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pkshah
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎12-08-2012

Forwarding my US cell phone number to a skype online number and using it outside the US

Hi All,

 I am planning to go to India for a couple of months and would need to attend calls that come to my cell phone in the US, since that is the number all my contacts have. Now can I forward calls coming to my US cell phone to my skype online number and use it to receive calls in India? I will have an Iphone in India and should have a data plan. Do I get charged extra for the calls? 

Secondly, instead of the cell phone number, can I foward a google voice number to the Skype online number? 

 

thanks!

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wd9ewk
Posts: 1,726
Registered: ‎27-09-2011

Re: Forwarding my US cell phone number to a skype online number and using it outside the US


pkshah wrote:

Hi All,

 I am planning to go to India for a couple of months and would need to attend calls that come to my cell phone in the US, since that is the number all my contacts have. Now can I forward calls coming to my US cell phone to my skype online number and use it to receive calls in India? I will have an Iphone in India and should have a data plan. Do I get charged extra for the calls? 

Secondly, instead of the cell phone number, can I foward a google voice number to the Skype online number? 



This would depend on your mobile carrier.  You may be able to set your US number to forward to another number (i.e., a Skype Online Number in the US) and then answer that with Skype in India or wherever you happen to be.  You need to contact your mobile carrier to find out if that is something you can do, and how much you're charged for forwarded calls (these may not be covered in "unlimited talk" plans offered by US mobile carriers). 

 

 

 

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