What is a Virtual Phone Number?

Virtual Phone Number, or VPN, is a regular phone number but it’s not connected to a telephone set (hence, the term virtual) so no locally connected phone rings. Instead, all  incoming calls are transparently routed to a remote telephone set via the Internet. For example, if someone calls my VPN in Washington state (360)812-2281, my phone set in the Philippines rings. VPNs are available in major cities like New York, LA, London and Sydney for a minimal fee ($5.95 per month).

The main benefit of having a VPN is - it provides local access from your foreign callers. For personal use, families in the Philippines can be called anytime,anywhere.  For business users, like a hotel or resort in the Philippines, consider their edge if they  have local  numbers in London, San Francisco and/or Sydney?

VPN have not catched so much attention with voice/video chat users because they are no longer looking for better alternatives. Chatting is somehow inconvenient because it’s only done at home and, of course, during off-hour/days only.  Through VPN, it’s both convenient and almost free - anytime, anywhere.

How VPN can save calls between Middle East countries and the Philippines? 
You should know two important facts:
      1) Philippines belongs to expensive phone rates in the world; and
      2) USA has the cheapest phone rates - both incoming and outgoing.
To call from Middle East to the Philippines, simply call the VPN assigned in the USA  instead of dialing direct to the Philippines. To call from the Philippines to Middle East, use your Internet phone instead of your regular phone. The phone rate will be applied from USA to Middle East, not from the Philippines. It’s lot cheaper. I know the rates since I  managed a telephone cooperative before I ventured into business.