Skype Access expands to 500,000 + Wi-Fi hotspot

Skype knows that not everyone has access to 3 G or 4 G everywhere, all the time. Consequently, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company announced that it is expanding its service of Wi-Fi hotspot, Skype Access.

In particular, of Skype Access partnerships now include more than 500,000 trouble spots, including 30,000 500 airports, hotels and many other locations. The business VoIP has partnered with eight international suppliers of Wi-Fi, according to Mashable:

BT Openzone's largest Wi-Fi hotspot provider in the United Kingdom this is billed *.FON as the "world's largest Wi-Fi network."M3 connect Major German provider Wi-Fi Row 44 a broadband platform in flight that serves many international flights.Skyrove to hotspot provider in South Africa. Spectrum Interactive Wi-Fi provider in the United Kingdom with a focus on the travel industry and media.Tomizone Wi-Fi provider in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific z.vex to South African Wi-Fi provider.

The service allows Skype users to pay for access to Wi-Fi hotspot using Skype credit on a minute (prices range from $ 0.05 to $ 0.19). Skype introduced the program in January 2009 and has expanded slowly over time, even if this ad is probably the biggest. Skype Access, you must use the latest version of Skype for Windows or Mac.