June 2005

Tokyo, 22 June, 2005 — ValueCommerce, Japan's leading affiliate service provider and Skype, the Global Internet Telephony Company™, today announced a partnership to reward website publishers for promoting Skype on their sites. Through ValueCommerce's affiliate marketing program, affiliate websites will receive commissions for sales of premium Skype services that are the result of click through traffic from their sites.

Skype’s innovative software allows users to make superior-quality voice calls over the Internet for free. Skype’s pre-paid premium services, SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Voicemail are available in the Skype Store at www.skype.com and allow global connections to traditional fixed and mobile phones for low-cost, destination-based pricing. SkypeOut allows customers to call landline and mobile phones worldwide for the price of a local call, and customers of SkypeIn, in beta testing, are assigned a personal SkypeIn number in their resident country with which to receive inbound calls to the Skype client. Skype also offers Skype Voicemail for users seeking to continually maintain their availability with a voicemail box.

As Skype’s partner, ValueCommerce will act as Skype’s central online sales network; rewarding online communities, website owners, bloggers and Skype fans that promote Skype on their sites with commissions of up to 10%. By simply signing up to the ValueCommerce affiliate program, applying to the Skype campaign and adding Skype functionality and advertisements to their website, affiliates receive commissions on the sales of premium services from every customer who has visited the affiliate’s site in the previous 90 days. ValueCommerce's existing network of 110,000 affiliate sites will be able to instantly participate in this program from launch.

“We are pleased that Skype has selected ValueCommerce, the largest affiliate marketing network in Japan, as their partner,” said Brian Nelson, President and CEO, ValueCommerce. “Our affiliate network currently serves 330 million ads per day and reaches up to 50% of the Japanese Internet users each month. We expect the Skype affiliate program to generate significant sales and grow very quickly through our broad network of websites.”

Skype is the leading VoIP-category product worldwide, with more than 43 million global users and 1.6 million users in Japan. Skype’s userbase is increasing by approximately 140,000 new registered users each day, and approximately 6,000 new Skype users are joining daily in Japan.

ValueCommerce 　http://www.valuecommerce.co.jp/

Founded in 1996, as one of the first hosting and domain resellers in Japan. ValueCommerce launched Japan’s first ASP Affiliate Marketing platform and service in 1999. Today, ValueCommerce provides E-commerce and online marketing services in 3 major business divisions: 1) Affiliate Marketing, 2) Directory/Search, and 3) Hosting/Infrastructure. For the affiliate marketing business, ValueCommerce is serving one of the largest affiliate marketing networks in Japan delivering over 330 million advertisements per day and reaches up to 50 % of the Japanese Internet population (Nielsen/NetRatings "Advertisement distribution (BTC)").

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Warsaw — 22 June 2005 — Onet.pl SA (“Onet”), Poland’s most successful portal and Skype Technologies S.A., the Global Internet Telephony Company™, today announced an ‘Onet-Skype’ client for the Polish market, part of a long-term strategic partnership.

Onet today launched a co-branded version of Skype for Windows v1.3 for its portal users, enabling Polish consumers to download the Onet-Skype software to call friends and family for free. Additionally, Onet-Skype users will enjoy low global calling rates for Skype’s pre-paid premium offerings including SkypeOut, the beta version of SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail. Onet will provide local payment methods for premium offerings for the Polish market.

“The combination of Skype’s top class voice communications technologies and value added services with Onet’s Internet media platform and captive customer base is a powerful mix in the Polish market. I am convinced Onet-Skype will revolutionize the way in which our users communicate with each other and around the world,” said Lukasz Wejchert, Onet President & CEO.

“We’re pleased to join with Onet and deliver a custom Skype application,” said Niklas Zennström, Skype CEO and co-founder. “Poland has been a lead market for Skype since our launch in 2003. With this partnership, Onet becomes an important partner in delivering modern communications.”

Onet-Skype will be supported with a significant multi-media advertising campaign.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Onet.pl

Portal Onet.pl was founded in June, 1996. In the middle of 2001 Onet.pl was acquired by ITI Holdings, media group that is owner, among other, of TV stations (e.g. TVN, TVN 24, TVN Siedem), movie theaters chain Multikino and Pascal Publishing House.

Onet.pl is by far Poland's most popular and successful portal. Since the end of year 1999, when the first independent research was published, Onet.pl have retained leader position ahead of Wirtualna Polska and Interia.pl. On a monthly basis it records over 2.2 billion page views.

Currently the portal offers the widest range of information and other services in Polish Internet. In includes leading global web-searching mechanisms, a range of thematic, encyclopedic, e-commerce, classified, communication and social services, as well as data bases.

Onet.pl is a pioneer in income diversification. Onet.pl develops and launches new types of advertising and, with an estimated share of over 40% of the Polish Internet advertising market, is the Internet medium most frequently used by leading advertisers. According to brand awareness research 97 percent of Polish Internet users recognizes Onet.pl brand (aided brand awareness).

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Luxembourg 13 June 2005 — Skype, the Global Internet Telephony Company™, today launched Skype Voicemail, allowing customers to continually maintain their Skype availability and ubiquity, even while offline. First available in beta in April 2005, Skype Voicemail is Skype’s second pre-paid premium offering. Also today, Skype released Skype for Windows v1.3, offering feature improvements to enhance usability and ubiquity through extended integration with other desktop applications.

“As we continue to enhance the Skype offering, we expand Skype’s benefits to users and deliver more potential in modern communication and colloboration,” said Niklas Zennström, CEO and co-founder of Skype. “We’re pleased to offer Skype Voicemail as an affordable premium enhancement to the more than 42 million Skype users around the world.”

Customers with Skype Voicemail can leave unlimited Voicemail messages for all Skype users when they are unavailable or offline, and can receive Voicemails from any caller. Unlike standard voicemail systems, Skype Voicemail also allows customers the flexibility to send pre-recorded voice greetings to any other Skype user, regardless if the recipient is also a subscriber to the service. SkypeIn beta customers from the eight countries in the beta test can also receive Voicemail messages from ordinary fixed or mobile phones. Consumers can personalize Skype Voicemail, set their answer preferences, customize their greeting and receive messages up to 10 minutes long.

Skype Voicemail subscriptions are available for €5 ($7)* for 3 months or €15 ($19) for one year. Orders may be pre-paid with a credit card or via PayPal or Moneybookers at the Skype Store, and include Skype’s money back guarantee. Skype Voicemail refunds claimed within 30 days are offered at full price, and pro rata after 30 days.

The latest Skype for Windows v1.3 incorporates feature improvements, including enhancements for importing new contacts to contact lists, as well as a more customizable user profile area. Skype v1.3 allows users to populate their Skype contact lists from a growing number of desktop applications including MSN, and auto-populate exact matches from Microsoft Outlook. Skype for Windows now also offers an enhanced visual experience with streamlined user interfaces and improved notices about client upgrades and premium services. New animated emoticons give instant messages more expression.

SkypeOut, the first premium offering from Skype that allows Skype users pre-paid calling to any traditional and mobile phone number for local rates, has earned more than 1.5 million paid users since its launch in July 2004. All Skype premium services, Skype Voicemail, SkypeOut, and the beta version of SkypeIn, are compatible with the latest versions of Skype for Linux, Mac OS X, Pocket PC and Windows platforms. Premium services are available at the Skype Store, where customers can also conveniently purchase Skype-compatible quality products and accessories.

Skype is the leading VOIP-category product worldwide, with more than 42 million registered users increasing by approximately 150,000 new users a day. The latest Skype for Windows version is available immediately for download from www.skype.com and from select Skype partners. Skype for Windows v1.3 works on any Windows 2000/XP PC with a 400 MHz processor, and requires a headset, Skype compatible phone or a microphone and speakers.

* Dollar amounts are approximate.

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U3 GLOBAL DEVELOPER SUMMIT, SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2005 — U3™ LLC, creator of the U3 smart drive computing platform, and Skype, the Global Internet Telephony Company™, today announced a new version of Skype’s VOIP-category product compatible with the U3 platform. Skype users, who can make free calls anywhere in the world, will be able to use a U3 powered USB smart drive to transport and access their Skype account wherever they go. Skype will demonstrate its new application running on a U3 powered USB smart drive at the first U3 Global Developer Summit, which begins today at the San Jose Marriott.

U3 powered USB smart drives transform the USB flash drive into a private, portable and protected workspace that simply plugs into any PC running Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Users not only access data but launch personal applications, such as Skype, from their smart drive through a user-friendly interface, called the U3 Launchpad. U3 makes computing more mobile and secure, since the U3 platform is designed to give access not just to data but applications and personal settings too, yet leave no trace of the user’s data on the host computer once the U3 powered USB smart drive is removed. When finished using their personal Skype software, users simply unplug the U3 powered USB smart drive and move on, with full confidence that no personal information has been left behind.

“We are delivering greater platform and portability options for consumers looking to take advantage of the cost and quality benefits of modern communications from Skype,” said Niklas Zennström, CEO and co-founder of Skype. “In collaboration with U3, we’re delivering a new tool for Skype enthusiasts to carry access to their Skype client on a keychain, anywhere in the world, using a U3 powered USB smart drive.”

“Consumers and road warriors who like to stay connected are the real winners in the relationship between U3 and Skype” said Kate Purmal, chief executive officer of U3. “With their Skype software loaded on a U3 powered USB smart drive, users can rest assured that their phone numbers, voice mail, and contact lists are stored safely and securely, and accessible on Windows-based PCs wherever they travel.”

Skype will be available for all U3 powered USB smart drives this fall.

About U3

U3™ LLC of Redwood City, Calif., has developed an innovative platform to make USB smart drives that host a “personal workspace” –- not only data and files, but software programs, personal user preferences and the means for managing them. U3 powered USB smart drives transform a PC into a truly personalized computer, quickly, easily and securely, and exit transparently when done. U3, backed by USB flash drive market leaders M-Systems (NASDAQ: FLSH) and SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), licenses its platform to USB drive manufacturers. For more information see www.U3.com.

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