Skype for Android is downloadable for free from the Android Market or consumers can visit www.skype.com/m to find out more details about how to get the application.

Skype for Android enables users to:

• Make free Skype-to-Skype calls over WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G)* to other Skype users anywhere in the world using Skype’s SILK codec for CD-like audio quality.
  
• Make low rate Skype calls to landline or mobile phones
  
• Send and receive instant messages to one or a group of friends on Skype
  
• Synchronize contacts between Skype and the native address book and after synchronization place Skype calls directly from the native address book.
  
• See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or chat
  
• Easily import names and numbers to the Skype application from the native address book
  
• Receive calls on their Skype online number

Mark Douglas, Product Manager of Android said: “The Skype experience is ubiquitous today. More and more people are using Skype to do things together when apart. With the addition of Android, we are pleased that Skype is now available on three of the most popular mobile platforms today: Android, iOS and Symbian”