A Reverse Phone Call allows a person to make a telephone call to a friend or family member without having to pay; the person who receives the call will pay (if they choose to accept the call). Maybe you’re more familiar with the term collect call or Reverse Charge Call; whatever you may call it, Reverse Phone Calls are an ideal way to stay in touch when you might not have the means to do so yourself.

Traditionally, a person would make a Reverse Phone Call from a public payphone, typically when they were short of money and in a tight spot. The caller would call the toll free number of a Reverse Phone Call provider and ask an operator to connect them to their friend or family. The person who accepted the call would then be billed on their home phone account at the end of the month.

Reverse Phone Call

Reverse Phone Calls came into existence during the 50’s however; they did not become popular until the 90’s. Reverse Phone Calls became even more popular in the late 90’s/early 00’s due to the introduction of a number of new players in the market and the subsequent advertising.

Reverse Charge calls re invented!

Reverse Phone Calls still exist, although owing to the decline in the number of public payphones and the growing trend for households to close home phone accounts, the ‘traditional’ Reverse Phone Call service has become all but a dinosaur.

The advancement of technology has allowed providers to offer Reverse Phone Calls to mobiles! One such provider is a UK company – 08000 MUMDAD. The concept remains the same with the only major difference being how the call is billed. A Premium SMS is sent to the phone of the person who accepted the call. The benefit in allowing Reverse Charge Phone Calls to mobiles is the improved flexibility and mobility. Now, the person making the call has a much greater chance of being connected with a friend or family member. How important is that if you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere with a broken down car?

So store the number 08000 686 323 in your mobile phone as 08000 MUMDAD, because you never know when you might need to make a Reverse Phone Call.

Always there when you need it ! The 08000 MUMDAD Team