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Use a cell phone as a landline phone - that's how it works

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How to use your cell phone as a landline phone

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Would you like to use your smartphone as a landline phone, but don't know how? We'll explain it to you..

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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 calls over the Internet at home if you have no radio reception. To do this, you just have to meet a few requirements. In this article you will find out what these are and how you can make landline calls on your mobile phone.

How to use your cell phone as a landline phone

You normally use your cell phone to make calls using the cellular network. With the help of your mobile phone's SIM card, your wireless service provider can identify you and provide you with its services. With the landline telephone, on the other hand, you usually make calls over 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.

All you need is your mobile phone , your VoIP-enabled WiFi router and a suitable app . This is usually provided by your mobile phone provider; you can find an overview below in this article . You can find out if your router is VoIP capable by looking for the model number of your router on your provider's website. You can also find more information about your router in this way.

You couple the app on your smartphone with your router. To do this, the mobile phone must be connected to the WLAN. Then open the app and follow the instructions there. Once that's done, 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 also ring. And when you call using the app, you do so using your landline number and under the terms of your landline tariff.

Mobile network provider apps to pair your smartphone with the router:

• Fritzbox: "Fritz! App Fon", here you will find Fritz! App Fon for Android , here you can download the FritzBox app for the iPhone .
• O2: "Digital Phone", here you can find Digital Phone for Android , here you can find the App Digital Phone for iOS .
• TP-Link: "tpPhone", here you can download the tpPhone app for Android devices , here you can find the tpPhone app for the iPhone .
• Telekom: Telekom discontinued its “HomeTalk” app in 2018.

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