Examples of Savings O2 Best for Business T-Mobile Daytime 3000 O2 Best for Business The calling patterns of five users of the O2 Best for Business tariff were looked at for the month of November 2004. They were chosen on the basis of different call volumes in the range £40 to £1,300 of call spend in order to determine the impact on their bills of using Avanti. Each call was rated both in line with the O2 business rules for the tariff and the equivalent business rules for using Avanti. Operation of the business rules included the application of minimum increments, durations, roundings and charges for both organisations. In addition the appropriate access charge to connect to Avanti from O2 was applied. The Following table shows the difference in price for the five users: User Profile O2 spend Spend if Avanti had been used Saving One Made calls to UK landlines, O2 and other mobiles but no International. £37.94 £30.03 £7.91 (20.8%) Two A heavy user of landline and calls to O2. No International calls and a small number of Calls to other mobile networks £74.91 £71.79 £3.12 (4.2%) Three This user carried out mixed dialling of UK landlines, all UK mobile networks and some European calling £137.71 £104.80 £32.91 (23.9%) Four A caller of UK networks and frequent calls to Europe £334.85 £235.79 £99.06 (29.6%) Five A frequent International Caller to Europe and the Far East. £1307.74 £169.24 £1138.50 (87.1%) It is clear from these results that four out of the five users can make dramatic savings of at least 20% on typical usage. Even very modest users can achieve a worthwhile saving. In the case of the International callers the savings are nothing less than spectacular, leaving them with enough cash to actually visit the destinations they have been calling in person! Notes: 1. Analysis carried out on the calling patterns of five B4B users in November 2004. 2. Calls rated in line with O2 and Avanti published tariffs. 3. O2 prices are rated without applying any price promotions such as discount country, country caller plan or other temporary promotions that O2 may offer from time to time. In some cases such promotions may require the user to pay a fee. 4. All prices quoted are inclusive of UK VAT at 17.5% 5. E&OE Back to top T-Mobile Daytime 3000 We looked at two users of the Daytime 3000 tariff. This tariff allows 3000 minutes a month of calls to landline numbers and other T-mobile subscribers during Monday to Friday daytime. The following table shows the savings achieved User A B C No of Calls made to other networks or Internationally Other Networks 84 Other Networks 102 International 7 No of minutes 158.36 250.75 250.75 T-Mobile charge inc VAT £47.51 £75.23 £75.23 Avanti Charge Including VAT £20.21 £41.96 £41.96 Saving including VAT £27.30 £33.27 £33.27 % saving on these calls 57% 44% 44% Equivalent annual saving £327.60 £399.24 £399.24 It is apparent that on cross net calls and International calls major savings are achievable. Notes: Prices include VAT. Avantimobile prices include the cost of access. If access was during the day and used "free minutes" it was assumed the cost of each "free minute" was in fact 0.58p as this is the effective cost of buying 3000 minutes at £17.62 per month, which is this tariffÍs line rental. Back to top Avantimobile is currently only available to users in Great Britain. Example Rates Click below for full listings