Skype for Business

It is fascinating to see how many uses there are for Skype. Along with free conference calls, video chats, and instant messaging, you can actually buy an online number so anyone, anywhere, can contact you from a land line or cell phone. The prices are quite reasonable, at $18 for three months, or $60 for twelve. And when people who have the same area code as your number call you, they only pay the local rate, and you pay nothing. This service is available in twenty-five countries. My hope is that within the next four years, the online number will be available throughout the main regions of East Asia, thus making this service even more valuable to me as a businessman in Asia. It will be interesting to see where Skype and the online communications industry in general will go in the next few years!