Cheap calls to Africa

MOBILE VoIP - Cheap Calls for Africa

One of the most popular forms of VoIP these days is a technology known as Mobile VoIP (or mVoIP as it is often referred to).

This is very popular among Africans residing in Europe and the USA. Basically the way this works is that a mobile VoIP provider handles your calls to and from Africa using your cell phone. VoIP is a digital technology so this makes it easier to intersect the cell phone call and route it over the Internet. You need to install some software on your cell phone to enable mVoIP technology, this is usually only available for smart phones - but also WiFi enabled mobile devices such as the iTouch.

When you make a call to Africa, you are really just calling a local number to you, thus it is seen as just local minutes to your cell carrier. The mobile VoIP provider takes this call and routes it over the Internet to a local number in Africa i.e. local to the place you are calling. The call is then just handled as a local call in Africa. So the mobile VoIP provider is essentially just the middle man, routing your call across the Internet. They charge very small rates for this service so you will often save 90% on your International calls to Africa.

See the table on the right for some Mobile VoIP providers that support this technology to Africa.

Mobile VoIP for Africa Comparison

Our Most Popular Mobile VoIP Service Providers

Rebtel Reviews	Works on Android, iPhone and Blackberry cell phones. Also can use from your home phone!	Cheap International calling - save up to 95% on International calls. FREE international calls between 50 countries - RebTel re-routes your International calls as a local call in the country you are calling. Save up to 65% on International SMS texts. Simpler than using International phone cards - no need for PIN codes, first call is FREE just click here. Phone cards - Call access numbers in 50 countries to use Rebtel as an online calling card
Vopium Reviews	Works on over 900 cell phones (Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Java, Symbian & Windows Mobile) and WiFi enabled devices (iTouch etc).	No monthly fee, no call set-up charges or hidden fees. Save up to 90% on international calls and SMS. Great call quality. When you make an international call, you pay Vopium for the cheap international call and your cellular operator for the local call. If you are connected to WiFi or have a flat rate subscription with your cellular carrier, you will not pay for any local call.
Skype Reviews	Works on Verizon Blackberry phones, Android, Symbian and iPhone (plus WiFi handsets such as iTouch).	All Skype to Skype calls are free (they do not use wireless minutes)! Free Instant Messaging (IM) and group chatting. Skype ToGo numbers available for mobiles so you can get local calling for International calls. Very low rates. Presence settings (e.g. offline, online, do not disturb etc).