How to Make a Call to Switzerland from the United States

Making an international call can sometimes be confusing at times. So let Datavo make calling Switzerland from the United States easy for you.

Here at Datavo we know that making an international call can be difficult. So we developed a simple way to help you make the process easier.

Take these uncomplicated steps:

Landline:

• Start by dialing 011, the US international prefix. or access code
• Second dial 41, Switzerland's country code.
• Lastly dial the 2 digit area code and 7 digit phone number. 

Example: 011 + 41 + XX XXX XXXX

   Major Cities and Area Codes:

City	Area Code
Zurich	43
Geneva	22
Bern	31
Basel	61
Lausanne	21
Lucerne	41
Winterthur	52

Mobile:

• Start by dialing 011, the US international prefix. or access code
• Second dial 41, Switzerland's country code.
• Lastly dial the 9 digit phone number starting with 7.

Example: 011 + 41 + 7X XXX XXXX

Click HERE to go to Switzerland's phone directory.

Do you call Switzerland regularly? Well Datavo has a deal for you! Click HERE for more information on Switzerland's calling rates. 

6 Notable Ways to be Likeable

Likability will help you leaps and bounds in your job, business, personal relationships and just life in general. Here at Datavo we decided to put a list of important essentials together for you to incorporate into your work and life to be more likable.

1. Listen

Listening is the foundation of any good communication. Successful business leaders listen to their customers to find what challenges they are facing. They listen to colleagues and employees and accept new ideas. 

2. Team Player

There is no I in team and no matter what size your business is you interact with other people everyday. Encouraging innovation, letting others shine, and following others rules for working in a team will help you become more likable with your employees and coworkers.

3. Adaptability

With technology changing the face of the marketplace faster than anytime previous, leaders must be flexible in all areas of their business. Being stubborn and against change will see you left behind.

4. Authenticity

Be who you say you are. People want authentic people to succeed and are more willing to help them to do so. There used to be a much larger divide between a persons public life and private life but social media has blurred the line. Being authentic makes it much easier to merge your personal and professional life online.

5. Be Grateful

Likable leaders are always grateful for the people that work under them and contribute to their success. Showing appreciation and saying thank you to customers, employees, colleagues, mentors, and others will keep you appreciated, humble and well liked. 

6. Treat Others the Way You Want to be Treated

When you give people the same courtesy and respect that you expect from them, you will receive more respect and admiration from employes, collegues, friends and family. When people feel respected they are more willing to work with you.  

Feel free to leave out any notable ways you know of to be likable.

13 Quotes About the New Year

The Holidays aren't over yet, so we still have reason to celebrate. Here are some of our favorite quotes about the New Year.


Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland

The merry year is born, Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.  ~Hartley Coleridge

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. ~Oscar Wilde

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New Year will bring new opportunities. ~Michael Josephson

Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since. ~Dave Beard

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things. ~John Burroughs

It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets. ~William Thomas

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits. ~Andre Gide

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. ~Helen Keller

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Celebrate what you want to see more of. ~Tom Peters


Datavo wishes everyone an exciting and prosperous New Year! Happy 2013!

Why Choose Datavo?

Communication is the cornerstone for all modern businesses, big or small. Whether it’s relaying creative solutions to your clients or broadening the availability of interaction between the different business lines of your company, communication plays a vital role in everyday life. No matter what your industry, who you’re servicing or who’s putting their nose to the grind at your company, these aspects all need to be interconnected. So why live with the restricted communication solutions that traditional telecom companies have to offer?

Datavo understands the importance of being able to relay information across any medium at any time. We specialize in providing competitively priced bandwidth for your web-based information exchange and analog and/or VoIP services for direct phone support. It’s our mission to work cooperatively with your small business, committing ourselves to providing tailored and responsive solutions to your communication needs.

We’ve built our business around making it simple to streamline information, ensuring that it gets from one person to the next—quickly and coherently. Datavo literally helps you send your emails out and keeps the phone calls coming in by providing you with the necessary bandwidth to make your communication model go round. Best of all, none of this comes with the unneeded frills that traditional carriers offer to make their packages seem better than they really are. From Datavo comes a line of services that is customizable and unique to your needs so that you always have an open line of communication for your small business.

For more information feel free to contact us by web at www.datavo.com/quoterequest, by email info@datavo.com or by phone at 1.877.7DATAVO.

December Employee Spotlight: Maira Castillon

Well its my favorite blog post again... Time for us to shine a spotlight on one or our awesome employees.

Let's take a look at...

Maira Castillon

Maira (not Maria) is Datavo's Regulatory Compliance Clerk. She is a key part of our business here at Datavo, always making sure things are running smoothly in the background. She has been with the company for 5 going on 6 years. 

Let's find out a little more about her.

1. Where are you from/ where did you grow up? I was born in Los Angeles, CA and grew up in the San Fernando Valley.

2. What did you do before you worked at Datavo? I managed the front desk of a Chiropractic Office in Encino, CA.

3. What are your hobbies?  I love Scrapbooking, reading books, and going on nature walks.

4. What is your favorite quote? “Strength is not the absence of weakness but how we wrestle with our weakness” Noah benShea

5. What is your favorite movie? “Remember the Titans”

TV show? “Criminal Minds”

Band? "The Temptations"

6. What is your favorite sports team? Baseball: LA Dodgers, Basketball: LA Lakers, and Football: Dallas Cowboys.

7. What excites you most about working for Datavo? Being a part of the amazing changes that are happening in the telecommunication industry.

8. What is one fun fact about yourself? I was born in the Elevator of the Los Angeles Women and Children hospital.
 

Connect with Maira by sending her a message on our company Facebook or Twitter.

Merry Christmas from Datavo!

Datavo wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!

Interesting Facts of 2012

We love interesting news here at Datavo...so we thought we would review the year of 2012 for you!

Jan 18th - Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) blackout becomes the largest protest in the history of the internet.

Jan 19th -  FBI shuts down Megaupload.com for alleged copyright infringement, hacker group Anonymous responds by attacking government and entertainment industry websites.

Mar 13th - Encyclopedia Britannica announces that it will no longer public printed versions of its encyclopedia.

Mar 19th - Wendy's overtakes Burger King to become the second best selling hamburger chain.

Apr 5th - International internet group Anonymous hack several Chinese bureaus in opposition to censorship.

Apr 10th - Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world.

May 12th - The discovery of a missing Mayan calender piece disproves 2012 Armageddon.

May 25th - A SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station.

Jun 6th - The Solar Impulse completes the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the sun.

Jun 11th - Los Angeles Kings defeat New Jersey Devils 6-1 in game 6 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.

Jun 15th - Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500.

Jun 21st - Miami Heat win the 2012 NBA finals after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 4 games to one.

Jul 25th - The 2012 Summer Olympics begin in London.

Aug 9th - Usain Bolt becomes the first person to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back to back Olympics.

Aug 12th - The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games.

Aug 16th - Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador.

Aug 24th - Both Apple and Samsung are found guilty of patent infringement in a South Korean court.

Aug 27th - First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity.

Sep 9th - Serena Williams wins her fourth women's tennis singles at the US Open.

Sep 12th - Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6.

Oct 17th - The exoplanet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered orbiting Alpha Centauri.

Nov 1st - Google's Gmail becomes the world's most popular email service.

Nov 10th - The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeate Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes.

Nov 16th - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time.

Nov 20th - Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters.

Dec 10th - Google begins selling US$99 laptops.

Feel free to leave any tech news we left out in the comments.