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Skype

Skype is a peer-to-peer Internet telephony service that is free for Skype-to-Skype calls. The service also allows Skype users to call mobiles and landlines, and vice-versa. Skype has special charge plans for non-Skype-to-Skype calls. Skype is expanding from its traditional computer-based calls to mobile applications. Skype was founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis who were also the founders of the file sharing application Kazaa and the peer-to-peer television application Joost. Skype is different than other VoIP services in that it uses a peer-to-peer model instead of a server-client model. Its main competitors include GizmoProject, PeerMe and Jajah.

Milestones

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  Skype — Skype hits 521 million users and $175 million in Q3 (10/21/09)
  Posted 10/21/09 at 6:28pm
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  Skype — Skype releases corporate Session-Internet-Protocol communications (3/23/09)
  Posted 3/23/09 at 10:15am
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  Skype — Skype reaches more than 400 mio users. USD 145 mio revenue in Q1 2009 (1/31/09)
  Posted 3/3/09 at 2:14am
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  Skype — Skype taps former Motorola exec for COO post (7/1/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 2:35pm
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  Skype — 338 million registered Skype users (6/30/08)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:49am
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  Skype — 100 Billion free skype-to-skype minutes served. (2/22/08)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:49am
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  Skype invested in TrialPay. (2/20/07)
  Posted 10/26/07 at 4:57am
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  Skype — 100 million registered skype users (4/28/06)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:50am
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  Skype invested in Fon. (2/6/06)
  Posted 3/11/08 at 11:33am
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  Skype was acquired by eBay for $1.9B. (9/12/05)
  Posted 7/2/07 at 9:35pm
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  Skype — One million concurrent Skype users (10/20/04)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:48am
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  Skype — SkypeOut launched (7/27/04)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:47am
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  Skype received $18.8M in Series B funding. (3/1/04)
  Posted 7/2/07 at 9:28pm
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  Skype — 1.5 million downloads and 100,000 concurrent users (10/22/03)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:47am
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  Skype — Skype released publicly (8/29/03)
  Posted 9/16/08 at 2:46am
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  Skype added Mark Dyne as Board Member. (2003)
  Posted 11/11/09 at 3:03pm

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Sources

1. Ebay Successfully Spins Off Skype For $1.9 Billion Cash (paidcontent.org) []
2. TrialPay Backed By Investors of Skype, Google, and Akamai For Payment Platform (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
3. LightReading (lightreading.com) [edit]
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6. Skype taps former Motorola exec for COO post (news.cnet.com) []
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14. Ebay Investor relations (investor.ebay.com) []
15. Skype opens up to corporate SIP communications (about.skype.com) []
16. Skype Hits 521 Million Users And $185 Million In Quarterly Revenue (techcrunch.com) []