What is SIM hosting and when do you need it?

With SIM hosting your SIM card sits in a data centre instead of in a device at the office. Messages arriving on that number land in your platform.

The problem it solves

You have a number your customers have known for years and that is printed on your vehicles, your stationery and your website. You do not want to give it up, but messages can no longer arrive on one phone in a drawer that somebody has to check.

What you can do with it

Receive and send from your familiar number, but automated and visible to several colleagues. The messages sit in one overview rather than in the handset of whoever was in that day.

When you do not need it

If you do not have to keep an existing number. A virtual number is then simpler and cheaper.

What to watch

The number stays with your operator, so your subscription continues. Check whether your contract allows the card to be used elsewhere.