Skype to Skype calling minutes in 2010 equivalent to almost 25% of international PSTN calling minutes
New estimates from TeleGeography show that growth in international call traffic has slumped while international traffic from Skype users continues to accelerate, and that the number of Skype to Skype minutes was equivalent to an estimated 24.7% of the international… Read more
Skype coming soon to Sony BRAVIA and VIZIO VIA TVs
Last year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we ushered in a new era of face-to-face communications with the introduction of Skype-enabled TVs. This year at CES, we’re making further strides in the living room by making it even easier… Read more
Skype for iPhone now with video calls
It’s as simple as that: our iPhone app now comes with video. Download it now from the App Store, or read on to find out more. Skype for iPhone lets you make and receive free Skype video calls on… Read more
CIO update: Post-mortem on the Skype outage
As a follow-up to last week’s outage, here is a detailed explanation of what transpired, the root cause, and plans to mitigate this from happening again in the future. For starters, it helps to understand that Skype is based on… Read more
CEO update: group video calling is back
I would like to take a moment to thank each of you for your patience, understanding, and support during Skype’s outage. We know how important your Skype conversations are to you and we take any disruption to our service very… Read more
Another update: Skype stabilized
I wanted to continue to update you on the status of the outage. We've been able to successfully stabilize Skype due to the dedicated supernodes deployed by Skype's engineering team. We're at roughly 90 percent of normal user volumes…. Read more
A further update on Skype downtime
I’m sure by now many of you have heard about the downtime which has affected Skype around the world. Our priority has been to stabilise the problem, and then to begin to restore access to Skype functionality. It’s taken… Read more
Significant increase in the number of people online
In the last hour, we’ve seen evidence of a significant increase in the number of people online. Because of the way the Skype software works, it’s not possible for anyone to obtain an exact figure, but we now estimate it… Read more
Status update on downtime
See our latest update on the downtime. An update on the downtime which has been affecting many of you around the world: the ability of one Skype user to find another relies on what we call ‘supernodes’, and yesterday, a… Read more
Skype downtime today
See our latest update on the downtime. Earlier today, we noticed that the number of people online on Skype was falling, which wasn’t typical or expected, so we began to investigate. Skype isn’t a network like a conventional phone or… Read more
