What you need: A smartphone; Localphone account; Linphone app
Time required: One hour plus ID-checking time
Wouldn’t it be handy if you could connect to two phone numbers on one mobile phone? It would be even better if one of those numbers was a landline. Here, we’ll outline how you can do just that. We’ll explain how to sign up with online telephony company Localphone, and use the free Linphone app to receive and make calls via a new landline using your smartphone.
1 Sign up to Localphone
Visit www.localphone.com and click the ‘Sign up’ link at the top right of the page. Fill in the sign-up form, and tick the box to agree to the terms and conditions, and privacy policy. Next, click ‘Create a free account’. Within a few seconds, a second screen will appear welcoming you to Localphone. Click the amber ‘Go to my Dashboard’ button.
You’ve now set up an account, but don’t yet have in our screenshot right), then select United Kingdom in the dropdown menu. Localphone can supply numbers for a wide range of countries aside from the UK – the prices of which vary.
