Skype to Join Lync 2013 Conference?

Hello All
We have a full Lync 2013 setup including edge services. We have corporate restrictions against external federation. We have a SA agreement with Microsoft.
In the past we had what is now "Skype Connect" before it was a pay service integrated with our SBCs as a telephony provider. I was quite disappointed to hear that Skype Connect just to satisfy ingress calls will cost me $7/mo per channel
With all this new integration with Skype, is there a way to provide:
-Inbound SIP connectivity to an autoattendant
-Inbound Audio (possibly video in the future) to Conferences
We have a need for international callers from APNIC who are having quality issues when using the Lync Web App to join conferences
Thanks!

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