Skype Growing by 380,000 Users a Day
Ross O. Storey, CIO Asia
The number of its users is growing by the population of Singapore (more than four million) every 12 days and nearly a third of its registered subscribers now use it for business purposes.
As if to celebrate its fifth birthday, IP telephony service provider Skype recently achieved a milestone of 15 million concurrent users, meaning there are now 405 million skype users across the planet. This figure, they say, is growing by 380,000 every day.
Skype, an eBay company, unveiled these extraordinary figures in Singapore, to mark the launch of its new software Skype 4.0, which it describes as 'the most exciting and fundamental change to Skype's software in the company's history'.
Despite the downturn, Skype last year earned US$550 million in revenue, a 44 per cent rise, year on year. In the final quarter 2008, they earned US$45 million -- the eight consecutive quarter of profit.
The company offers free calling between subscribers and low-cost 'Skype Out'calling to standard landline telephones and mobiles. The software, also allows calls, file transfers, texting, video chat and videoconferencing. The service is available for desktop computers, notebook and tablet computers and other mobile devices, including mobile phones. A number of companies, including Skype, produce dedicated Skype phones.
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