OREANDA-NEWS. January 14, 2011. Skype and PrivatBank prepared a remarkable New Year gift for Ukrainians - a new way to save on international phone calls.

Henceforth, Skype users are free to chose the most convenient tariff plan for international calls and country of destination, the number of talk minutes (from 60 minutes to unlimited), as well as service usage time (from 1 month to 1 year). Packages’ costs range from USD1.09 per month. In comparison with usual phone calls, Skype users will save up to 60% of their expenses.

Using Skype`s tariff plans a person can call to one country or to several countries at once - up to ten. Thus, user can call easily to Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Greece, Canada, USA, China, Russia and Israel.

“We are pleased to offer new Skype`s and PrivatBank`s tariff plans  in anticipation of the holiday season,- said Alexander Vityaz, the Deputy Chairman of  PrivatBank Board.- At this time the possibility to communicate freely with friends and family, not worrying about the cost of the calls, is very important for everyone”.

PrivatBank and Skype company prepared one more New Year gift: each user receives free Skype voucher for 30 minutes call valid during 6 months, while subscribing for international calls. The voucher can be obtained via the Internet bank Privat24 or special widget placed on websites of PrivatBank and its partners.