More SIP news this week--Skype for SIP, which until now has been in a closed Beta for only certain businesses since March, is now open to anyone who wants to try it out.
According to Skype Journal, anyone with a business control panel, a corporate Skype name subject to the business terms of service, and a business SkypeIn phone number can now use Skype for SIP. This new 'Skype Trunking' connects a company's phone switch to Skype with calls coming in being handled by Skype-to-Skype and Skype-In and all outgoing calls being made through Skype-Out.
Skype for SIP requires a Skype number, it costs $6.95 per line and international calls to 36 countries is 2.1 cents a minute.
For more:
- read this blog post [1]
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[2]Founders use injunction hoping to foil $2.75 billion Skype deal
[3]Where is Skype going with its business play? [4]
Skype secures deal with Lenovo [5]
SIP to save Skype? [6]
Links:
[1] http://skypejournal.com/2009/12/skype-for-sip-beta-now-open-to-all.html
[2] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/lets-make-deal-skype-founders-are-back-and-now-own-14/2009-11-09
[3] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/founders-use-injunction-hoping-foil-2-75-billion-skype-deal/2009-10-14
[4] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/where-skype-going-its-business-play/2009-09-24
[5] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-secures-deal-lenovo/2009-10-22
[6] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/sip-save-skype/2009-11-02