In these times we live in, staying in touch with our communications is a must.  This has been made evident by the increasing popularity of mobile devices and smartphones in the market. The email faxing market in general has moved towards mobile technology, allowing you fax from cell phone to a fax machine in just a few steps.

Right now, you can find apps created by the best email fax services out there for smartphones that allow you to handle fax on the go. Below we have a list of the companies that currently offer this option fro free.  Expect the list to grow in a few more months as mobile faxing is implemented by more companies.

Fax by Cell Phone Services

eFax

eFax is one of the top email fax companies out there.  They currently offer apps for iPhone, Android and blackberry phones that make it a breeze to fax on the go.

They also have the only fax from iPhone app that takes advantage of the built-in camera to send documents.  It takes a picture of a document and sends it from the cell phone to the fax machine. Sign up for a free account and then head to your phone’s marketplace to download the app.

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RingCentral Fax

RingCentral is a pioneer in the field of mobile faxing.  They started out by offering alerts to mobile phones and went on to develop the first smartphones apps for faxing.

RingCentral offers a plan for mobile users called RingCentral Mobile, this is 100% recommended for people who are not in just one place. Besides the fax capabilities this plans includes a VOIP function that allows you to turn your cell phone into a small communications center.

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MyFax

MyFax is a company that offers free international fax to more than 40 countries and is compatible with more than 170 different file formats. You can take advantage of these functions also via your mobile phones thanks to apps developed for all smartphones out there (iPhone, Blackberry, Android)

Like with all services in this list you need to sign up for a free account and then download the corresponding app via your phone’s marketplace to start faxing from cell phone to fax machines.

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Receiving Fax on Cell Phone

Learning to receive fax to cell phone is extremely easy, as you only need to sign up with a fax service.

At the moment of signing up, they will ask you for your preferred email address, use any address you like and all faxes will be automatically redirected to your email account.  You won’t need to interfere in this process as it takes place in the company’s fax servers.

When a new fax arrives, you will receive an instant notification to your phone, so you can take care of important documents right away, handling them in a digital format.

What Types of Mobile Phones Can I Use to Send Faxes?

Right now all the mobile fax apps are available for the most used smartphones in the world.  They are compatible with iPhones, Blackberries and Android-based phones.  Iphone apps are also 1005 compatible with the iPad and the iPod Touch.