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After hearing about Nokia’s E71 smartphone and then reading our review, I was very much impressed with its feature set. Being the current owner of their flagship phone, the E90 Communicator, I saw many features in the E71 that were quite worthy of noting. The one I will attempt to cover and document here is the ability to use the E71 as a SIP VOIP client on my Asterisk PBX at home for the best in unified communications. Unified communications you might ask? Put simply, unified communications is the concept that one communications device is capable of meeting all and any possible personal communications needs. The E71 certainly does it; email, web, voice, IM, txt, MMS, and now VOIP.
Getting the E71 connected to Asterisk was a bit trying at first, since the included VOIP client seems to be tailored to a Nokia VOIP solution. With some trial and error, I was able to get it working, and now my E71 is not only a cellphone with uber connectivity options, but also doubles as an extension of my home landline PBX! What is most impressive about this setup is that the phone “knows” when it is home and automatically switches on the VOIP client and allows the phone to call or receive calls through the PBX, thereby saving valuable minutes while at home. Likewise, when a call comes in on our landline, the nearest phone is just in my pocket.
Here’s how I got the NOKIA E71 to act as a VOIP client on my home PBX.
First, open the settings menu and go into the connection settings. In there, you will see an item that says “SIP Settings”, as shown below:
Once in the SIP settings, you’ll be able to enter the configuration options for your SIP extension on your PBX. First, create a SIP Profile and then enter the SIP account info in the new SIP profile. See the following picture for assistance:
The options one can enter here are:
The last 2 items are for entering the proxy and registrar servers (basically the account info and address of your PBX for both incoming and outgoing channels).
For the Proxy server submenu please enter the following information:
Ok, now go back to the previous menu level and now select Registrar Server. Please enter your info similar to the folowing:
Now back out of the menu to the previous level, then hit BACK again. If all went right, you should see something like this:
You’re almost done, just a couple more steps to complete your E71 VOIP configuration. Now go back to the Connection setup menu in the Settings menu. Look for an item called “Internet Tel.” and click on that to create a new Internet Telephone profile. It is here that you will select your default SIP profile and specify how it will connect. To begin, just select Options, then New Profile. Refer to the following photo and adjust as necessary for your environment:
Once done, back out and go to the “Communication” menu and then select Options, Settings…
For default Call type select “Internet Call”. Now exit all the menus. If your phone sees your wireless network and your SIP extension account is active on the PBX, you should see this on your screen (note arrows) to indicate that your VOIP client is now ready to receive or make a call using your PBX instead of cellular minutes. Also, when you leave your wifi zone, the phone will automatically turn off and deactivate the VOIP client until you return within your wifi’s coverage zone. How sweet is that?!
Below is a screenshot showing the VOIP client activated via the phone’s wifi radio:
Congratulations, if you see these two additional marks on your screen, you now have a working VOIP extension on your phone! Enjoy and please comment below.
Very super
Thanks for the info!!
I’ve cut phone bills a lot by using skype and thinking about buying a wifi Nokia E-series. How do I put Skype into a E71 together in this setting? Pls let me know.
SMS Discount SIP settings:
Profile name: Smsdiscount Service
Service profile: IET
Public username: sip:coolboy@smsdiscount.com
Use compress: No
Registrat: Always on
Use security: No
Proxy server
Proxy server addr: sip:sip.smsdiscount.com
Real: None
Username: coolboy
Passwd:
Allow loose…: Yes
Transp type: Auto
Port: 5060
REGISTRAR SERVER
Registrar server add: sip:sip.smsdiscount.com
Realm: smsdiscount.com
Username: coolboy
Passwd:
Transp type: UDP
Port: 5060
Hi
I want to use mobile voip to make International calls through ACTIONVOIP SIP service. Please suggest me the best NOKIA model which shall meet my need.
i am in saudi arabia
i dont have the last small phone pic at the end.. what is that mean?
Hey John,
Great article!
I have my phone to call via VoIP by default. BUT there are some numbers which I’d like my E71 to call via my cell, because I have free calls. Needless to say I’m home a lot. I couldn’t work out if there’s a way to tell the phone “hey – if you’re calling xxxxx, then use the cellular network, not VoIP”. Have you worked that out by any chance?
Hi,
I m smartvoip user & i set up my profile in E71 as below:
Profile name: Smartvoip
Service profile: IET
Default Access Point: My Wi-Fi
Public username: sip:user@sip.smartvoip.com
Use compress: No
Registrat: Always on
Use security: No
Proxy server: No change
REGISTRAR SERVER
Registrar server add: sip:sip.smartvoip.com
Realm: sip.smartvoip.com
Username: user
Passwd:password
Transp type: UDP
Port: 5060
I m using it in China & this setting worked properly for 3/4 days.
but now if i make a voip call with the same setting, it shows connection error. I even tried by putting the same registrar server detail in the proxy server too, but still no use.I spent hours to correct it by changing the settings, but i couldn’t. It’s makin me crazy.
Please suggest me if u have any idea.
Thanks
hi
i need to know how to set up zone fone voip call in nimbuzz
what is the proxy server of zone fone. i am using nokia5800
any idea about thisssssssssssssssssss
tnks
sha
Hi All,
Please advise me if we can have a similar set-up on Nokia X6 (16GB), I have this phone and have the SIP settings, but do not have Internet Tel. as the menu in Connectivity, would like to know if there are any software updates available, your help is much appreciated.
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Www.zonefone.com
Email = zonefonevoip@gmail.com
Any halp mail me
Thanks for the article.
Everything seems to work great and I can receive calls OK (ie call my E71′s voip number OK) but I can’t call out, no error messages, shows the red bar on the top of the screen but just silence!!
I am sure it must be a simple error, but where should I look. Any help greatly appreciated.
i didn’t make it
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hi i have followed all the above steps …. but my Wiz shows ‘registration failed’ instead of ‘registered’