Business Cell Phones at iTelNet
iTelNet offers a select range of business cell phone plans. Our plans are ideal for a business that wants to set up employees, in order to save money by getting a group rate. We have rates and plans negotiated with some of
America's largest carriers, plans that would not be accessible to an individual calling these carriers.
To get an exact quote for a business cell phone plan based on your
company's exact needs, call us at 1-800-877-0836 or
click here to email
us. In addition, we do provide business phone service and business internet access, so be sure to talk to your iTelNet executive about all of your telecom needs.
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The Basics of Telephone Technology
Technologically speaking, business cell phones are the electronic equivalent of a mule! They are essentially radios with integrated telephone technology. Radios are built to receive signals transmitted from commercials towers. Radios waves are soundless, invisible and multi-directional. Instead of running just one way, like water coming out of the kitchen tap, they travel in all directions, like a rotating lawn sprinkler. Each radio station broadcasts on its specific frequency, commonly called channels.
At any given moment, there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of radio waves in the air around you. By turning a
radio's tuner, you can pick whichever frequency you want the radio's internal or external antenna to receive. The
radio's amplifier increases the strength of the signal and the speaker coverts the signal into audible sound waves.
Analog telephone technology is equally uncomplicated. The phone receiver coverts the sounds waves of human speech into electrical impulses that travel at nearly the speed of light through the telephone line, and they are then converted back to acoustic speech by the phone receiver on the other end, and amplified by the speaker.
Cell phones are a combination of the two devices. Business cell phones are a radio fitted with small transmitters so it can receive and send voice and data via radio waves. Cell phones are full-duplex devices, meaning they can be used for both talking and listening simultaneously. They do this by using two frequencies.
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How does a cell phone work?
From smoke signals in early civilization, to SOS in the 19th century, to the old fashioned telephone of the 20th century, humans have sought ways to communicate over long distances. But it
wasn't until the business cell phone became popular, that mass communication became truly portable through a user-friendly, compact device affordable enough to become ubiquitous.
The foundation for the modern cell phone was laid in the 1940s at Bell Labs, with the development of cells, which are the underlying technology of wireless phones. In wireless networks, frequencies are repurposed in a regular pattern of areas, called cells, which are typically hexagonal in shape and are part of a larger grid. The term
"cell phones" resulted from this work.
Cell phones, and cell towers, transmit at very low power, so there’s not a lot of bleed over to nearby cells. That means the same frequencies can be repurposed by using non-adjacent cells.
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The cell technology is what gives cell phones their range. Each cell varies in size, depending on the population of the coverage area. In cities like Los Angeles or Manhattan, cells have to be smaller to accommodate for the number of people being served. In a place like Tucson or Blythe in the middle of the Mojave, cells are bigger.
Business Wi-Fi is of course a related technology with a similar application.
When you're in a car driving from one town to the next and talking on a cell phone, the signal is passed off by the cell
you're leaving and handed off to the cell being entered. So business cell phones enable employees to stay in touch and conduct business while on the move.
Radio waves can be diverted or blocked by structures, by tall foliage, and by landforms such as gullies or hills. These
"dead zones" cause calls to be dropped. Building additional cell towers can decrease the number of dropped calls. The increased number of people using cell phones has required more and more cell towers to be built. If a cell is maxed out, no incoming signal will be accepted, also resulting in a dropped call. Many small businesses, such as churches, are helping their profit margins by renting a small section of their land to a cell phone company to put up a tower in an area that needs more towers.
When you place a call on your business cell phone, the radio signal is transmitted to the closest tower, also called base station, from your location. At the tower, the signal is assigned to a frequency channel and sent to a call-switching center. From there the signal is routed either to a local phone carrier to end up on a landline, or to another cell phone. And
that's the basics of how cell phones work.
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Analog vs Digital Business Cell Phone Signals
Wireless networks are either analog or digital, meaning they either use analog radio signals or digital radio signals. In analog, an older technology that is being phased out, the radio waves transmitting the data constantly change size. This was the common technology in the 20th century, when
long distance
business phone service was so expensive. In digital, data is transmitted in waves of specific size. Some phones, called dual-mode, utilize both analog and digital networks.
Digital signals give business cell phones better call clarity, increased range and better battery efficiency. The most common digital networks in the United States are
CDMA, TDMA and GSM.
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What is a SIM card?
A Subscriber Identity Module, or SIM, is a portable and transferable memory card used by certain business cell phones. Just like you can use a memory key to carry documents from your laptop to your desktop, SIM cards contains data like your business cell
phone's address book or saved messages. This means that when you switch to a new business cell phone, all your data is safely and accurately moved from the old phone to the new via the SIM card.
SIM cards are used by GSM phones. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is the
world's most widely used cell phone protocol, or standard. It has 2G to 4G capability. If
you're
networking 2 computers with your business cell phones, the SIM card will play an important role.
Business Cell Phone Plans
ITelNet offers inexpensive yet very reliable business cell phone plans for companies looking to get multiple business cell phones for 3 or more employees.
Not all business cell phone plans are created equal. There can be significant differences in features offered, coverage area, reliability and cost. The price of minutes is determined by the reach of the carrier and by its business model. For example, one company might offer lower rates than another, but it covers a smaller area. An iTelNet executive will listen to your needs, and quote you the
industry's lowest price for a business cell phone plan that meets your
needs.
To pick the best plan you need to factor in your
company's needs. If you do business internationally, a national plan will only serve half your needs. Likewise, select a business cell phone service plan that has access wherever your employees work and live, especially if they telecommute full or part time. iTelNet can even target your
business 800 number to your cell phones.
If your employees work in teams, make sure their business phones have a plan that offers unlimited calls between users on the same network, which can be highly cost-effective. Similarly, if texting is an integral part of conducting business, this should affect which plan we recommend for you. MMS? Access to email? These are all factors to consider in choosing a business cell phone plan.
We'll assure there’s no fine print you're unaware of, including if there is a limit to the number of phones you can have on the plan.
Many plans are tailored to businesses, but only accessible through an agency like
iTelNet. They offer a wide-ranging solution with features such as remote data, which allows employees to access their office systems when on the road or at home; a VPN (Virtual Private Network) which is a secure network, GPS and enterprise resource planning, which integrates financial resources, manufacturing information and distribution.
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iTelNet's Business Cell Phones
The best business cell phone would be a 21st century smart phone, which has many of the capabilities of a personal computer, including email, messaging and
mobile internet access, along with a qwerty keyboard. They also have entertainment features such as cameras, radios and music players. Among the best business cell phones are the 3G
iPhone, the Blackberry Pearl Flip and the Palm Centro.
To quickly get an exact quote on a business cell phone plan for your company, call iTelNet at 1-800-677-0836 or
click here to email
us.
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