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.

iCTel is flirting with Telecom Market – and sharing Profit with users

May 2008

New VOIP Competition to Telkom in South Africa is taking the Market by storm.

With iCTel that launched in March of 2008 there’s quite a bit of excitement in the air.

Desktop Client and Mobile Phone Client voice-over-IP software enables you to call to NORMAL mobile /cell-phones and landline numbers for a fraction of the traditional cost.

(Currently only the desktop version is available, but the mobile client is coming soon and registration is still free)

Estimates are that they already had a waiting list of over 52 000 people who signed up during the pre-launch.

iCTel have a fantastic marketing strategy in that they are prepared to pay a finders fee to all those who give out leads.

Tip: After joining this service for free, get one of your friends to join, its more fun to have someone to call for free… will also help with testing the connection in your area…and help both of you to make more money.

This has sparked a nation wide sign up of people, not only interested in the service which iCTel provides, but also the Profit sharing in the product.

Life’s getting better with iCTel.

Have a look at how you can phone for 3c to 10c per minute on your mobile phone

# Fixed line calls from 10c per minute
# Mobile calls from 10c per minute
# You save more than 70% on phone calls
# Keep your present phone contract and number
# 5 000 free minutes per month for iCTel to iCTel phone calls
# Text messages charged at only 1 cent

for only R79 (First 3 Months free trial between 19th May and August)

Update May 18th 2008:

There is a free test of 3 month to try the service available from May 19th 2008

Do not miss out on this fantastic offer, sign up now !

Earn an income for telling people about iCTel – have a look at the People-Telling-People Income Network.

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Comments, questions, curiosities or complaints: Please click here to email me

Note: I am also independent promoter so iCTel technical issues will affect me too. Ask the iCTel helpdesk about your number details once registered

Additional help and support available from myself at the links below:

Related posts:	iCTel Support Helpdesk information
	iCTel Mobile version currently unavailable
	icTel Desktop Softphone screenshots
	icTel compatible with X-lite
	icTel is flirting with Telecom Market – Make Money as a referral
	Youtube video on icTel

3G Settings South Africa – Automatic setup on your cell-phone

To make use of the iCTel services and reap all the benefits (of cheap calls to other members and landlines / mobiles) you need your data settings configured on your cellphone.

DON’T PANIC! It’s really easy to do (I once showed a 70 year old lady how to do it, and then she showed her husband)

The following Cellular service Providers in SA provide automatic setup of your 3G/ GPRS settings:

• Virgin Mobile (SA)
• Cell C
• Vodacom
• MTN

The guys from imod.co.za have summed it up at:

CONNECTIVITY

Setting up GPRS/3G
Get connected via your service provider’s service menu; just follow the simple instructions below:
(It helps to know your mobile’s manufacturer and model. Oh and remember, you only have 2 minutes to complete these steps, don’t ask us why!)

Vodacom:

1. On your mobile, dial *111#
2. Select option 5 (phone settings) from the menu that follows. (Answer -> 5 -> send)
3. Select option 1 to choose your mobile make and model from a list, or options 2 to have Vodacom identify the phone for you.
4. In both cases, simply follow the steps provided to get the WAP settings sent to your phone.
5. Connection settings will be sent to your phone; save these settings.
6. If any of the above mentioned steps fail, simply retry.
7. Still having trouble? Call Vodacom’s call centre on 111 from your Vodacom cellphone or 082 111 from another phone. Alternatively visit a Vodacom outlet near you.

(GPRS/3G can only be activated by the person in whose name the contract was taken out, so some of you might have to get mom or dad’s help on this one. Good luck!)

Cell C

1. On your mobile, dial *147#
2. Connection settings will be sent to your phone; save these settings. If a password is requested enter 0000
3. If any of the above mentioned steps fail, simply retry.

Still having trouble? Call Cell C’s call centre on 140 or visit a Cell C outlet near you. (GPRS/3G can only be activated by the person in whose name the contract was taken out, so some of you might have to get mom or dad’s help on this one. Good luck!)

MTN

1. On your mobile, dial *123#
2. Select option 1 (phone setup) from the menu that follows. (Answer -> 1 -> send)
3. Select option 3 (WAP).
4. Connection settings will be sent to your phone; save these settings.
5. If any of the above mentioned steps fail, simply retry.

Still having trouble? Call MTN’s call centre; dial 808 (contract) or 173 (pay as you go) from your mobile phone. Alternatively, visit an MTN outlet near you. (GPRS/3G can only be activated by the person in whose name the contract was taken out, so some of you might have to get mom or dad’s help on this one. Good luck!)

Virgin Mobile

When you first insert your Virgin Mobile SIM into your mobile you’ll receive an SMS asking you if you would like to accept Virgin Settings.
If you reply YES, your settings for MMS and WAP can be automatically downloaded and installed on your mobile.
Do the following to manually request MMS and WAP settings:
Go to the ‘Virgin Mobile’ menu which you will find on either the main menu or applications menu of your mobile.
Select ‘Virgin Settings’ and reply YES when asked if you’d like to download them.

Still having trouble? Call Virgin Mobile’s call centre on 123 or visit a Virgin Mobile outlet near you. (GPRS/3G can only be activated by the person in whose name the contract was taken out, so some of you might have to get mom or dad’s help on this one. Good luck!)

iCTel profit sharing coming soon – Registration is still Free and DEMO accounts for testing available

It seems a lot of people are anxious to start getting money for referring friends, family or colleagues to the iCTel service.

This is a good thing, as it shows that there are a lot of people who have shown interest in the company’s service as well as the business opportunity associated with it.

This large potential profitable customer base will give iCTel the confidence to continue putting money into upgrading their IT infrastructure and work on their business dealings with their service providers.

An moderate example of the type of income that can be generated once iCTel activates its commercial service later this year (hopefully as soon as possible is shown below.

I would suggest that members who have signed up like myself to follow these steps:

1. Purchase or book a iCTel number (to avoid disappointment)
2. Give yourself realistic expectations about how fast (or possibly slower than you though) it can take to build up a referral network as shown in the picture above. Nothing in life comes without some effort, even the “free” things.
3. Give yourself time to get into the business side. If you try to grow your network all in one week and no one is interested because the service is still in DEMO stage, what then?
4. Explain to people that the service is still in “Alpha mode” and not *yet* fully operational. Once it is up and running completely everyone will reap the benefits or cheap calls and free iCTel calls + Skype,Googlechat,Yahoo,MSN chatting right from your mobile. (without having to configure their mobile software like I did)
5. Get it up and running on your computer (and mobile phone when released again) and just simply use it. The product is nice to use even if they didn’t do profit sharing. (which they luckily do )
6. Refer people to this blog if you like to show them the software if you don’t have it on your phone /laptop at the time.

The main thing to remember is that once your network of people using the service is up and running, you will be able to earn a residual PASSIVE income. So its not how quick you get new people to us the service, its how long they will be using the service which is important.

Don’t put people off by “selling” iCTel as a “get rich quick scheme… everyone, including myself hate those..

This is all dependent on whether iCTel will continue to provide a good service to both the PC users as well as mobile users, when they bring out the mobile phone software.

The image below is iCTel running on my mobile phone under Fring (unbranded as iCTel version temporarily unavailable for download)

Please be aware that since iCTel hasn’t launched the commercial service yet there is no commission to be given to anyone (obviously…), but the flip-side is that there is nothing you need to pay either , you can simply use the demo account to tell your friends to get ready for the mobile phone version,

If you aren’t registered with iCTel yet, visit www.ictel.co.za/42965 to register for free.

You will be kept up to date once a month on the development of iCTel and can cancel any time (if you so wish)

Fun with iCTel and free telephone calls

I tried something Playing with the iCTel service (which is another benefit above Skype and the like since you can’t change Skype’s settings as much)

If you don’t have many friends who have joined iCTel yet, but you want to test the service for yourself you can do it for free as I did today.

You can even go one further and call YOURSELF for free.

Below is a screenshot of X-lite on the left (logged in as the DEMO user) calling my iCTel Voice-over-IP account logged in on iCTel Softphone on the right.

Obviously this is about as useful as… well not that useful, other than showing how it looks when you receive a incoming call on iCTel on your computer.

Will put some screenshots of the mobile phone version as soon as iCTel releases their newly branded version.

It also shows the complete paradigm shift and what is possible when it comes to Voice over IP and ACN (Alternative Communication Networks).

Now with iCTel sharing its profits with the users who use this service and tell their friends / family about its benefits, life is definitely getting better.

iCTel Instant Messaging Screenshots

As you might be aware:

The iCTel service when fully up and running will provide Internet like communication on your mobile phone to friends or colleagues on Skype, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleChat and ofcourse iCTel itself.

Here’s a few screenshots of the Instant Messaging using:

iCText on your computer:

iCTel Softphone on your computer:

Fring (non iCTel branded version as iCTel version temp unavailable for download)

(can’t find my screenshot… will put it up another time)

X-Lite (this is not affiliated with iCTel in any means and can use any SIP provider)

Although you will be able to call iCTel members without any problem, If you do decide to use X-lite you will only be able to instant message with other iCTel mmbers who are ALSO using X-lite… CounterPath (the developers of X-lite decided not to use standard instant messaging…eisch)

My Advise ->

• For Instant messaging use iCText … with all your iCTel contacts / Skype, MSN, Yahoo, etc etc etc
• For iCTel VOIP calling from your PC / laptop / Apple Mac (if your’e lucky enough to own one) use X-Lite
• For your Mobile phone: Use the iCTel mobile software (version of award winning software called Fring pre-configured with iCTel server settings) which iCTel will release soon for download on your mobile phone when out and about to save money (SMS’s are too slow and expensive once you are used to instant messaging).

Have fun. As you can see there are amazing benefits to using the iCTel service, which will be fully operational before the end of 2008, not to mention the fact that they share their profits with the users

If you have questions ask the iCTel tech support after registering

icTel compatible with X-lite from CounterPath

May 2008

icTel numbers are compatible with X-lite Softphone

NOTE: This guide is not needed if you download the icTel software as it will already have the correct details setup for you.

The benefit of ictel being compatible and standards based it that it allow you more options of software to use:

As you can see below it is quite easy to configure:

If you are already registered you can download the software and use a test account to test it out.

You will need a ictel number to make calls to mobile phone networks and Telkom / other landlines.

It is advised to get a number similar to one that you already know..like your mobile number, with a 27 in front…

Related posts:

Early May Youtube video on icTel
22 May 2008 icTel Mobile version currently unavailable
16 May 2008 iCTel Desktop Softphone
icTel is flirting with Telecom Market – Make Money as a referral

Register with iCtel for free.