Forwarding Phone Numbers

Description

The Skyetel Network is able to forward calls from one number to another number. This is useful if you need to temporarily take a phone system offline, or in the case of a phone system failure.

There are two types of Forward, Standard Forward or Failover Forward.

A Standard Forward always forwards a given number to a different number no matter what settings are applied on the PBX.
A Failover Forward will only forward a number in the case of a phone system being offline. This is great to use as a backup.

Because Skyetel is receiving and placing a call on your behalf, both legs of the call will be billed to your account (Both the outbound leg and the inbound leg).

Table of Contents

Forwarding A Phone Number

To forward a number, login to the Skyetel portal at https://login.skyetel.com

Step 1

Navigate to the phone number you want to forward and click on the settings icon:

Step 2

Click on the Features Tab:

Step 3

From here, you can specify a phone number in either the Forward or Failover field.

Friendly Reminder

All phone numbers must be 11 digits!

Click Save.

Conclusion

That's it - now your phone number will be forwarded to another number. You can do this for as many numbers as you would like.