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Identifying If a Caller is on a Cell PhoneIdentifying If a Caller is on a Cell Phone

If someone calls into a call center on a cell phone, should the call be handled differently?

Sorell Slaymaker

February 18, 2009

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If someone calls into a call center on a cell phone, should the call be handled differently?

If someone calls into a call center on a cell phone, should the call be handled differently?To identify if a caller is on a cell phone use the ANI ii information from the Q.931 messages on the PRI 800 trunk coming into the call center. With this information, then a call center can compare the abandons, AHT, FCR, IVR accuracy and self serve rates, and other metrics to determine if cell phone callers need to be handled differently.

Depending on the type of call and business objectives, a business may or may not want to treat a cell phone caller differently. The first step is to identify and measure, and then make a business decision.

One word of caution is, if using SIP Trunking, there is not an industry-adopted standard on how to pass ANI ii and other information about a call.If someone calls into a call center on a cell phone, should the call be handled differently?

About the Author

Sorell Slaymaker

Sorell Slaymaker has 25 years of experience designing, building, securing, and operating IP networks and the communication services that run across them. His mission is to help make communication easier and cheaper, since he believes that the more we all communicate, the better we are. Prior to joining 128 Technology as an Evangelist in 2016, Sorell was a Gartner analyst covering networking and communications. Sorell graduated from Texas A&M with a B.S. in Telecom Engineering, and went through the M.E. Telecom program at the University of Colorado.

On the weekends, Sorell enjoys being outside gardening, hiking, biking, or X-skiing. He resides in St. Paul, Minn., where he has grown to appreciate all four seasons of the year, including camping in January.