Skype increases desktop integration
Published: 24 Mar 2005 10:25 GMT
A new version of voice-over-IP (VoIP) application Skype is now widely available. The latest version lets users import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger and Opera and other PC desktop applications.
The Luxembourg-based upstart has so far signed up 29 million registered users for its free peer-to-peer based Net phone calling — making it one of the fastest-growing services on the Net. Now it's aiming to milk profits from its swelling ranks of freeloaders with paid services that promise to make its Net-only product significantly more useful to consumers — and potentially a more lethal competitor to traditional phone providers.
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