Free Skype to text service in Beta

FOLLOWING ON FROM its successful SMS (text) to Skype Chat service, London based Connectotel has started beta testing a service that allows Skype users to send SMS text messages from within Skype Chat to any GSM mobile phone user.

The 'Skype to SMS' service is available as a Beta test for all users of Skype who have been authorized by Connectotel.There is no charge for the SMS messages sent, for the duration of the Beta test. The 'SMS to Skype' Beta test service is available free of charge to all users of Skype.

To use the service, users simply chat with a Skype user called smsgateway. From within the Skype Chat window, they merely type "+number". The message is transmitted to Connectotel's gateway system and is passed from there to the GSM network. µ