Create a local landline presence without a fixed phone line
Choose an Australian landline number, forward it to mobiles or the app, and manage business hours, greetings and voicemail online.
Why a smart landline helps businesses convert more calls
A familiar local number builds trust while cloud routing keeps your team reachable away from a fixed desk.
- -Use a local number on your website and ads
- -Port an existing number where needed
- -Keep the number if your office changes
- -Ring one person or a group
- -Change destinations in seconds
- -Send overflow to voicemail-to-email
- -Track missed and answered calls
- -Review recordings on eligible plans
- -Use schedules for holidays and after-hours
Choose a landline number when your customers value a local presence and your team needs flexible call forwarding.
How local landline calls usually flow
Use a familiar local number without tying the business to a physical phone line.
- -Ring an owner, admin person or small team
- -Keep the same number if work moves away from a fixed office
- -Send missed calls to voicemail-to-email
- -Set weekday and weekend schedules
- -Use different greetings outside business hours
- -Forward urgent calls to the right backup person
- -Forward to existing phones
- -Return calls with the business number from the app
- -Review missed-call history for follow-up
Choose a landline when local trust matters
If customers expect a familiar local number, this option is usually more relevant than a national 1300 or 1800 number.
Frequently asked questions
Answers to common setup, pricing and call-routing questions.
Sign up online, choose an available number and follow the prompts to activate your service. You will need your name, email address, street address, a mobile phone for SMS verification and a supported payment method. Most new services are ready to use in minutes.
A mobile number is useful when you want one familiar number for business calls and two-way SMS. A local landline number is usually best for a local presence. A 1300 number suits businesses that want one national contact number where callers usually pay their normal 1300 rate. A 1800 number is useful when you want to make it easier for customers to call because 1800 numbers are generally free to call from Australian landlines and mobiles, although caller provider rules can vary.
Yes. New members can choose an available mobile phone number during Business signup. Mobile numbers are available exclusively with business plans and can be used for inbound and outbound calls as well as two-way SMS.
Yes. You can choose from the numbers currently available during sign up. If the area you want is not listed, contact uConnected and we can request a local landline number from that area. Allocation usually takes a few business days and depends on availability.
Yes. You can choose from available 1300 and 1800 numbers during sign up. If you want a specific custom or smartnumber, you may need to secure the usage rights through ACMA first, then contact uConnected so we can help bring the number across.
Yes. You can port supported Australian mobile, landline, 1300 and 1800 numbers to uConnected. Simply create your account and follow the steps provided during the sign-up process.
No. uConnected works with devices you already use, including mobiles, landlines and the uConnected app. Business users can make and receive calls through the app without installing a desk phone system.
Ready to choose a local landline?
Select a business landline number and decide who should answer when customers call.