UK mobile operator 3 is to sell a phone from the end of this week that allows users to make Skype internet calls ‘for free’ to other Skype users. The press release says:
Customers using the 3 Skypephone will be able to make Skype calls and send instant messages on the move with the push of a button. This is the first time an operator has offered a mass market device which is tailor-made for free calling over the internet from a mobile. Now, all of Skype’s 246 million registered can be reached for free with the 3 Skypephone.
According to Michael van Swaaij, acting CEO at Skype, ‘Skype is now truly mobile. This new handset is incredibly easy to use and lets you make free mobile Skype calls when you are on the move to other Skype users all over the world no matter where they are. It couldn’t be simpler – put Skype in your pocket and make free Skype mobile calls and send free Skype instant messages at the touch of a single Skype button.’
The phone doesn’t seem to be WiFi enabled so ‘free’ is free if you ignore the fact that you’re still going to get hit with data charges. On the 3 network, data is 10 pence a MB after you exceed your internet package.
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