Smart communications. Smarter business connections.
For more than 25 years, Gtele.com has helped businesses connect globally. During this time, we have expanded and refined our portfolio to become a global specialist in voice, messaging, and intelligent communication solutions.
Alongside our core services in international phone number provisioning, porting, and testing, we empower businesses with the technology, tools, and support they need to communicate effectively, stay responsive, and create better customer experiences wherever they operate.
This is the story behind our success.
The Story Behind Our Success
From our founding as Global Telecommunications Limited in 2000 to launching agentic AI in 2026, trace how a quarter-century of innovation shaped Gtele.com into a global voice and messaging leader.
Global Telecommunications is founded
Global Telecommunications Limited is established, laying the foundations for more than two and a half decades of international voice and numbering.
Gtele.com goes online
The gtele.com domain is registered as the business begins building its digital presence around its global telecommunications portfolio.
The Cable & Wireless era
Global signs a dealer agreement with C&W to sell UK phone numbers including 0500 numbers (the competing freephone number range to BT’s 0800 numbers). Universal toll-free numbers became a large part of our offering utilising the Cable & Wireless global infrastructure.
Transition from dealer to provider
A huge investment was made in a new billing system that allowed us to move away from being a dealer to being paid commission as a provider that could directly bill its own customers.
03 numbers hit the market
New sets of number ranges hit the UK market, and we become a provider of all ranges.
‘Globalisation’
We ride on the coattails of globalisation, which sees huge growth in the provisioning of international phone numbers. We started to increase our capability internationally, providing toll-free and local access numbers in over 150 countries, 3 currencies and 3 languages.
A chapter ends, but another begins
Our founder, David Bayliss, retires at the young age of 83 and a management buyout takes place, enabling David to fully retire. A new leadership team is brought together to take the business forward, bringing fresh ambition, investment, and a broader vision for Global Telecommunications.
Growing through acquisition
Brayford Numbers and WorldNet are welcomed into the fold, expanding the customer base, numbering capability, and reach of the business.
Global Telecommunications becomes Gtele.com
A new name and visual identity mark a broader evolution of the business from traditional telecoms towards a more connected portfolio of voice and communications technology.
The Answering Service joins the group
The Answering Service acquisition adds 24/7 human call handling and virtual assistant support to the Gtele.com portfolio – adding another layer to Gtele.com’s wider voice and communications offering.
The platform keeps growing
Gtele.com expands its global numbering, testing, reseller, and communications capabilities, while rebuilding its digital platform around a broader range of business communication needs.
HaiLO Voice Agent AI launches
Gtele.com combines its expertise in global voice with agentic AI to launch HaiLO Voice Agent AI – adding intelligent voice and task automation to customer conversations.
From telecoms to intelligent communications
Call management, messaging, analytics, AI, and human support increasingly come together within one wider communications environment.
“Today, Gtele.com supports businesses worldwide with intelligent voice and messaging, and the tools to understand and improve every interaction. During the more than 25 years we have been in operation, we’ve seen many changes, with one constant: keeping businesses connected. None of this would be possible without our people.”
Meet the minds driving Gtele.com
Gtele.com’s business is supported by specialists with different backgrounds, strengths, and experience across many spheres.
Some of us have spent our careers in telecoms. Others took a less conventional route. Together, we bring the commercial experience, technical expertise, and practical thinking that keeps Gtele.com moving and evolving.

Craig Busst
Craig keeps the foundations of Gtele.com running smoothly, with contracts, compliance, and the structures behind the business forming a key part of his role.
He brings more than 30 years of experience in building and leading telecommunications businesses and a deep understanding of the international inbound calling market to the table.
Craig’s career began at Cable & Wireless in the 1990s before taking him into several successful start-ups.
In 2020, Craig joined forces with Rav Stephens and Simon Cutler to acquire Global Telecommunications Ltd. Subsequent acquisitions by the group (see our timeline) have helped build Gtele.com into the wider business it is today.

Simon Cutler
Simon’s role is centred on where Gtele.com goes next.
From business development and strategic opportunities to new products and ideas, he plays a central role in identifying opportunities for growth and making sure the business continues to evolve with the market.
As an experienced telecommunications specialist and dealmaker, Simon has spent his career developing sales strategies, servicing major accounts, and leading teams across acquisition, retention, and customer development. His approach remains straightforward: understand what customers need, then find the right solution to make it happen.
In 2010, Simon received the IOD Northwest Young Director of the Year Award in recognition of exceptional sales growth.

Rav Stephens
Rav is responsible for making sure that all the many moving parts of Gtele.com keep ticking over as smoothly as possible.
She oversees the day-to-day running of the business while also managing valuable customer relationships and complex projects – including leading the migration of a major US-based account comprising approximately 6000 numbers.
Before Gtele.com, Rav was a co-founder of City Numbers, now part of J2 Global, where she managed customer relationships across the UK, Europe, and North America. Her experience spans account management, new business, billing, marketing strategy, company direction, and general management.

Jo Escott
Jo works closely with Gtele.com customers and resellers from the very beginning of their relationship with us.
She manages key accounts, supports onboarding, and helps customers navigate the practical details behind international numbering and communications services. With decades of experience in the international toll-free numbering market, she understands both the technical realities of the industry and what customers need from the people supporting them.
Whether she is helping a new customer get started or supporting an established account, she brings an understanding of how to get customers connected to their services and resolve any issues as they arise.

Pam Malpas
Pam keeps a close eye on the numbers, but her role goes much further than that.
As Gtele.com’s Group Accountant, she looks for ways to improve processes, increase efficiency, and make the financial side of the business work more effectively for both internal teams and customers. Her position also means she is able to assist when questions or problems need resolving.
Pam brings more than 30 years of accounting experience, including over a decade within telecommunications. She previously worked with City Numbers, and later became part of the wider J2 Global accounting team, supporting management accounts, budgets, and subsidiary businesses.

Ian McGann
Ian helps customers get more value from the communication solutions they use.
With more than a decade of experience across customer success and telecommunications, he helps deliver results for our customers by understanding their needs and ensuring the products and services they use support what they are trying to achieve.
His approach is built around long-term relationships rather than short-term fixes, and working to build every client partnership on trust, clarity, and measurable outcomes. From client engagement and service delivery to customer-focused processes, Ian makes every interaction count.

Shanna Jacobsen
Based in South Africa, Shanna joined Gtele.com in March 2025.
With nearly 20 years of experience across different facets of media and marketing environments, her role is dedicated to how Gtele.com and its wider portfolio are positioned, communicated, and presented to market. Her expertise in campaign strategy, messaging, content development, and creative execution allows Shanna to turn complex products and ideas into memorable messaging that supports Gtele.com’s commercial objectives.
Shanna’s career has included work with local and international media organisations and agencies, as well as speaking on industry panels and representing organisations at senior-level events.
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