B
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95%
95% -- share of businesses valuing phone calls for businesses (international study respondents) (2026)
95% of businesses surveyed in an international study state that phone calls remain of serious value to their business.
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95%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
answerconnect.co.uk
Primary
Tier C
https://www.answerconnect.co.uk/blog/business-tips/win-projects-contractor-answering-service/ ↗
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Could Your Firm Win More Projects With A Contractor Answering Service?
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answerconnect.co.uk
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Methodology
Referenced international study on telephone use in business; details not provided
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Industrymarketing
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businesses (international study respondents): 95% share of businesses valuing phone calls. Source: answerconnect.co.uk (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/phone-call-business-value-95pct
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