Press Release
LUXEMBOURG, 4th June, 2007 – Skype today announced that it is temporarily cutting in half the cost of sending SMS messages using Skype™. This means that sending SMS messages from Skype on a PC or Mac is extremely simple, handy, practical – and, once again, even cheaper.In deciding to repeat the promotion, the company is building upon the success of a similar week-long promotion last month which led to a significant spike in SMS message volume sent via Skype. In addition, Skype has expanded the list of destination countries to which the 'half off SMS' messages can be sent this time around.
Between June 4 and June 10, 2007, Skype users anywhere in the world who send SMS messages to recipients in the following 15 countries – Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, the Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States – will be charged half the usual rate. More information about Skype's half price SMS promotion can be found at http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/campaigns/halfprice/
"We had such a great response from our users that we've included even more countries in the half-price SMS promotion this month," said Stefan Öberg, VP & GM of telecoms, Skype. "As Skype's community grows, users are beginning to take advantage of the full range of communications channels that are available via Skype. We are seeing similar usage patterns in how they take advantage of the ability to send SMS messages quickly and easily to friends, family and colleagues around the world from the comfort of their keyboards."
More information about Skype SMS rates to all destinations can be found at skype.com/products/skypesms/rates.
Skype simplifies the way people keep in touch with one another. It is designed to give its more than 196 million registered users around the world free or very cheap ways to easily talk to or chat with their loved ones. In fact, Skype users can make free or very cheap voice calls, see one another via video calls and send text messages to anyone they know, no matter where they happen to be.
