Calling from abroad on iphone

I work abroad for up to two weeks at the time and have the skype app on my iphone.
I normally use the app through the wifi I can get from the services but I'm looking at getting a subscription to the UK landlines.
My question is - can I use the iphone app while abroad without wifi if I have the subscription to call the UK?

kennyboy0909 wrote:
I work abroad for up to two weeks at the time and have the skype app on my iphone.
I normally use the app through the wifi I can get from the services but I'm looking at getting a subscription to the UK landlines.
My question is - can I use the iphone app while abroad without wifi if I have the subscription to call the UK?
You can use the Skype app as you described when traveling to other countries, where you are on the 3G network in those countries instead of WiFi.  If you use your iPhone on a mobile network outside your home country, your mobile carrier will charge you for the roaming data usage.  Skype has nothing to do with the use of your iPhone on a foreign mobile network, and those roaming charges can be very high. 
If you purchase a subscription for calls to UK landlines and you use Skype to call those landlines, Skype won't charge you for those calls.  Your mobile carrier will charge you for the use of a foreign mobile network.  I can't stress this enough, as some carriers here in the USA want to charge as much as US$ 15/megabyte when their subscribers use data services in other countries.  The carriers measure the data sent from your phone as well as the data received by your phone in calculating the usage for roaming charges.  Other countries may be similar to what is seen when US mobile subscribers use their phones on foreign trips. 
Please keep one thing in mind..... Skype subscriptions and Skype Credit do not help you when using your phone on a 3G data network.  That is between you and the mobile carrier.  If you must use your iPhone on a foreign mobile network and want to lessen the charges you will incur, you will have to investigate unlocking your iPhone so it can use SIM card from other carriers in those countries.  A prepaid SIM and data plan may cost less than the roaming charges your carrier will charge, depending on how much you plan on using your phone on foreign data networks.
Hope that helps!
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