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Cut Costs and Connect Globally with Skype Mobile on Verizon Wireless
May 05, 2010 
LUXEMBOURG -- (U.S. ASIAN WIRE) -- Staying in touch with family and friends back home just got even more convenient, thanks to new ways to connect with Skype, the free software that lets individuals communicate with anyone, anywhere across the globe.
Skype is software that enables its millions of users around the world to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Skype also lets users make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Beginning today, Skype users can also customize their own subscription plans to call phone numbers in Mainland China and Hong Kong. To create a customized plan, a Skype user selects the amount of monthly calling time he or she wants to purchase for calls to these countries and identifies whether the calls will be placed to mobile phones, landlines or both. Plans can be purchased for 60 to unlimited monthly call minutes, and in one, three, or twelve month increments. Costs start as low as one cent per minute. Skype users can also opt to purchase calls to landlines and cell phones in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan for as little as $18.99/month, or unlimited* calls to landlines in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and 34 other countries globally for $13.99/month. In addition, they can purchase Skype credit and pay-per-minute for international calls. As always, calls between Skype users anywhere in the world, including Mainland China and Hong Kong, are free. "Skype is committed to making it easy, convenient and inexpensive to call Mainland China and Hong Kong, and the mobile application on Verizon phones along with Skype subscription plans do just that" said Don Albert, GM of Skype, Americas. "Many Skype users in the U.S. have friends and family in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they tell us they want to stay connected with them via Skype, whether from their home computer or from their mobile devices. We want to ensure that our users who communicate overseas do so easily." In addition to Skype subscriptions plans, Skype mobile users can also benefit from features such as call forwarding, conference calling and Skype To Go, which lets users make low-cost calls from mobiles and landline phones. Users also get free voicemail with the unlimited subscriptions and certain subscriptions include up to 50% off an online number, which allows people who call that number to be charged the price of a domestic call, even when the recipient is located abroad. Skype subscriptions have no hidden fees, long-term contracts, or restrictions on when calls can be made. For those users that don't want to buy a subscription, there is also a Pay as You Go option that allows you to buy a little Skype credit at a time to pay for calls. For full details on Skype's calling subscriptions, visit: http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/subscriptions/?ver=d#worldSubscriptionTab For full details about Skype mobile on Verizon Wireless 3G phones, please visit: http://phones.verizonwireless.com/skypemobile For information in Chinese, please visit: http://www.skype.com/intl/zh-Hant/ http://www.skype.com/intl/zh-Hans/ * A fair usage policy applies. Excludes service, special, premium and non-geographic numbers. About Skype Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone at skype.com. Access to a broadband Internet connection for the PC is required. Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited. Media Contacts: Lisa Skriloff President; Editor and Publisher Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. 212/242-3351 lisa@multicultural.com Yartish Bullock-Okeke PR/Sales Manager Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. 212/242-3351 yartish@multicultural.com
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