You can also use your smartphone as a landline phone. For example, you can give your old cell phone a second life. You can also use your mobile phone to make internet calls at home if you don’t have radio reception. To do this, you just have to meet some requirements. In this article you will know what these are and how you can make land calls on your mobile phone.
How to use your cell phone as a landline
You usually use your cell phone to make calls using the cellular network. With the help of your mobile phone SIM card, your wireless service provider can identify you and provide you with their services. On the other hand, with a landline phone, you usually make calls through your Internet connection, this technology is also called VoIP (Voice over IP). This means that you can also use your mobile phone as a landline phone – even if it does not have a SIM card.
So you just need your phone, is yours WLAN router supports VoIP and a matching one a program. This is usually provided by your mobile service provider; You can find an overview below in this article. You can find out if your router is VoIP-capable by looking up your router’s model number on your provider’s website. You can also find more information about your router in this way.
You can link the app on your smartphone to your router. To do this, the mobile phone must be connected to a WLAN. Then open the app and follow the instructions there. Once you do this, you can use your mobile phone as a landline phone, provided you are connected to your WLAN. This means that when you call your landline number, your smartphone will now ring as well. And when you make calls using the app, you do so using your landline phone number and under the terms of your landline tariff.
Mobile operator applications to pair your smartphone with the router:
