Comments on: efonica VOIP Offers Internet Area Code

By: Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:44:08 +0000

They started this cool service called Mobilink. I played around with it for a bit, it something that no one else is really doing, and I think it can catch on quick. Basically you can register up to 5 numbers, so let's say you register your cell number. Then once you register it, you call the access number, which is a NY number (I talked to someone that said they will be coming out with more later on), but once you call that it tells you to press 1 and you can dial anywhere in the world with their rates. You don't need comps or IP phones or anything, you can use your normal telephone. I think this works well for the US but think of the possibilities once they come up with a local access number in your own country.

By: jb

jb — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:10:42 +0000

i want to have communications between mobile phones in the UK and Nepal. does anyone know this efonica help with the lowest calling rate, if so how? forget internet connection and computers!

By: ivone

ivone — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:42:08 +0000

fazer ligacões

By: Antonio M

Antonio M — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:00:23 +0000

Well, I live in Mexico, I have already register myself in the efonica's web page hoping someone to call me and it happens!!! 1 minute later i have received a phone call asking me to introduce my confirmation code number. If this system have already reach me in Mexico where the carriers are very hard bones… I suppose that can reach everyone in everyplace… Believe it…Its True!

By: Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:54:27 +0000

I took a look at this. It's not restricted to country code 1. From the website: "For example: If your mobile number is 44 7777 111 222, then your eNumber will be
10 44 7777 111 222."

Sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Also, I downloaded the softdialer and the quality is excellent. There are still some minor bugs but as they say it is their Beta version. I am curious to how this will look in a month from now.

By: Michael Berlant

Michael Berlant — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:38:20 +0000

Ah, if only it were true. Contrary to their marketing hype, there are several reasons why eFonica has not introduced a “worldwide Internet Area Code”. First, eFonica have no authority to introduce such a thing – that authority rests exclusively with the ITU. Second, as described, “10″ only covers telephone numbers in Country Code 1 – that's as close to worldwide as baseball's World Series is to worldwide.

All eFonica have done is to create an on-net numbering plan that allows North American customers to choose internal network numbers that share the last ten digits of a PSTN number they already hold. This is hardly a new idea. Half of the services I use worldwide allow me to choose my own number, and many allow my number to mimic a PSTN number.