Call Polish landlines from the UK and Ireland for free during 9-10th December, using Skype
13th November, 2006, London, UK – Skype, the global Internet communications company, together with Onet, the leading Polish web portal, are bringing Polish communities together across the UK. On 9th-10th December, Poles living in the UK can call their friends and relatives living back home for free. Whether it’s speaking to your future husband following Andrezejki or calling your grandmother for the secret to her Babka bread, your loved ones are just a call away.
With an estimated 750,000 Poles currently living in the UK and up to 200,000 Poles living in Ireland, Polish communities represent a significant part of the UK’s expatriate population. Unlike traditional phone calls, internet calling over Skype™ allows you to do much more than just talk. Today you can see who you are calling, chat online with instant messaging or share information such as pictures and music.
Alistair Shrimpton, Skype’s Market Development Manager for the UK says “Polish communities in the UK are in abundance and keeping in touch with friends and family back home in Poland can be an expensive process. It’s easy to run up huge mobile phone bills with international roaming charges. Also, phone cards don’t always offer the cheapest or most convenient option for staying in touch. Skype thought it would be great to offer Polish expats the chance to call any landline in Poland for free the weekend of 9th December 2006 from the UK.”
Free calls home to Poland 9th-10th December
Skype already offers free calls between Skype users no matter where they are in the world, as long as they have an Internet broadband connection. Cheap international calls can also be made to non-Skype users using SkypeOutTM. The free calling weekend to Polish landlines runs for 48 hours from 12:01 a.m. CET Saturday, 9th December through Sunday, 10th December at midnight CET.
To find out more information about Skype, simply visit www.skype.com/go/polski.
More information about the free calling weekend will be available on the website from 9th December. Taking advantage of this offer will be simple. All you need is Skype software and a broadband connection. With no additional SkypeOut registration, Skype will automatically allow free SkypeOut calls to be made from the UK and Ireland to Polish landlines.
Skype is one of the fastest growing Internet communication companies in the world. Skype software is available in 28 different languages and is used by more than 136 million registered users worldwide. When it launched back in 2003 Skype’s vision was to allow people around the world to talk to each other for free. Calls between Skype users across the world are completely free. Skype also allows you to call ordinary landlines. This is called SkypeOutTM. Skype charges a small amount per minute for this but it is still extremely cheap, allowing users to make savings on traditionally expensive international calls. All you need is a broadband connection, internet phone or headset and the Skype software and registration for a user account, download for free at www.skype.com/go/polski.
About Skype - Skype is the world's fastest-growing Internet communication offering, allowing unlimited free voice, video and instant messaging communication between users of Skype Software. With over 136 million registered users, Skype is available in 28 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, voicemail, call forwarding and personalization including ringtones and avatars. Skype also has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers. Visit Skype at www.skype.com
About SkypeOut - SkypeOut is a low cost way to make calls from Skype to friends who still use those traditional landlines or mobile phones. That means calling anyone, anywhere in the world at local rates.
Skype is not a replacement for your ordinary telephone and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Skype, SkypeIn, SkypeOut, Skype Me, Skype Certified, Skypecasts, associated logos and the “S” symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
About Onet – For more information about Skype and Onet visit http://skype.onet.pl/
