Virtual numbers for your own phone system

A virtual phone number that rings where you already answer.

Buy a virtual number in another country for $0.99 a month and it rings on your PBX, desk phone or SIP app. Incoming calls are free, there is no setup fee, and you need no ID or proof of address.

Get a number See a year's bill

A number in

United Kingdom

+44the area you ask for

Type: Local
Rings on: Your SIP login
Incoming calls: $0 a minute
A month: $0.99

Virtual number price

A year of one number, every line on the bill.

SIP number sellers charge a monthly fee, a setup fee and a price for each minute people call you. Slide to your incoming minutes and compare the year.

Incoming minutes a month 500

A SIP DID providerIPComms US prices, Sep 2026

Number, 12 months at $1.50$18.00
Setup, once$1.00
Incoming, 6,000 minutes at $0.009$54.00

A year$73.00

LinkedSIPAny country, any type

Number, 12 months at $0.99$11.88
Setup$0.00
Incoming, 6,000 minutes$0.00

A year$11.88

$61.12less a year on one number, before any calls out.

Left: IPComms' published prices for a US local number, read 26 Oct 2026 (guide updated 16 Sep 2026). Their optional E911 at $2.50 a month is left out: we do not offer emergency calls. A $20 top-up keeps one LinkedSIP number for 20 months.

How incoming calls reach your phone system

Someone dials your number. Your phone system answers.

The number rings on the SIP login you choose, so it reaches whatever that login is registered to. Your phone system then sends the call where you want it.

+44
A caller dials your number
From any phone, as a call to a number in their own country.
ID
It rings on your SIP login
The login your PBX or app registers with. Calls out use the same login.
ON
Your system routes it
To a person, a ring group, a queue or a voicemail menu.

Incoming calls in 3CX

Where: Call Handling or Users, then Assigned DID Number(s).
Then: Pick the IVR, queue or person the number should ring.

Menu names as of October 2026. Setting up the trunk itself: SIP trunk configuration.

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Virtual number renewal, pausing and release

What happens to your number, month by month.

Most sellers stop at the price. Here is every state a number can be in, including the ones you hope never to see.

You order
Country, type and what it is for. $0.99 is held on your balance, not taken.
We set it up
By hand, with our supplier. If it cannot be done, the hold is released.
It goes live
The first month is taken and the number rings on your SIP login.
It renews
Every month from your balance. Cancel and it runs to the end of the paid month.
Short of credit
The number pauses, and renews by itself as soon as you add credit.
30 days paused
The number is released back to our supplier and is no longer yours.

Who a virtual number is for

Built for answering calls on a phone system. Not for codes.

A good fit

A local number abroad. Clients in another country call a local number and reach your office.
A home for an old Skype Number habit. Skype Number subscriptions ended in May 2026; a number plus a SIP app does the same job.
A support or sales line that rings a queue, a ring group or one person.

Not a fit

SMS and verification codes. Numbers are voice only.
Anonymous or throwaway numbers. Every number is tied to an account and set up through our supplier.
Moving your current number here. Porting in is not offered.
Emergency calls. Not supported. Keep a normal line for them.

FAQ

Virtual phone number questions

What is a virtual phone number?

A normal phone number that is not tied to a SIM card or a phone line. Calls to it arrive over the internet and ring wherever you point them: here, on your SIP login, so your PBX, desk phone or SIP app answers. Number types, free numbers and the limits: what a virtual phone number is.

What is a DID number?

DID stands for direct inward dialling: a number that rings straight through to a phone system over a SIP trunk. On LinkedSIP a virtual number and a DID are the same thing. More on what a DID number is.

How much does a virtual number cost?

$0.99 a month for every number, whatever the country or type, paid from your prepaid balance. Incoming calls cost nothing and there is no setup fee. Calls you make out are charged at the rate for the country you call.

Can I get a free virtual phone number?

Free numbers exist inside apps such as Google Voice and TextNow, but they cannot ring a PBX or a SIP app. A number that rings your own phone system costs money everywhere; here it is $0.99 a month.

Do I need ID or proof of address?

No. Ordering a number needs no ID documents. We ask what the number is for, and the acceptable use policy applies.

Can a virtual number be traced?

Yes. Every number is tied to an account and set up through our supplier, and phone networks keep records of the calls they carry. It is not an anonymous or throwaway number.

Can I receive SMS or verification codes?

No. Numbers are voice only, for calls that ring your phone system.

How long does it take to get a number?

We set each number up by hand with our supplier and message you as soon as it is live. Your $0.99 is held, not taken, until then, and released if we cannot set the number up.

Which countries can I get a number in?

You can ask for any country. What we can set up depends on the country and the number type: local, mobile or toll-free. Every one costs $0.99 a month.

Can I make calls from the same account?

Yes. Calls out go through the same SIP login, at the published rate for the country you call. See the rates.

$0.99 a month. Nothing per call.

Open an account with an email, add $20 of credit, and order a number in the country your callers are in.

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