How to make free calls on a mobile

08 November 2007

Many computer users are making free phone calls through programs such as Skype that use the internet instead of the phone system.

Many computer users are making free phone calls through programs such as Skype that use the internet instead of the phone system. Now it's possible to connect to the internet while on the move via your mobile phone, and 3, the mobile network, is capitalising on this by offering a handset that includes Skype so that you can make calls via the internet when you're out and about — in addition to your normal mobile calls.

The move comes as competition hots up in the mobile market as networks offer innovations to attract and retain customers. Skype has been around as a computer application for some time and enables PC users to make voice calls over the internet via "voice over internet protocol" (known as VoIP).

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