You can now purchase Toll-Free and Geographic phone numbers in the UK. Greatly adding to the telephony capabilities of Azure in the UK. This enables your applications to connect with PSTN users (Public Switched Telephone Network – traditional phones) around the world.
To start you require an Azure account with an active subscription and an active Communication Services resource. Then simply follow the quickstart guide to get a phone number, select its features and release it.
What is Azure Communication Services?
This group of cloud-based services help you to integrate communication into applications. Adding these communications into your app doesn’t require expertise in the underlying technology – media encoding and telephony. It includes voice calls, video calls, rich text chat and SMS.
Find out more about Azure Communication Services.