As a professional, you can find yourself constantly on the phone. Having the right phone plan is essential. But which plan is best for you? It all depends on your needs and profile. Here are some points to consider to help you decide.
Choosing your freelance package
If you’re a freelance service provider, your needs are quite simple. You’re the only user of the mobile phone, so there’s no need to burden yourself with complex phone system solutions. Ultimately, your choice is very similar to the one you would make for personal use, with the key difference being that your needs are slightly different. You’ll likely need an unlimited voice plan, which is standard for the vast majority of mobile plans, as you can see on a comparison site like Edcom.
Beyond phone calls, the most important thing is to determine your internet needs. If you work from your phone or travel frequently and have a critical need to connect to the internet, you’ll need to choose from the mobile data plans with the most generous allowances. Examples include the 100GB plans from Free, RED, NRJ Woot, SYMA, Orange Origami, and Bouygues Sensation, and even the La Poste Mobile plan which offers up to 120GB.
The other important question to ask yourself is whether or not you regularly upgrade your phone. If you want to stay up-to-date with the latest model, you’ll benefit from a standard plan that allows you to accumulate points and regularly change your smartphone. Conversely, if you’re perfectly happy with your current phone, no-contract plans will be cheaper. In any case, remember that you can allocate all or part of your phone expenses to your business.
Choosing a suitable telecom solution for a company
If you are no longer alone but that you run a company of several people, you will then need to invest in a fleet of mobile phones to use and why not consider a telephone switchboard or even more advanced solutions with unified management of fixed and mobile phones as offered by companies like Orange, Bouygues Telecom, Parirel or more local companies like Ody-C of the Pandora group.
You can even opt for virtualizing your telephone system. Offered, for example, by a company like Companeo, this solution provides numerous advantages, such as eliminating the need to install any specific hardware on your premises. The incoming call reception system automatically calls customers back from your regular phone line. This is therefore a different solution from more traditional PABX or IPBX systems.
For some business leaders, it may be advantageous to choose a solution that also allows geolocation of fleet smartphones in order to better control their employees.
Regardless of the solution you choose—whether it’s a traditional phone line, VoIP, virtual machine, or IP Centrex—you must first clearly define your needs in terms of usage, consumption, and the number of phone extensions you require. Also, consider in advance which prefix numbers and direct lines you want. Once you’ve found the solution that best suits you, you’ll need to choose the handsets and smartphones that will make up your phone fleet. Here again, it’s essential to ask the right questions before buying and to precisely determine how you intend to use them.
