This morning it was announced that 3 have done away with requirement to top-up each month to use Skype. From May 1^st if you have a 3UK SIM and a 3-Skype enabled handset you can use the VoIP service completely free of cost.

The word has spread – UKGadgeteer covers the news mentioning that later in the year things are going to get better, β€œ3UK will also open this offer up to 3UK SIMs and non-3-provided phones.”

Tonethephone is in minor disbelief, and filed his take on the news with his 3 dongle nonetheless. Over at Tamebay Chris Dawson talks through the details, and finishes with high praise for 3, β€œ3 are and have always been at the cutting edge of mobile services […]”

Gerrymoth was at the press conference this morning where Kevin Russell revealed the Skype for free news. He’s also got a link to the 3 press release.

So what do you think to the news? Jump into the conversation and let us know…

Tags: 3, Free, Gerrymoth, press release, Skype, Tamebay, ukgadgeteer

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