Short Review of DeFi, an up and coming MVOIP

November 14th, 2008 by Jeb Brilliant

DeFi a Mobile VOIP for a few weeks now on the Nokia N 95-4 . Let me tell you, DeFi has it pegged. I am not an economist and I don’t have a masters in business but I think if they can get DeFi in front of the right people they will have it made. DeFi charges $40 per month for unlimited calling (3,000 min/month fair use policy) on any of the dozen plus Nokia Symbian smart phones that support wifi (mostly the E and N series). It is pretty simple, just go online, register with them, they will send you an sms with the download link. At that point you go to the website in the link and download the app. Within 5 minutes you should be making phone calls around the world.

I have been able to plan an event in China, call Israel to chat with friends, and spend hours talking to my sister, her husband and son in Argentina. All of this is for just $40/month. This may be steep if you only make a few calls internationally a month but keep in mind you can make calls to the US also. The unlimited calls include land line and mobile numbers to. So if you use a lot of minutes calling the US this might be a good deal for you also.

I see DeFi competing directly with other major Mobile VOIP MNOs but also with some of our local operators. For example Metro PCS here in the US offers unlimited calls for $35/month, but your restricted to their small footprint. You can use DeFi anywhere you have access to wifi, anywhere in the world. I also suspect you can use it over 3G. This means you have a roaming free handset, which I forgot to mention also provides a phone number for you.

My only complaint and this may be more a hardware/software restriction is that I can’t have DeFi on the same phone I have Truphone and run both at the same time.

All in all I would suggest DeFi to anybody.Visit www.DeFiMobile.com to get started.

Note after the fact: The DeFi customer service is superb.

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  1. Jonathan Jensen:

    November 14th, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    I’ve been using DeFi Mobile in the UK. Gives me great mobile coverage at home, in the office & plenty of hotspots. Tariff is superb – simple & predictable. Plus I have a London number on my mobile.

  2. Bob:

    July 13th, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Are you still using the service? Do you still like it?

  3. Jeb Brilliant:

    July 13th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Hi Bob,
    I actually haven’t used Defi in over a month, I just haven’t been making very many calls lately. The service was great but it seemed to me to decline a bit as of late. It could have been my network but I tend to think it was Defi. I would definitely give them a try, they are one of the best mobile VOIP services on the market.
    If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

    Good luck,
    Jeb

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