May 9, 2010 by Jenny Sanderson
Skype have announced that they will be changing their subscription model to offer country specific subscriptions for the first time, they will also be adding the choice for calls to mobile phones in all of their new bundles.
Internet technology firm (VOIP) predict that Skype’s new subscriptions will give their customers huge savings of up to 60% when compared with Skype’s current standard pay as you go rates as the new price plans will allow the user to choose a country that they call most often therefore saving them money every time they call that country.
The subscriptions will begin at 69p per month and carry call rates that will effectively start at a penny a minute and will be available for purchase through Skype as of this week.
Before this change was made calls to mobile phones in most nations (apart from China and America) could only be made on a pay per minute basis.
As of this week customers in the UK that sign up for country specific subscriptions will be able to choose whether they want their bundle to include calls to landlines, mobiles or both.
This will enable bundled Skype to mobile calls in European countries for the first time.
Skype consumer business chief Neil Stevens had this to say about the changes:
“Skype’s new monthly subscriptions lower the cost of international calling and make it simple to choose the plan that best meets your needs, People around the world can now have the simplicity and flexibility to call almost any phone in the world for less.”
The new subscriptions are available in three time lengths; 1 month, 3 month or 12 month plans and the call allowances will range from 1 hour to unlimited.
Skype have stated that they will continue to allow pay as you go calls to mobiles and landlines worldwide and they will also be keeping their unlimited world monthly subscriptions.
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