Skype offers unlimited international calls; starting at $9.95 per month

Posted April 21, 2008 at 07:57 AM by Arnold Zafra

Section: Communications, VoIP

Didn’t we just reported that eBay has given Skype until the end of this year to prove its worth and viability before they decide to sell it off or keep it? Looks like Skype is starting to shape up as it just announced that it will begin offering an unlimited international calling for $9.95 a month.

The new Skype plan will give users unlimited calling features to 34 countries worldwide including most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Malaysia. The new plan also includes Skype to landline and cell phone calls in Canada, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

This new plan adds to Skype’s current $3 a month unlimited calling plans for the US and Canada, which will also be expanded to include Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey plus discounted calls to Mexico, for $5.95 a month.

Hopefully, these new plans will bolster Skype’s current situation and generate more interest to the service with the ultimate goal of convincing its mother company eBay into keeping them under its fold. But even if eBay decides to sell Skype, at least Skype could claim that it has done its best to make itself worthy of every penny that eBay has spent for its acquisition.

Read [Yahoo! News]