There is the ability for all numbers that are Australian to only be allocated to Australian based or Australian linked people and businesses but the Australian Govt allow our numbers to be sold Worldwide as it is a source of foreign income. I have written about this before
Pretty much yes, a VOIP call through say Skype (or any other Cloud platform) that has an exit in Australia would appear as an Australian based phone call even if the caller was actually in China or Russia or some other location other than Australia. Currently these callers buy a range of Australian numbers (they are generally bulk acquired by the VOIP platform and sold to the users of their services but you can also have your number ported to them). There is a fee the VOIP providers (they are …
If using Skype or similar VOIP services you can pay to get a number or numbers from various parts of the world and use which one you want at any time.
I have included some info from Skype on the numbers/countries available through them and as you will see Australia is available through all types of accounts without restriction, some countries do restrict this facility to only residents of their country though if a registered company in that country they can also register :
"How do I set up a S…
Simply put MONEY. Foreign income as small as it might be is easy takings to help offset import costs (Balance of Trade). While people complain about the calls you don’t see much of the same irate voicing about changing legislation to stop the selling of Australian numbers to Overseas users who have no actual Australian affiliation. Telstra call centres or similar based overseas are still bound by the DNC and Spam legislation and so you can easily make a complaint and Telstra or whomever wil…
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