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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Incentive stock options, granted 900,000 1,635,000  
Options granted, exercise price, per share $ 0.36 $ 0.25  
Stock-based compensation expense, vested options $ 692,138 $ 341,515  
Deferred compensation expense $ 1,557,516    
Incentive Stock      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Incentive stock options, granted 900,000 1,635,000  
Incentive stock options, grant, additional information Each independent Board member was granted 25,000 shares per quarter of service in 2022, for a total of 100,000 shares each. The key employees were granted 700,000 share options as part of their employment agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2022, 625,000 shares were exercised by three (3) former employees of the Company, who received these options as part of their employment agreements. During the year, 130,000 share options were forfeited, of which 50,000 options were forfeited by an independent consultant, and 80,000 options were forfeited by two (2) former employees of the Company. The Aggregate Intrinsic Value is based on the market value of the Company’s common stock of $1.10 on December 31, 2022. Each independent director was granted 25,000 shares per quarter of service for a total of 100,000 shares each, and in aggregate, key employees were granted 1,435,000 shares as part of their employment agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2021, 923,120 share options were exercised. Exercised shares included 250,000 options exercised by one (1) former Board member who received his options at the time of the KonaTel Nevada merger in 2017 and who was not an independent director, and 250,000 of these options were exercised by an officer who also received his options at the time of the KonaTel Nevada merger. The remaining 423,120 options were exercised by a former key employee. During 2021, 175,000 share options were forfeited by a former independent director; and 76,880 options were utilized in a cashless exercise by a former key employee under a Severance Agreement and Release. The “Aggregate Intrinsic Value” is based on the market value of the Company’s common stock of $1.75 on December 31, 2021.  
Sole Shareholder      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Shares issued, acqusition     13,500,000
Incentive stock options, granted     1,500,000
Options granted, exercise price, per share     $ 0.22