iCTel cellphone software has been RELEASED!

26 July 2008

I’m quite excited to try out the much anticipated iCTel voice-over-IP cellphone software that has now been released in South Africa which allows cheap or free calls to other members and normal phones.

I’m still quite interested to see how I can save and even make a whole lot of extra money simply by using and referring a telecom system in SA.

Now with the SMS registration fixed someone doesn’t even need a computer to install it! iCTel cellphone software can simply be downloaded to your phone (thousands of phones are compatible)

You still have to register to download the ictel software

How to install it on your phone:
Visit wap.ictel.co.za on your Mobile / cellphone

Read my post further down to setup your Vodacom, MTN, cellC or Virgin Mobile 3G settings to allow you to easily download icTel software after registration directly to your phone.

Download ictel directly from your phone: visit wap.ictel.co.za

All registered iCTel members can now visit wap.ictel.co.za and download the software really easily DIRECTLY from your phone. No Computer required. Whohoo!

It also seems to work on thousands of phones.

You can purchase icTel airtime which allows Internet phone calls from your phone at really good rates I have found.

Additionally icTel has also launched additional services which will definitely cut your phone bill in half!

Briefly here are some of the developments:

The call back service is structured for members to save money on communication using any phone

You call to a local cell phone number and punch in your international destination of 52 countries to call without the need to buy airtime by iCTel (pay only the cell phone cost)

You can now call from any phone to international destinations by calling with your free minutes. Call from Telkom or cellphone to a local landline and pay only for your discounted international part of the call.

iCAirtime can be used on all the products iCCallBack, iCCallVia and iCCoIP.
You need iCAirtime before you can make calls through iCTel unless you are calling to other iCTel members using your iCCoIP software and they too are using iCCoIP software.

Your subscription of R2.60 is deducted from your iCAirtime daily so that you do not need to pay other accounts.

NOTE: There is no fee during free period (May 2008 to end of August 2008) which could probably be extended after that.

Heres the link where you can join iCTel

If you have a WiFi enabled cellphone you could call for FREE wherever you have access to a wireless network.

Is iCTel a Scam? What thousands have found revealed (screenshots included)

I’m amazed to see some websites hint to suggest that iCTel might be a scam without providing any reason or facts…I’ve decided done a bit of thorough investigative reporting. None of the other websites (including moneyweb, imod or mydigital life) can say the same.

With all disruptive technologies there will always be a certain amount of scepticism to new ideas and technology, especially in the case of South Africa where it’s telecommunication services has been miss-managed by the government for so long.

The main concerns initially were:

1) What is ictel’s physical address :This has been visible on their website for a long time : www.ictel.co.za/11405

2) How can their prices be so low compared to Telkom and normal Cell phone rates?

iCTel uses technology called Voice-over-IP (similar to what products like Skype use) but go further by allowing you to call landlines and cellphones from your computer, or even call computers and ictel members from your cellphone for a fraction of the traditional price using their pre-configured software downloaded via SMS to your cellphone.

3) If it is just a service, why is so many people advertising it as a business opportunity?

Well, although it is just a nice telecom service which allows you to call for cheap (even internationally) to landlines and celllphones, or for free to other ictel members on their mobiles or on their computers, many people have become very excited to share it with their friends because ictel will PAY you simply to use the service and tell your friends about it.

If you are not interrested in making extra money, don’t worry, it is not compulsory to advertise the service. You can simply just use the service without ever having to tell anyone about it.

If however you would like to suppliment your income or just get all the ictel services for free you can tell friends, family or colleages and you will get discount for everyone that uses it and buys additional airtime, and possibly make quite a bit of extra money if you seriously advertise it.

For the real entrepreneur iCTel offers additional business opportunites which will require more of a commitment but will provide higher income. Some of these opportunities require technical installers of Wireless internet spots, Business premises owners and some more.

4) Why did they take so long to launch?

As a matter of fact iCTel only launched one and a half month later than initially advertised. As part of their pre-launch advertising campaign they allowed people to tell their contacts that something good is coming and to potentially earn some extra money when the commercial service launched.

It seems that iCTel refined its focus a few months after the launch and the massive amount of registrations to focus on the mobile phone software client, which is now available via SMS.

register for free and then click on products-> icCoip to get instructions on how to quickly download the software to your phone to start saving.

I believe iCTel could have done a better job at communicating with their clients to keep them up to date with all the nice developments, but I’m sure they will soon send out somehting that will blow everyone’s mind!

Watch this space.