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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Skype for 2.6 billion

A few days ago I was in Luxemburg not knowing that I was in the city of Skype. Yes, Skype is a European based company that is reportedly not so very know in America, but I can tell you that here in Europe quite a good amount of people are using their services.


Now Skype in being bought by Ebay and the future seem bright for them even though not everybody is enthusiastic about Skype (like for example the Chinese Telecom).

And what is the fuss about Skype?

Very simple. It's Internet telephony with one big advantage. It works. Although their service is not so exemplary these days (I suppose that a big user base comes with some problems), in the days when we were starting to use it, it was a hell of a service. So, I many ways their story is relevant to all of us. A good service is the base of a successful company. Nothing more (or maybe something), and absolutely nothing less.

Skype in numbers

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