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If the analysis of SkypeOut rates for EU member states did include rates for calls to mobile phone, we might come to some unexpected conclusions.

E.g., that international calls from mobile phones are cheaper than SkypeOut calls:

O2 in Ireland currently offers pre-pay customers calls to Latvia for 0.19 eur/min (including calls to mobile phones), while SkypeOut rate to Latvian mobile phones is 0.229 eur/min (both rates include VAT).

This comes are a bit of surprise if we take into account that historically international calls from mobile phones are very expensive.

Most of the time this is only true for special promotions though and it does not mean that you should stop using SkypeOut in favor of landlines and mobile phones. But some healthy competition certainly helps.