About Skype

Skype is free Internet telephony that just works.

Skype is for calling other people on their computers from your computer and it's totally free!

Skype software is quick and easy to get started with just download, register, install, plug in your USB phone, headset or mic and start calling.

The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You don't even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear. It just works!

You can use Skype with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and even PDA's

Call ordinary landlines & mobiles from Skype with SkypeOut

Top up on SkypeOut credit and use the Skype programme to make really cheap calls to ordinary landlines and mobile phones all over the world.

SkypeOut Global rate is 1.7 Euro cent per minute (about 1.1 pence) which is fixed for all popular destinations below:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Canada (mobiles), Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia,Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States (except Alaska and Hawaii), United States (mobiles). (Unless it is specifically mentioned, the SkypeOut Global Rate is only for calling regular landline telephones. Calls to mobile phones are more expensive).

Click here for a full list of SkypeOut rates to landlines and mobile phones.