Posted: 13th Oct, 2006 By: MarkJ
Users of Skype's new
Wi-Fi (wireless) phones will be pleased to learn that the
VoIP (Voice-over-IP) operator has signed a new coverage agreement with The Cloud:
Internet communication company Skype has teamed up with wireless broadband network operator The Cloud to provide instant connections for Skype users when they are within range of one of The Cloud's 8,500 hotspots.
To access the service users have to buy a Skype-enabled phone from SMC Networks priced at 189 (about £135), excluding local taxes and a monthly fee of £7.
SMC Network's
Wi-Fi Phone allows free calls to Skype users anywhere in the world and low cost calls to ordinary landlines and mobiles from the mobile handset.
Several mobile phone operators are also busy building similar
Wi-Fi based
VoIP functionality into their handsets. More @
Web-User.