Savings on telephone bills

A recent study indicated that a phone call to cell phones costs on average R2-50 per minute comparing to 45^C for an SMS message.

The following use case is typical for a business where SMS for Professionals is installed;

Assumption: 20 phone calls are made per day.
(phone calls that take longer will result in even better savings)

20 clients @ R 2-50                  = R     50 p/day
20 days per month                  = R 1000 p/month

Total Cost Phoning Clients……...……………. R 1000


Alternatively, using SMS

20 Clients @ R 0-45                             = R     9 p/day
Messages sent 20 days per month     = R  180 p/month
Subscription fee                                  = R  149 p/month

Total cost using SMS instead …………….…... R 329

MONTHLY SAVINGS (Per User) ……. ( R1000 – R 329)   R  671-00

Time savings

The following assumptions are made:

·          20 clients are called p/day.
·          Each call takes approx. 3 minutes

Phoning clients:

·          20 Clients * 3 Minutes  ………………….   60 Min/s Per day

·          Many Clients not available on 1^st call and must be called again,
      add extra time   ……………………………..   30 Min/s Per day

·          Total calling time   ..………………………  1 h30 Min/s Per day

 Alternatively, using SMS:

·          Contacting 20 clients takes only ONE phone call.
·          SMS waits until it is viewed – no re-calling.
·          Sending all SMS messages …………………….   5-7 Minutes Per day

Time saved using SMS instead of phoning:  1 Hr 23 Min/s PER DAY!