Skype, an application that allows users to make free VoIP calls using broadband connections is planning to introduce a new product for calling land line and mobile phones. Called SkypeOut, the service lets subscribers make cheap calls to people with “real” phones in 20 countries.
Skype’s global rate for these calls ranges from about €0.05 to €1, depending on how pitiful the bandwidth is into the country you’re calling.
The service is backed with a new version of Skype which has an on screen keypad for dialling destination numbers.