Skype offering Internet access from 500,000 hotspots
Skype has launched a partner program for WiFi hotspot operators, saying that operators presently providing access from 500,000 hotspots around the world have signed up.
However this has been the case since last December when Skype announced that it had struck an agreement with the world's largest hotspot operator, FON, adding 300,000 FON hotspots to the 200,000 already accessible to Skype users.
According to Skype, "Through the Skype Access partnership program, WiFi operators are able to generate additional revenues from untapped users who prefer pay-as-you-go models versus traditional vouchers.
