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Skype: We Have 100 Million UsersTMCnet Contributing Editor VoIP service provider Skype announced on Friday that it now has 100 million registered users. The company reached this mark in two years and a half.
Skype (News - Alert) managed to double its subscriber base since it reported it had 54 million registered users back in September 2005. "Skype has grown in leaps and bounds by making it simple for anyone across the world with an Internet connection to do something they could not do before, talk for as long as they like, to whoever they like for no cost. Passing 100 million registered users within such a short time reinforces how much people love how easy Skype makes it to call friends, family and colleagues all over the world for free," said Niklas Zennstrom, CEO and co-founder of Skype in a statement.
"We owe the Skype community a debt of gratitude for helping us realize this exciting milestone and look forward to keep growing together."
Today's news follows Skype's acquisition of Sonorit Holding and its US subsidiary Camino Networks, a provider of voice technology for the Internet.
Skype, an eBay company, agreed to acquire all outstanding securities of Sonorit for approximately 700,000 shares of eBay stock. Based on the stock price as of April 10, 2006, the transaction was valued at approximately $27 million. eBay expects the acquisition to be immaterial to its full-year 2006 earnings per diluted share, as issued in connection with its first quarter earnings release on January 18, 2006.
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Johanne Torres is contributing editor for TMCnet and Internet Telephony magazine. To see more articles by Johanne Torres, please visit Johanne Torres' columnist page.
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