Skype the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. A Skype user can have local numbers in any of these countries, with calls to the number charged at the same rate as calls to fixed lines in the country. The countries on this growing list are referred to collectively as the SkypeIn Countries. Skype supports conference calls, video chats, and screen sharing between 25 people at a time for free. Skype does not provide
Features of Skype fee using prepaid Skype Credit or a subscription (see below). This fee can be as low as per minute for most developed countries, and as high as per minute for calls to the Inmarsat numbers. In January 2007, Skype introduced a 0.03 connection fee for each call that connected to a landline or mobile number. After 180 days of inactivity, a user's Skype Credit balance is deactivated; however, it can be reactivated. On 19 December 2006, Skype announced that there would be a new pricing structure in 2007. Details of a new scheme were released 18 January 2007. The initial