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Skype - The
Breakout VoIP Product |
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Skype, the Global
P2P Telephony Company is changing the telecommunications world by
offering consumers free, unlimited, superior-quality calling
worldwide over the Internet via its free, feature-rich Skype
software. Skype is the first P2P (peer-to-peer) Internet telephony
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Skype was created by
Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, founders of KaZaA-- the world’s
most popular Internet software. Skype is a privately held company
whose investors include Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Index
Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Mangrove Capital Partners.
Skype Technologies SA is headquartered in Luxembourg and is growing
with personnel in London and soon in Tallinn.
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Since
launching on 29th August 2003 Skype has more than 6 million registered
users. Skype Beta 0.98 furthers the unique feature set that has made Skype
the breakout VOIPcategory product. Skype is currently offered in 20
languages from more than 170 countries. Skype is averaging approximately 1
new user registration every 3 seconds.
Skype
engaged Ariadne Capital’s corporate advisory team earlier this year to
assist with the development of the London office and to provide access to
our network for strategic partnerships across a range of business
development activities.
After
a hugely successful CeBIT, that saw the announcement of
two new preferred partners (www.skype.com/partners_preferred.html),
Skype has gone on to release a PDA version, called PocketSkype,
is launching a new feature called SkypeOut that enables
Skype calls to traditional phone numbers, plus Linux and
Mac versions are expected this summer.
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Ariadne Capital Journal - Through the Maze Volume
4, Edition 1
