July 2005

Luxembourg 27 July 2005 — Skype, the Global Internet Telephony Company™, today announced new lower calling rates in honor of the one year anniversary of SkypeOut, Skype’s first premium service, offering the 47 million people already using Skype low-cost calling to landline and mobile phones. Launched one year ago on July 27, 2004, SkypeOut rates to more than 30 countries have now reduced by an average of 15%.

More than 1.8 million people are already using SkypeOut for tremendous savings on calls to their friends, family, colleagues and businesses anywhere in the world.

“People love to save money on their calls. SkypeOut’s popularity encouraged us to extend the reach of our global rate by more than 1 billion people in key markets including China, Hong Kong and Poland,” said Niklas Zennström, Skype CEO and Co-founder. “With 28 countries now covered by our SkypeOut Global Rate, nearly 2.2 billion people, approximately 1/3 of the world’s population*, can now be reached on their landlines and mobiles for 1.7 Euro cents a minute. These rate reductions reinforce Skype’s commitment to reducing costs and revolutionizing the ease and quality with which people communicate using the Internet.”

Six major new countries have been added to the SkypeOut Global Rate, a fixed, low-cost rate of 1.7 Euro cents per minute to popular calling destinations. China, Greece, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Poland and Switzerland have joined more than 20 additional destinations in the Global Rate. Skype has also significantly lowered SkypeOut rates for calling numbers in Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Cook Islands, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland (mobile), Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka and Turkey.

Prices for SkypeOut calls to Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea, Oman, Lichtenstein and Haiti numbers will increase slightly. Detailed SkypeOut destination rates are available at http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/.

*Population information sourced by United States’ World Factbook.

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London and Luxembourg, 18 July 2005 – Skype, The Global Internet Telephony Company™, has partnered with The Cloud™, Europe’s leading WiFi network provider, to offer low cost WiFi access and internet voice calls at 6,000 of The Cloud’s hotspots in the UK and Sweden.

The partnership with The Cloud is a key component in the UK and Sweden of Skype’s global roll-out of the new ‘Skype Zones’ beta service, which enables Skype calls and access to its rich features via WiFi for low rates at thousands of hotspots across the world.

As part of a special initiative only available through this partnership, Skype users are automatically connected to Skype as soon as they turn on their Wi-Fi enabled device in a Cloud hotspot. Allowing users to instant message for free over Skype, without needing to log on to Skype Zones, further enhancing a truly mobile experience and adding another dimension to Skype over WiFi.

Skype Zones access to Skype’s feature-rich Internet telephony via WiFi is just €6.18* per month for subscribers or €2.50 for a 2-hour connection, superior quality voice calling, chat, conference calling, and premium services, SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail. Skype Zones users are able to sign up for unlimited monthly access at any Skype Zones hotspot, allowing users to roam globally across multiple networks for one low monthly fee. The Skype Zones client is for Windows computers available immediately and can be downloaded from the Skype Store at www.skype.com.

Skype Zones will be available in the Cloud’s 6,000 hotspots in the UK and Sweden, ensuring that Skype’s more than 45 million users will always have a hotspot nearby. The Cloud’s network has broad geographic reach in a wide variety of location types, with more than 300 locations in London alone. Skype users on the move will find convenient access to a location on almost every high street in the UK, including coverage in 27 universities around the country, and wide area coverage around payphones, city councils and libraries. The Cloud’s extensive network coverage in both the UK and Sweden is ideally suited for travellers, students, home workers and mobile business users and includes hotspots in more than 75 train stations, 300 hotels and conference centres, airports, libraries, coffee shops, pubs, sporting stadiums and public spaces.

“We believe that the mobility offered by Skype Zones and has the power to revolutionise modern communications,” said Niklas Zennström, CEO and founder of Skype. “Skype is bringing affordable WiFi and voice calls to millions of users, enabling them to talk, IM and surf conveniently and cost-effectively from thousands of great locations. Our users in the UK and Sweden will benefit from The Cloud’s extensive network coverage in places where people really want to use it.”

George Polk, founder and CEO of The Cloud, said: “The Cloud’s network was designed from the ground up to be able to support innovative new applications like Skype Zones. Skype is the global leader in easy to use, superior quality Internet telephony, and we are very excited to be part of their ground-breaking WiFi roll-out. Skype has become mission critical for its millions of users, and we are looking forward to seeing this new service drive traffic in our vast range of sites.”

*Current exchange rate equivalent to $7.95

About The Cloud

The Cloud offers sophisticated national WiFi coverage in nearly 6000 hotspot locations throughout the UK, Sweden and Germany. The Cloud's infrastructure is a multi-service provider platform, which allows providers such as ISPs, mobile operators and cable companies to offer a fully branded WiFi experience to their customers. With The Cloud, site owners maximise their revenue potential by supporting all major service providers at their location and customers enjoy the best possible experience and maximum ease of use. Launched in mid 2003, The Cloud actively partners with O2, BT, Vodafone, Ericsson and Intel among others to facilitate the growth of wireless broadband services across Europe. The Cloud's investors include 3i and Accel Partners Europe.

www.thecloud.net

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LUXEMBOURG and SANTA MONICA, Calif. – July 12, 2005 – Boingo Wireless, the leading Wi-Fi aggregator and software company, and Skype, the Global Internet Telephony Company™, today announced Skype Zones – Powered by Boingo service, offering global Wi-Fi access to Skype customers at revolutionary prices.

Skype Zones enables Skype’s more than 45 million users to access Skype’s feature-rich Internet telephony via Boingo’s network of 18,000 Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide using a custom Skype version of the award-winning Boingo Software. Unlimited Wi-Fi access for Skype Internet telephony calls is available for $7.95 per month. Skype Zones is currently a beta service, and terms and availability may change.

Consumers and business travelers benefit from the freedom of low-cost, superior-quality calling while on the move by integrating Wi-Fi access and Skype’s multi-mode communications. Skype users simply log on to the Skype Zones service using the Skype Zones – Powered by Boingo software, which includes Boingo’s Wi-Fi sniffer, connection management and roaming authentication capabilities. Once connected, users can make Skype calls and access key features such as presence, global user directory, contact lists and instant messages with the Skype software.

“Partnering with Skype demonstrates the evolution of public-access Wi-Fi to include VoIP and other value added applications by allowing greater connectivity and productivity on the move,” said David Hagan, Boingo president and CEO. “Skype’s convenience and call quality have made it as important to travelers as email, and we expect Skype usage to increase traffic and revenue at our network of hot spots.”

“Boingo is a world-class company that offers Skype users unprecedented global communications mobility and accessibility, at an aggressive, market disrupting price,” said Niklas Zennström, Skype CEO and co-founder. “Affordable broadband access is fundamental to open communications, and partnering with Boingo to deliver unlimited Skype access around the world at such a compelling price point will generate new customers for both companies.”

Skype Zones Availability and Pricing

The combined Skype Zones service is available immediately. It is a beta service during which Skype will solicit feedback from users to ensure optimum service delivery and feature enhancements. The Skype Zones client is available for Windows computers and can be downloaded from the Skype store (www.skype.com) or the Boingo web site (www.boingo.com). Monthly access to Skype Zones is $7.95 per month for unlimited Skype access or $2.95 for a 2-hour connection.

A directory of Boingo’s 18,000 hotspots is included in the Skype Zones software and is also listed at http://skypezones.boingo.com/search.html.

Skype’s Internet telephony allows free, unlimited Skype to Skype calls as well as inexpensive, seamless connectivity to ordinary fixed and mobile telephones. SkypeOut, Skype’s first premium offering which has more than 1.6 million users, offers global calling at local rates. SkypeIn, currently in beta testing, allows customers to purchase a personal number in their resident country to receive inbound calls to their Skype client, and Skype Voicemail customers can maintain continuous availability with a voicemail box, even while offline. With more than 45 million users, Skype is the leading VoIP-category product worldwide and has enabled more than 10 billion minutes of superior-quality talk time.

About Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless, Inc. is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service available in thousands of locations such as hotels, airports, cafes and other public places in dozens of countries throughout the world. Both directly and through major carrier and ISP partners, Boingo provides business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection to improve productivity while on the road. Through its Wi-Fi software and Roaming System, Boingo makes finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure. More information about Boingo is available at http://www.boingo.com.

Boingo is a registered trademark of Boingo Wireless, Inc.

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