Skype Begins Charging For Calls |
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Reuters News Wire (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:42:19 -0600
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Internet telephone service Skype said on Wednesday that it would charge customers $29.95 a year for unlimited calling in the United States and Canada, a service it had offered free since May.
eBay Inc.'s Skype, which competes with traditional phone companies and
The service covers calls to mobile phones or traditional wire line
Skype had been offering the computer-to-phone call service free since
Customers who do not want to pay a subscription could also opt to pay
Skype calls from computer to computer would still be free for its
"We'll be taking a close look at how this plan does and keep our
Skype said it had more than 136 million registered users globally at
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited.
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