Page 8 Skype Connect User Guide
For more technical information on Skype Connect and advice on how to prepare your
corporate network to use it, please see Skype Connect Requirements Guide.
1.2 Making outgoing calls
With Skype Connect, you can:
• Take advantage of Skype’s low cost global calling rates for calling landline and mobile
numbers. If you call the US a lot, you can make even greater call savings using our US
minute bundles.
• Track and control the costs of outgoing calls, using Skype Manager’s simple, real-time
reporting tools.
Important: You cannot call people on Skype using their Skype Name from your SIP-
enabled PBX. However, you can call people on Skype if they have an Online Number.
1.3 Receiving incoming calls
With Skype Connect, you can:
• Receive calls to your SIP-enabled PBX made by people calling directly from Skype. This
means customers with Skype can call you for free. Anybody using Skype can add your
business’s Skype Name to their Skype contact list so they can make free calls to you.
• Add Skype buttons to your website or emails, so that customers using Skype can call
you directly with just one click. Again, this is free for people calling from Skype.
• Purchase Online Numbers within the country that your business operates so
customers in that country can call your business at local rates. Online Numbers can be
associated to a SIP Prole, meaning that your business can receive calls from landlines
and mobiles via a SIP Prole in your SIP-enabled PBX. Your SIP-enabled PBX can then
be congured to direct these calls to your desk phones.
• Integrate these Skype Connect features with the built-in functionality of your PBX, such
as directing calls to user extensions, Auto Attendants and Hunt Groups.
