What is BMAX?

Submitted by admin on July 7, 2009 - 8:58pm

BMAX is a smart mobile application that allows you to send instructions to your favorite low cost telephony provider to initiate a call from an originating telephone number to a destination telephone number. The originating telephone number you wish to originate a call from can be either a landline or mobile number or this mobile device. Similarly the destination number you wish to dial can also be any number. Usually landlines are less costly than mobiles and for some providers such costs could even have an offer to be FREE.

BMAX is ‘smart’ in the sense that it routes calls based on the lowest rates (least cost routing) from your configured favorite telephony providers.

BMAX is a cost saving application for calls you need to initiate while you are mobile(on-the-go), without making any outbound calls from your mobile phone. Therefore you save on such high costs, since the call is made(inbound) to a telephone number that when call is picked up, it will be connected to the destination number.

BMAX not only saves you money, but is a very handy tool as a user of BMAX to assist remote youngsters or elderly (without BMAX) in emergency situations where no call credit is available or ability to use a keypad to dial an outgoing number. Additionally BMAX is beneficial when in need to make calls from visited locations that have a landline telephone, where you do not want to charge their phone bill.

BMAX cost savings are most apparent in making international calls from a mobile handset.

BMAX becomes a must-have application when no PC is available or one is not easily accessible.

To use BMAX, one must have at least one account with any of the supported BMAX providers.

More on BMAX

Submitted by admin on July 7, 2009 - 10:13pm.

Bridge a phone call with BMAX Dialer that connects any source phone to any destination phone number for lowering international call costs drastically (landline or mobile).

BMAX leverages the Finarea(by Betamax) phone-to-phone services while providing easy accessibility from within your mobile handset.

BMAX is an must & indispensible product that overall saves you money on international calls from your mobile handset by utilizing the super low cost callback rates from Finarea's web sites as referenced below. Note: the phone call quality is not VoIP(Voice Over IP) as its over Finarea's network of telecom partners. So quality of call should be expected to be better than usual VoIP type calls.

BMAX, allows you to set the default telephone number (mobile or landline number) to originate a call from. This is achieved by simply sliding to the blue dialpad screen. *IMPORTANT: Such an originating call is not an outbound call, but its an inbound to your set number. Therefore you do not get charged making an outbound call from your telephone, since you are being dialed.

BMAX default green dialpad screen, allows you to dial or make any outgoing calls. You can either directly dial the number or retrieve a contact from your phonebook.

BMAX settings or configuration menu, allows you to configure how you want BMAX to handle a call(call interception). You can either select, to be asked if you want call handled by BMAX or normal phone dialer, or have BMAX dial directly without any prompting.

For up to date rate comparison,visit your favorite providers to compare and select the most suitable Finarea web site that best suits you.

BMAX, includes clever least cost routing when multiple finarea accounts are configured within BMAX. Such rate updates may require upgrading to latest version of BMAX when a new version of BMAX is available.

BMAX upgrades may eventually have a nominal charge, as rates need to be kept up to date for clever least cost routing.

BMAX simply bridges calls from Finarea’s services. Finarea’s super low call charges still apply.

To calculate the total cost of a call, you will simply refer to the rate table and add the two portions of the call. Originator + Destination part. Some small connection fee may apply that Finarea charges.

Betamax and Finarea & related names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Use case examples

Submitted by admin on July 7, 2009 - 10:27pm.

Use case examples:

a)
You may want to assist a child or elderly to make a phone call to another destination in case of some emergency. You use BMAX from your own phone and set the number of the child/elderly as originator, and the destination number they need to contact. All this is done from your phone and not theirs. Child or elderly person does not need to have BMAX. Simply BMAX is a way to connect two remote people to talk to each other.

b)
You are as a guest in some location, and you require to make a call (or international call) and you do not want their phone to be billed. You use BMAX from your phone to originate from their landline(due to lower costs). You pick up ringing landline phone and wait for destination to pick up call. You are connected and your guest is not billed while you are at your guests location and making a call.

c)
You need to make an international call while on the road, since such calls from mobile tend to be very expensive, the inbound call to your mobile is much less. Once you have set BMAX for inbound to ring your mobile, you mobile rings and are connected to the destination number.

d)
Lets say you are an artist and travelling with your local promoter. Instead of you making calls from your roaming mobile or accepting incoming calls - you can use BMAX to initiate a call to ring to your promoters mobile number (since it's not roaming). You ask your promoter if you can use his phone to accept a call. Lets say you are in UK and you are making a call to the USA. Such a call only costs you if you have an account with (as per providers rates):
smartvoip.com or 12voip.com
Call to UK Mobile 0.05euros + Call to USA landline or mobile 0.000
Total cost of call 0.05euros (5 cents) only per minute.
*Some providers charge an additional, one-time 5 cents connection fee.