Skype nearly hits the 100th millionth download mark

Posted on Saturday, April 16 2005 @ 3:19 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Skype, a maker of VoIP software, announced on Friday that its program has been downloaded nearly 100 million times. To celebrate this the company launched two new premium services.

The first one is SkypeIn, it offers users personal numbers and lets them receive inbound calls from either the Skype program or land lines or mobile phones without having to pay roaming charges.
>br> The other new service is Skype Voicemail, it lets customers manage their incoming messages.

More info about Skype and its new offerings at Forbes

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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