Are u worried about your mobile balance vanishing quickly bcoz of high international call costs if your relatives live in USA or Canada ?
Then now be tension-free as skype has come up with awesome offer. Now make international calls totally free of cost.
Skype users in India can now call mobiles and landlines in the US and Canada for free
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Skype enables people around the world to connect with each other,
communicate freely and easily, anytime and anywhere. Keeping with this
spirit, effective today, Skype announces that users in India can call
any mobile or landline in the US and Canada absolutely free! This will
be in addition to the free Skype-to-Skype calling that is currently
available to all Skype users.
In the New Year, Skype users in India can connect with friends and
family in the US and Canada without having to worry about call charges.
Both existing and new Skype users can benefit from this offer.
This will be a limited period offer, available until March 1, 2015.
All you have to do is login to your Skype account and dial a number
as you would normally do from your phone dialer if you are using a
smartphone.
Limited Time Offer. From December 16, 2014 (00:01 IST) to March 1, 2015 (00:01 IST)
(the Offer Period) use Skype to make free calls from India to landlines
and mobiles in the U.S. and Canada (excluding special, premium service
and non-geographic numbers). Skype account and internet connection
required; Internet and/or mobile fees may apply. Skype
and a Fair Usage Policy apply. No cash redemption, except where
required by law. No emergency calls can be made using Skype. Skype is
not a telephone replacement service. Skype reserves the right to
discontinue this offer at any time.
Your Existing Skype Account/Subscription:
- If you have credit in your Skype account during the Offer Period,
you will not be charged (and your credit will not be used) for
qualifying calls from India to the U.S. and Canada made during the Offer
Period. Once the Offer Period has ended, you will be charged (and your
credit used) as usual.
- If, during the Offer Period, you have a Skype subscription with a
fixed-minutes allowance (e.g. 120 minutes per month) that includes calls
from India to landlines and mobiles in the U.S. and Canada then your
minutes allowance will not be used for qualifying calls made during the
Offer Period. However, your subscription will still end at the specified
time (e.g. after one month for a 120 minutes per month subscription)
even if you have not used your full minutes allowance; unused minutes
cannot be carried forward beyond the end of the subscription period.
Fair Usage Policy for this offer:
This offer applies to Skype calls made for individual use only (personal or business communications) in accordance with Skype, this Fair Usage Policy and the above Terms (“Legitimate Use”). All calls will be disconnected and require a re-dial after a 4-hour duration.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of practices that would not be considered Legitimate Use:
- Making calls for telemarketing or call centre operations;
- Re-selling minutes;
- Sharing minutes between users whether via a PBX, call centre, computer or any other means;
- Calling numbers (whether singly, sequentially or automatically) to generate income
More terms here - http://www.skype.com/en/legal/free-calls-from-india-offer-terms/