Say hello to new unlimited calling plans
By
Peter Parkes on April 21, 2008 in Skype announcements.
Update:We've updated our subscriptions, adding more countries.
Skype’s just launched three new unlimited calling plans, which offer a single, monthly flat rate for national and international calling:
Unlimited Country — £2.24/month inc. VAT
This plan offers unlimited calls to landline numbers in one of the 20 European countries listed below, plus all of the calling plan benefits at the bottom of this post.
Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.
Unlimited Europe — £3.39/month inc. VAT
This plan offers unlimited calls to landline numbers in all of the 20 European countries listed above, plus all of the calling plan benefits at the bottom of this post.
Unlimited World — £7.99/month inc. VAT
This plan offers unlimited calls to landline numbers in all of the 34 countries listed below, plus all of the calling plan benefits at the bottom of this post.
Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada (incl. mobiles); China (incl. mobiles); Chile; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Guam; Hong Kong (incl. mobiles); Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Luxembourg; Malaysia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Singapore (incl. mobiles); Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; United Kingdom; USA (incl. mobiles).
Calling plan benefits
Call day or night
No restrictions on when you call — you can get in touch whenever you like.
Online number
An online number is a normal phone number which lets people who don’t have Skype call you as if you had a landline phone. With the Unlimited World plan, you get three of these; the other two plans give you one.
Voicemail
Free voicemail is included so you’ll never miss that call from your special someone again.
Skype To Go (where available)
Skype To Go lets you use any mobile phone or landline to reach people abroad.
Fair use
The legal bit — as part of Skype’s fair usage policy you’ll get up to 10,000 calling minutes per month. And only to landline numbers beginning 01 and 02 in the UK.





Comments
Hi, just a pre-order question im sure people will be interested in knowing the answer to.. For the unlimited worldwide plan, it states "Three online numbers Lets your friends, family and business contacts reach you directly on Skype."
Would it be possible to allocate a number from these three to a different skype account (ie me and my wife both have different accounts so it would be nice to have 1 number each).
Thanks for your help!
cyberzia.rob | Wednesday, Apr 23
Unfortunately, the three numbers must be tied to the Skype account with the calling plan. Don't forget that you can get additional online numbers for £40.25 inc. VAT per year, though, which is still likely to save a lot of money on international phone calls
peterparkes | Thursday, Apr 24
I'm considering the Unlimited World Plan, but I already have 4 online numbers registered from the same user account, which I pay for separately. Once my Unlimited World Plan subscription is activated, will I be able to transfer 3 of my existing online numbers to the subscription plan (which is on the same user account), thereby keeping my existing online numbers... but paying for 3 of them as part of the new Unlimited World Plan?
jasann2000 | Monday, Jul 21
Hi, quick question. I currently "pay as I go" but noticed the "unlimited europe" option. If I change to this can I keep my current online number as this is the one all freinds and relatives have or do I have to keep paying for this seperately.
kim.leese | Friday, Jan 16
I can see that Puerto Rico is included in the list of countries covered by the Unlimited World subscription, but when I try to sign in I cant find Puerto Rico on the list. Puerto Rico is a USA territory, is it possible that PR is included under USA?
Im kind of confused, hope you can clear it out.
nilsaserrano | Thursday, Jan 22
As of the time of writing, Puerto Rican landlines are included in the Unlimited World subscription - I hope that clears things up
peterparkes | Thursday, Jan 22
I see no answer to several identical questions here -- if I buy a subscription that gives me three free Online nunbers, can I use the existing Skype In numbers I already have as part of these 3 free ones?
ivansok | Sunday, Feb 22
I too would like to know how to transfer my existing skype in number to the country plan I have just purchased. i see this question has been asked several times with no response. HELP!!
captainiain | Saturday, Feb 28
I had the same problem of transfering old skype in number to new unlimited subscription.
Here is how it works: go to your account, select online number and next to your online number there should be a button for 'renew'. after clicking here you can decide to either active a new number which is included in your subscription or to transfer the existing number to your subscription.
That's it, works well.
el_vonscho | Monday, Mar 9
Hi
I purchased unlimited worldwide package and got 3 free online numbers. This expired and I re-applied for my unlimited worldwide package, however, my 3 free online numbers have been deactived?? I tried to reactivate them but it is saying that I have to pay another subscription which I am not willing to do as they are supposed to be free and the most annoying thing is I have no one physical person to explain this to from Skype to rectify the problem??
What do I do now as the days are counting down slowly before those numbers will be deleted from the system??
Help as I want my numbers re-allocated to me!!!
halfpint40 | Monday, May 11
@halfpint40 give our customer support team a shout - they'll be able to help out.
peterparkes | Tuesday, May 12