Vodacom launches Visual Voicemail for iPhone

Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Marc in iPhone

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I got a tip off from one of my blog readers today, in a comment to an earlier post, where he mentioned that Vodacom has launched Visual Voicemail for the iPhone, a much anticipated feature from the network.

What is Visual Voicemail ? (From the Vodafone Website)

With the Visual Voicemail application, you can see exactly who left a message and when they left it. All the info is right there on your screen. With one touch you’ll be able to jump to the most important messages first, or even skip messages completely.

This means you can see who left you the voicemail, without having to dial into your Voicemail service (121). You can also listen to it on the phone.

Vodacom have launched it, and the service cost’s R9.99 a month. To activate the service you need to SMS “VVM ON” to 123. To deactivate the service, you can SMS “VVM OFF” to the same number.

I tried activating mine earlier, but have so far been unsuccessful, and when I called the call centre at Vodacom, after 17 minutes, I finally spoke to someone who sort of knew what I was talking about

If you have managed to successfully activate Visual VoiceMail on Vodacom, let me know what you think ?To see more info about Visual VoiceMail check out the Official Apple iPhone Guide or the Vodafone Australia Visual Voicemail guide

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60 Responses to “Vodacom launches Visual Voicemail for iPhone”

  1. ratmo

    18. Mar, 2010

    Hey Marc Updated my Phone to 3.1.3 and sent the VVM ON through again and it activated within seconds

  2. Vodacom insider

    01. Apr, 2010

    Press release from Vodacom:

    Vodacom is pleased to announce the launch of Visual Voicemail, available from 1 April 2010. Visual Voicemail enables Vodacom Contract, Top Up and Prepaid customers who use the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS smartphones to view their Voicemail messages displayed in a ‘list format’, in the same way as they would view their email messages – and it’s FREE for the first 30 days.

    PLUS

    Vodacom is offering a FREE trial to Visual Voicemail from 1 April to 31 May 2010, which means all customers with iPhones can try out the service at no charge during this period.

  3. Andries

    13. Apr, 2010

    Hi Marc
    Did it on my 3g and the wifes 3GS hers working like a dream nothing on mine and also sms it again said it was activated on my phone you know what’s up?

  4. Shawn

    19. Apr, 2010

    Hi – just activated my VVM in seconds on my iPhone 3G running 3.1.3. No problems so far……

  5. Jaco

    29. Apr, 2010

    Hi, How do I remove the Voicemail button tap shorcut to 121?
    Requested VVM a day ago and still not active.

    I’ve tried *5005*86*# and it does nothing; still dails the voicemail number 121 when tapped.

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