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AI Receptionist (UK)

An AI receptionist for UK businesses — answers every inbound call instantly, books in your live calendar, and warm-transfers to a human only when one is needed.

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First-ring pick-up
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· 0345 · 0207
0800
Aligned
UK-GDPR
No bank-holiday gaps
24/7

01 — Overview

How is an AI receptionist deployed for a UK business?

It plugs into your existing UK phone setup over SIP — BT Cloud Voice, Gamma Horizon, Vonage Business UK, RingCentral UK, 8x8, or any UK SIP trunk. Your numbers stay on your provider; Open answers the call. UK-GDPR aligned with data processed in EU/UK regions.

UK businesses lose calls the same way US businesses do — but with the added wrinkle that UK customers expect calls to be answered, not bounced to voicemail. After-hours coverage, lunchtime gaps, and bank-holiday closures all push customers to a competitor by the time you call back. An AI receptionist closes those gaps without adding a third-party answering service that paraphrases your business badly.

Open answers every inbound call in under two seconds, in natural British English (or whatever language the caller opens in). It greets the caller in your brand voice, identifies them in your CRM by phone number, and runs the conversation. New-business enquiries get qualified and booked into your calendar; existing customers get order status, account questions, and warm transfers to the right team.

The integration is a SIP destination on whatever UK provider you already use. We work with BT Cloud Voice, Gamma Horizon (and Gamma's wholesale platform), Vonage Business UK, RingCentral UK, 8x8 X-Series, Zoom Phone UK, NFON, Voxbone/Bandwidth, and any standards-compliant SIP trunk. 0800, 0808, 0300, 0345, 03xx, 020x, 028x, 0151, 0161 — any UK number range. We don't take over your numbering; you keep it where it is.

UK-GDPR alignment is built in. Data is processed in EU/UK regions, with optional UK-only pinning for clients in regulated sectors. Recording and transcription consent prompts are configurable to match your ICO-registered processing notices. PII redaction (NI numbers, payment cards, NHS numbers) runs before transcripts leave the Open environment. We sign a UK-GDPR-aligned DPA with a clearly defined sub-processor list.

Setup is same-day for most UK businesses. A new SIP trunk on Gamma or BT can take longer to provision than configuring Open itself; that's typically the bottleneck. Once the trunk is pointed at us, we're answering test calls within minutes.

02 — Why it works

What makes Open the right answer for AI Receptionist (UK)

  • Works with UK telephony you already pay for

    BT Cloud Voice, Gamma Horizon, Vonage UK, RingCentral UK, 8x8, NFON, Voxbone, or any UK SIP trunk.

  • UK-GDPR aligned by default

    EU/UK data residency, configurable consent prompts, PII redaction including NI and NHS numbers, ICO-aware DPA.

  • No bank-holiday gaps

    Open works the bank holiday calendar your team takes off. Christmas, Easter, May bank holiday — calls answered instead of going to voicemail.

  • British English voice quality

    Neural TTS tuned for British English by default; American English, Hindi, Polish, Romanian and 100+ other languages available for callers who prefer them.

03 — Security

Encrypted, audited, refundable

SIP over TLS for signaling, SRTP for media. Every call logged with full reasoning traces. SOC 2 Type II, GDPR-aligned, HIPAA- and PCI-ready. Backed by the Open $2M Refund Guarantee.

04 — FAQ

AI Receptionist (UK) questions, answered

Yes — all three are first-class. We support BT Cloud Voice, Gamma Horizon (including their wholesale platform), Vonage Business UK, RingCentral UK, 8x8 X-Series, Zoom Phone UK, NFON, and any standards-compliant UK SIP trunk.

Yes. Open is a SIP destination, not a number provider. Your numbers stay on your existing UK carrier — we just answer the call. 0800, 0808, 03xx, 02xx, 01xx, 07xx (mobile diverts) are all supported.

EU/UK regions by default, with optional UK-only pinning available for regulated-sector clients (financial services, healthcare, legal). We sign a UK-GDPR-aligned DPA with a clearly defined sub-processor list.

Outbound campaigns through Open follow OFCOM's Persistent Misuse rules — abandoned-call rates capped, calling hours respected, opt-out handling automatic, abandoned-call message played within statutory limits. The rules are configurable per-campaign.

Yes. UK businesses serving European or international customers get inbound multilingual support included — Polish, Romanian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Arabic and 90+ more, with the AI replying in the caller's language automatically.

Same day for most. The longest step is usually authorising the SIP trunk on your carrier (Gamma and BT both have a couple of forms to fill in). Once the trunk points at Open, we're answering test calls within minutes.

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