the globe for as little as 1p/minute – even on Christmas day. You can call Uncle Mark in the USA, Cousin Edward in Spain or Granny Margret in Germany, all for just 1p/minute.

If you’d like to use the service but you’re not quite sure how, please give us a call on 0844 332 1777 and one of our friendly customer service members will happily talk you through the simple process and help you connect with the world – cheaper.

From all of us at Planet Numbers, we’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.

I tried it once, to declare my love for Katy Perry. Poised with a bottle, a note with my telephone number, asking her to marry me, I carefully placed the bottle into the sea and instructed it to travel to California. I forgot to put the lid on. It sank, along with my dreams of Katy Perry ever becoming my wife.

However, an 11 year old boy, based in New York, dispelled all theories of messages in bottles being rubbish when his message was found just off the coast of Azores. Curtis Kipple wrote a letter about himself and his hometown in New York state, and put it in a bottle which was dropped into the Atlantic in March. To his surprise, the message was found last week by Ana Ponte, 25, from the fishing village of Terceira, on the Azores archipelago.

The bottle, which set sail 10 months ago, had travelled over 2,600 miles before washing up on the shore in Azores. Ms Ponte, responded to the note, via email – a slightly more secure means of communication. The email read: “My brother and my father wake up earlier today and went to sea to catch a seafood very common here, and found a bottle with a message from a boy Curtis Kipple,”

I can’t help but think that 10 months is an awful long to to wait for a response. Had little Curtis used Planet Numbers’ cheap international call service to Azores, he would have been connected in an instant, and for only 2p/minute. Cheap, quick and a lot less damp.

There is no explanation from Apple so far as to why the iPhone 4 caught fire on the Regional Express flight ZL319 to Sydney on Tuesday. However, an Apple spokeswoman in Australia responded saying the tech firm was looking “forward to working with officials”.

Witnesses said that the iPhone started ‘glowing red’ on the aeroplane, before bellowing a ‘significant amount of dense smoke’ as the plane landed. Cabin crews on board carried out appropriate measures and the iPhone was extinguished successfully. Luckily, no-one was harmed in the incident.

When experts suggested that the iPhone was the hottest thing on the market, I don’t think they meant this.

Everyday an increasing amount of businesses need to record all their incoming calls from clients and customers in order to help with any upset customers and to help improve their employees’ customer service performance. Your recordings are conveniently sent to an email address as an mp3 file so you can download and save your calls to keep on record. The email address which the recordings are sent to can be changed as often as you like.

How it work’s?

• Your customers and clients dial your 0844, 0845 or 0800 number.
• When their call connects they are played a short message explaining that their call may be recorded for training purposes.
• You answer the call and help your customer as best as possible.
• Once you have hung up the recording of your call with the time and date is automatically and instantly sent to your email address.

Using an online control panel to change the address of where your recordings are sent comes in handy if your out the office but still want to keep a record of the received calls on your laptop.

There is a default message which your customers are normally played, “Please hold while we connect your call. Please be advised that calls may be recorded for training purposes.” But you can record your own personal message and change them as often as your like, for free.

Does this service interest you?

If this service takes your fancy and you wish to obtain this service either on an existing number or your looking to purchase a number to have this service on, why not chat to one of our friendly sales assistants?

You can call them on: 08450 777 777.

Google Music offers it’s user’s a personal cloud so they can stream their personal collection of up to 20,000 songs from any Android device. As well as being able to purchase any of the 13 million tracks Google Music also allows you to share music using the Google+ social network.

Google also has it’s own artist hub which enables artist’s to distribute their own music using the Android market, build their own artist page, upload original tracks, set prices and sell their music directly to fans.

Customer’s can access their Google Music library anywhere at anytime without the need for syncing or wires. Customer’s can listen to their music on either their Android mobile phone or their Android tablet with the Google Music app. You can save your favorite tracks straight to your mobile device for offline playback.

With a growing number of people downloading music on the go Google Music will be a great hit and a huge success to those who love music. This great new feature will also help Android’s battle in having a bigger share than Apple in the mobile and tablet market.

Although I think this will be a massive success, customers will have to keep a close eye on their download limit’s set by their mobile service providers as downloading music can use a large amount of their data allowance.

Missed call alerts are designed so you don’t miss out on a call. You and a possible 2 other emails addresses can be notified immediately if a customer has called but been unsuccessful at reaching someone. Missed call alerts will leave you an email with the date and time of the missed call and the number so you can return the call as soon as you are free.

This can help increase your business sales. If new customers can’t get through the first time then they are likely to go to a competitor. But with this excellent service you can call them back before they go to a competitor and hopefully catch their custom.

To find out more about this excellent service and how you can have this yourself you can either visit us on our Planet Numbers Services page or call one of our friendly sales adviser’s on 08450 777 777.

Also on our Services page you will find loads of other extras like Auto Attendant, Inbound Call Recording, Call Queuing, Fax to Email, Call Center Solutions, Time of Day Routing and many more.

All these services can lead to a greater business appearance as you are able to handle your calls more efficiently and more professionally.