How to Choose the Right Business Mobile Phone Contract?

A business mobile contract is signed between the user and the service provider for at least 12 months and in some cases 18 to 24 months. Therefore, it is crucial that you choose the best option available to you at the time so that you do not end up wasting money every month. If you currently possess a business mobile phone, then you should already be familiar with the kind of expenditure you have every month. Just go through the bills of your business phone for the past 6 months and note down the minutes you have spent talking on the phone and the number of messages you have sent.

What options are there for a business mobile?

If your business phone bills have a set pattern showing to the same number of calls made and the same number of messages sent every month, then it is fairly simple to decide what kind of tariff you should opt for to minimize your phone expenditure every month. However, if your bills do not follow a set pattern and there are some months where the number of calls made is far greater or less compared to other months, or the number of messages sent varies from month to month, then you need to evaluate two things. First, can you cut down on calls in the most extreme months and chose the tariff accordingly? Second, is it better to choose a plan that covers most of the calls made and messages sent based on the average monthly expenditure and accept that you will have to pay more if you exceed the monthly limit?

Another way of cutting call costs and changing your current tariff for the best available one is to cut back on unnecessary calls and try getting any data usage included in the contract so that you get some amount of data every month either free or at minimum cost.

What can people buying a new business mobile phone do?

This involves some guesswork on the part of the user. If you are new to this field then you will have to make an estimate of the number of calls you are going to make and the number of messages you are going to send every month. When people choose to use business mobile phones by PaceTelecom for emergency purposes only, then the most basic contract will suffice, and in certain cases pay-as-you-go contracts can also be a good option. However, when the usage of the business phone is equivalent to a regular phone then normally special call rates and more free minutes are required.

The best way to go about this is get a contract such as those offered with business mobile phones by PaceTelecom that covers a small amount of usage. Keep a check on your call usage and later when you feel the need to increase the usage of your business phone, simply get your contract adjusted according to the increase in your usage. Most of the service providers will be happy to change the contract rather than to lose a customer.

Ali Asjad is a communications consultant based in Stockholm. He writes about fast growing technologies like VoIP and helps people choose the best deals such as business mobile phones by PaceTelecom for their company.