After registering their SMC Wi-Fi phone for Skype using an Internet enabled PC, customers can use their SMC Wireless Internet mobile phone to automatically connect to Skype when they are within range of a The Cloud hotspot. The first customers of this service can benefit from a month's free Wi-Fi hotspot access with additional access packaged at an unlimited use flat rate.
Calls to and from other Skype users are entirely free, while calls to fixed and mobile users can be made at substantially reduced cost via optional purchase of SkypeOut minutes. The phone also provides quick and easy access to Skype accounts and contacts.
"Our agreement and technology development with The Cloud adds a new level of flexibility and mobility to the concept of Wi-Fi telephony, " comments George Zervos , General Manager Europe and Africa , SMC Networks, "Our customers can still use accessible Wi-Fi networks at home, in the office, on university campuses and many other places but with this innovative new arrangement, users can seamlessly access thousands of The Cloud hotspots, as well as city centres across Europe and eventually across the world as roaming agreements develop."
The Cloud offers sophisticated Wi-Fi coverage at over 8,500 locations including airports, hotels and railway stations across the UK, Germany, the Nordics and The Netherlands with hundreds of new hotspots coming online every month. The Cloud also operates large scale networks across the City of London, Canary Wharf, Amsterdam and 9 other UK cities including Manchester and Edinburgh.
