By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 8:59 AM
3UK has just introduced mobile Skype for business, according to The Inquirer. Apparently the plan is to create tariffs for sub-20 person businesses/self-employed, then chuck in free Skype calling.
The tariffs are post-pay and as a result, don’t require regular topping up – as users of 3′s pre-pay will know, monthly top-ups become a (very) regular fixture, since there is only a 30-day limit on credit. In addition to the Skyping (is that a word?), there are also free normal mobile calls to other 3UK subs, and, you can call back to the UK whilst roaming, at UK rates! Nice!
On top of all that, you don’t even have to use the Skypephone – you could use an N95 or TyTn 2.
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