February 2006

Luxembourg, Feb 23, 2006 —Skype, the Global Internet Communications Company, today announced that it has never been easier, quicker or more convenient for customers to buy products from Skype.com.

Customers wanting to top up their Skype Credit to pay for Skype’s offerings can now take advantage of online payment methods, special vouchers and scratch cards bought from high street stores. As well as giving people more payment options, Skype has made it easier for people on most continents – including Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania – to buy and keep track of their Skype Credit in 14 local currencies, including Euros, US Dollars, Polish Zloty, Brazilian Real, Canadian Dollar, British Pound, New Taiwanese Dollar, Swedish Krona, Danish Krona, Norvegian Krona, Japanese Yen, Hong Kong Dollar, Australian Dollar and Swiss Francs.

“Skype is about simplicity, convenience and choice, and we want to ensure this experience extends into buying from our site,” said Michael Jackson, Head of Paid Services at Skype. “We also want to make sure the full possibilities of the Skype experience are open to everyone – wherever they are and whether or not they hold a credit or debit card. It’s never been easier for people the world over to buy from Skype.”

Skype Credit can be used to buy SkypeOut calling minutes, SkypeIn numbers, Skype Voicemail, personalized ringtones and avatars..

Skype customers can choose to pay for Skype Credit via GlobalCollect and FIRSTGATE’s Click&Buy. GlobalCollect enables local offline and online bank transfer payments to be made in 50 countries worldwide. Click&Buy allows online purchases to be made with multiple local payment options in countries across Europe and the Americas.

Along with multiple payment options, Skype customers can now enjoy a simpler and faster way to buy Skype Credit with PayPal. Once customers pre-approve payments with PayPal on their Skype accounts, they can pay in just two clicks, without entering any additional or credit card numbers. With PayPal, Skype customers can fund their payments using their stored PayPal balances, their bank accounts, or any major credit card. PayPal has more than 100 million accounts across 55 markets worldwide, and supports seven currencies.

In addition, Skype customers without a debit or credit card can now purchase Skype Credit with Ukash vouchers bought from high street retailers in more than 50,000 locations across the UK, Republic of Ireland and Spain, with further countries to be added shortly. Skype Scratch cards are currently available in Sweden and Finland at Clas Ohlson and other retail stores, with more countries and retailers to be added soon.

About Skype

Skype is the world’s fastest-growing Internet communication offering,

allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video communication

for free. Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every

country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium

offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile

phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype also has

relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers.

Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). To learn more visit skype.com.

Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for

emergency calling.

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Luxembourg, Feb 14, 2006 — Skype™, the global Internet communications company, today released Skype for Pocket PC 2.0, a new software version for Pocket PC devices that offers Skype callers the ability to enjoy Skype’s free, high quality voice calls anywhere their device can connect to a high speed Internet connection, via Wi-Fi and 3G networks. Skype for Pocket PC 2.0 is a critical component of Skype’s mobility strategy, supporting the goal of extending Skype use beyond the PC, and expanding the simplicity and convenience of Internet calling for the lives of millions of Skype users around the world.

“Skype for Pocket PC 2.0 delivers greater flexibility for callers who want to make free calls or chat without the need for a desktop PC,” said Niklas Zennström, Skype CEO and co-founder. “Together with our efforts to incorporate Skype into mobile phones, this next generation version of Skype for Pocket PC devices extends the reach of our popular software to an even broader market segment.”

Skype for Pocket PC 2.0 works on any Windows Mobile Pocket PC running Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2003 or Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC software with a 312+ MHz processor and equipped with an internal Wi-Fi or 3G (EDGE, EV-DO or UMTS) radio. For detailed requirements see skype.com/go/mobile.

Skype for Pocket PC 2.0 (prior release was v1.1) enhances voice quality and the number of devices supported by including Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC, more languages and 240x240 screens. Other key features and benefits include:

• Skype to Skype and SkypeOut calls


• Instant messaging


• Presence, including: ‘online’, ‘offline’, ‘away’, ‘call forwarding’, ‘device not connected’


• Automatic synchronization of your Skype contact list between device and desktop


• Voicemail


• Making SkypeOut calls directly from the device phone book


• Simplified contact search


• Authorizing buddy requests and adding new contacts

Skype for Pocket PC will be available preloaded on a number of devices including an Asus MyPal GPS PDA, BenQ P50, E-TEN M600, Dopod 700, i-mate PDA2, PDA2K, JASJAR and Qtek 9000 and 9090.

Skype for Pocket PC 2.0 is also supported by the new HP iPAQ hw6900 series Mobile Messenger, a smart device providing customers with the ability to receive email wirelessly^(1,2) using push-email functionality, introduced yesterday at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

“Bringing the Skype experience to our iPAQ customers is an exciting proposition,” said John Brandewie, acting director of product marketing, Handheld Division, HP. “Skype is a pioneer in the Internet calling space, and their innovative style is a great complement for HP’s ongoing efforts to deliver rich mobile experiences and easy connectivity.

The following are some of the many Pocket PC devices that support Skype for Pocket PC 2.0:

• Several HP iPAQ models including HP iPAQ hw6900 series Mobile Messenger, hx2400, hx2700, rx3700 and hx4700 series models


• Dell X3i, X30, X50, X50v, x51 and x51v models


• Fujitsu Siemens Computers Pocket LOOX N520, 718 and 720 models

Pricing and Availability

Skype for Pocket PC 2.0 is available now as a free download from skype.com/go/mobile. Skype for Pocket PC will also be available on Handango (www.handango.com), the leading provider of mobile content.

Skype Certified Pocket PC devices will be made available through the Skype web store at skype.com/store and Expansys, the largest specialist online retailer of wireless technology in Europe and North America, as well as retail outlets around the world. Dangaard Telecom, Skype’s European distribution partner, will be offering Qtek 9000 and 9090 devices with Skype pre-loaded to their customer base of more than 34,000 points of sale across Europe.

Today Skype also announced an agreement with mobile operator Hutchison 3 to enable Internet communications from 3G mobile phones, (see press release, ”Skype and Hutchison 3 Group Join Forces to Offer Skype on Mobile Devices,” issued February 14, 2006).

About Skype

Skype is the world’s fastest-growing Internet communication offering, allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video communication for free. Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype also has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). To learn more visit skype.com.

Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling.

¹ A standard GSM/GPRS/EDGE infrastructure, other Bluetooth-enabled devices, separately purchased equipment, and a service contract with a wireless airtime provider may be required for applicable wireless communication. GSM/GPRS/EDGE Wireless Internet access requires separately purchased Internet service contract. Check with service provider for availability and coverage in your area. Not all web content available. GPRS/EDGE may not be available in all networks. GPRS/EDGE data transmission speeds may vary based upon network capabilities and other conditions. Establishment and continuation of a GPRS/EDGE connection depends on network availability, provider support and signal strength

² EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) is a global standard for wireless wide-area data communication being rapidly deployed by GSM carriers worldwide. Actual download speeds may vary. Coverage is subject to transmission limitations and terrain, system, capacity and other limitations. Not all features and service options are available in all areas.

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Barcelona, 14 February, 2006 —Skype, the fastest growing Internet Communications Company and Hutchison 3 Group, the leader in 3G mobile services, today announced an agreement to enable Skype communications on 3G.

Working together, Hutchison 3 Group and Skype plan to give people the freedom to enjoy Skype anywhere they go, whether at home, in the office or on the move while on Hutchison’s 3 networks. Hutchison views Skype as an attractive value added service, providing customers with more choice and thus further accelerating the uptake of the Hutchison’s 3G services.

The Skype and Hutchison 3 brands compliment each other, representing innovation and high value offerings to consumers. This partnership will enable Hutchison to directly tap into the 75 million people using Skype across the Hutchison territories and promote to them the benefits of using Skype on Hutchison’s networks.

“With Skype on mobile devices, people can keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues wherever they go. This takes Skype beyond the PC into the mobile world,” said Niklas Zennström, Skype CEO and co-founder. “I believe this will accelerate the adoption and use of Skype to new levels.”

Pioneering 3G mobile operator Hutchison 3 Group is expected to be the first to market the Skype-enabled mobile devices. Hutchison is running friendly user trials to optimize the user experience and plans to launch later this year, following its trials, in countries including Austria, Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden, the UK and Italy. Trials will be carried out using enabled mobile phones from leading phone manufacturers.

3 Sweden is already offering a Skype bundle with a 3G flat-rate subscription and 3G data card. With a mobile flat-rate data plan from Hutchison 3, users can make unlimited Skype calls.

“Skype on 3G smartphones, datacards and other devices is a service that our customers will be thrilled to use. With Skype they can talk for as long as they want with their friends around the world. It will be a great addition to our existing wide range of multi-media mobile broadband services. We believe Skype is yet another reason for people to choose 3 – customers demand a choice of innovative services and we are delighted to be working with Skype to deliver that, said Christian Salbaing, MD Europe Telecommunications at Hutchison 3. “We look forward to offering it to our subscribers in our key markets starting with Sweden and then in our other markets as soon as user trials are concluded.”

Skype for mobile devices offers a number of key features and benefits:

• Skype-to-Skype and SkypeOut calls


• Instant Messaging and group chat


• Presence, including ‘online’, ‘offline’, ‘away’, and ‘call forwarding’


• Voicemail


• Easy contact search


• Contact request authorization and new contact addition

About Skype

Skype is the world’s fastest-growing Internet communication offering, allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video communication for free. Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones through partners, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype also has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). To learn more visit skype.com.

Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling.

About Hutchison 3 Group

A division of Hutchison Whampoa, the 3 Group together with Hutchison Telecommunications International, is the leading global player in the 3G arena, holding licences in 10 markets with total population coverage of approximately 175 million. In less than three years, the 3 Group has built an entirely new network, achieving probably the fastest rollout of a radio network in the entire telecom industry. Marketed globally under the 3 brand, the group is also the first operator in the world to provide dual-mode 3G services.



To date, commercial 3G services has been launched in Italy, the UK, Australia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Hong Kong and Israel. Hutchison has announced more than 11 million customers in January 2006. For more information about 3, please visit www.three.com

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Luxembourg, Feb. 9 — Skype™, the global Internet communications company, today announced SkypeWeb, a Web presence feature that is already integrated into more than 50 websites in 20 countries around the world. SkypeWeb allows people to see Skype users’ online status and call or chat with them from any website as well as Skype people from each site with the simple click of a mouse.

“With just a few simple steps we were able to incorporate SkypeWeb into our AppExchange platform,” said Adam Gross, vice president, developer marketing, salesforce.com. “In addition to free Skype voice calls, the SkypeWeb presence feature gives our subscribers the ability to know when their contacts and colleagues are available and online - all directly from within Salesforce."

SkypeWeb integrates Skype seamlessly and into any website. With SkypeWeb, Web administrators can easily enable all site visitors to talk for free over the Internet.

Companies integrating SkypeWeb into their sites are already reaping the benefits of increased ease of communication and interaction.

• Bebo, the largest social networking site in the U.K. and Ireland and one of the fastest growing in the U.S. with more than 22 million members, has integrated SkypeWeb to enable all Beboers to IM, voice and video chat.


• DBA.DK (Den Blå Avis) the number one Danish classifieds portal, is using SkypeWeb to show the Skype status of people who have posted classified ads.


• Lunarstorm, a Swedish/UK community website with 1.6 billion monthly page views, is integrating SkypeWeb to allow users to display Skype Name and status in profiles.


• Onet.pl, Poland's leading Internet portal offering over 200 services and the widest range of information in the Polish Internet with 75 percent of Polish Internet users stating they visited Onet.pl at least once a month, offers SkypeWeb to enable more than a million bloggers and Webmasters to show their status.


• Salesforce.com, the technology and market leader in on-demand CRM, has made SkypeWeb available on the AppExchange, enabling customers to deploy it directly within their Salesforce implementation.


• Six Apart is enabling bloggers to show their Skype status anywhere on the web.


• TOM.com is using SkypeWeb in its customer service offering to display Skype user presence information for its customer service representatives.


• vBulletin (vbulletin.com) has already adopted SkypeWeb, providing instant Skype status integration for the Internet's most widely-used forum software.

More than 50 websites, including Hutchinson Global Communications, Jubii.dk, nuvvo.com and Pacific Internet have integrated SkypeWeb to allow users to let others know when they're free and make it easy to reach them through Skype.

With SkypeWeb users can make their Skype status available on the Web in two easy steps:

• Opt in using the tools menu on their Skype


• Create their own presence button by copying–and-pasting a few lines of HTML and script from skype.com/share/buttons/

About Skype

Skype is the world’s fastest-growing Internet communication offering, allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video communication for free. Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype also has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). To learn more visit skype.com.

Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling.

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San Jose, Calif. and San Francisco, Calif. – Feb. 9 — Skype™, the global Internet communications company, and Bebo, the next generation high school and college social network, today announced an agreement to integrate SkypeWeb into the Bebo website as a free, co-branded Internet calling service. The Bebo-Skype web service will provide Beboers worldwide with instant messaging (IM), voice and video calling and presence detection, which allows them to see other Beboers’ online status.

“As the largest social networking site in the UK and Ireland, and one of the largest in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, we are in a unique position to enable high school and college students worldwide to easily connect, learn more about each other and keep in touch – all without breaking the bank,” said Jim Scheinman, Vice President of Business Development and Sales at Bebo. “Since instant messaging, voice and video chat have long been top requested features by Beboers, we believe this new offering is a perfect fit. Bebo and Skype share a vision for simple, high-quality services that allow people to stay in touch and express themselves online.”

With more than 22 million registered Beboers worldwide, Bebo’s social network enables students to stay in touch with their friends and family, find long lost friends and meet new people. In addition to the Bebo-Skype web service, members enjoy a variety of fun and helpful online applications that make it easy to remember birthdays, share photos & videos, blog, Bebo mail, discover new music and other interests and just hang out.  

SkypeWeb allows people to see Skype users’ online status and call or chat with them from any website and to Skype people from each site with the simple click of a mouse. More than 50 Web sites have integrated SkypeWeb to allow users to let others know when they are free and make it easy to reach them through Skype.

Available in 27 languages, Skype is used by people in almost every country around the world, and Skyping has become a global phenomenon. The latest version of the software has further simplified the Skype interface, making it even easier for people to see and speak with their family, friends and colleagues.

“At Skype, our goal is to help people build and sustain relationships online,” said Saul Klein, vice president of global marketing for Skype. “SkypeWeb, launched today, is the evolution of this philosophy. Working with industry leaders like Bebo allows us to extend the reach of that vision, and we look forward to a long and productive relationship.”

About Bebo

Bebo is the next generation social network that enables high school and college students to stay in touch with their friends, find long lost friends and meet new people. Officially launched in July 2005, in just 7 months, the social network has more than 22 million registered members viewing over 700 million monthly page views.  The privately-held company is operated by an experienced management team in San Francisco, Calif. The CEO and founder launched one of the first social networking sites, Ringo.com which he later sold to Tickle (now part of Monster), and Bebo was recently joined by the former head of business development at Friendster.  In addition, the Bebo.com team runs another word of mouth marketing site, BirthdayAlarm.com, which has 40 million members.  For more information, visit www.bebo.com or email press@bebo.com.

About Skype

Skype is the world’s fastest-growing Internet communication offering, allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video communication for free. Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype also has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). To learn more visit skype.com.



Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.—February 8, 2006 — Skype™, the global Internet communications company, and Intel Corporation are collaborating to further integrate Internet communication into the fabric of everyday personal computer usage. The companies are working together to optimize Skype for Intel dual-core processor-based PCs and are planning to further enhance voice and video over the Internet so that it delivers the richest possible communications experience for personal and professional users.

The first result of the companies’ joint technical efforts is the availability of free, ten-way voice conference calling for up to ten people in Skype 2.0 — an industry first for peer-to-peer Internet calling. The new feature is available exclusively for home and business users with Intel Centrino® Duo mobile technology-based laptop PCs, and desktop PCs based on Intel® Pentium® D processors, Pentium Extreme Edition processors, and the recently introduced Intel Viiv™ technology.

The two companies plan ongoing, additional feature extensions and optimization of Skype for Intel’s dual-core processors to take further advantage of the high throughput and simultaneous computing capabilities of Intel’s dual-core processor architecture. Later this year, Skype will release video calling optimized for Intel dual-core technology, boosting performance and bringing free, high-quality video calling to millions of users with Intel processors. Beyond laptops and desktops, Intel and Skype share a common vision to enable Skype to function seamlessly across a wide variety of Intel-based computing platforms and network environments, including handheld computers as well as WiFi and WiMAX wireless networks.

“We want to make communicating over the Internet simple and accessible,” said Henry Gomez, general manager of Skype North America. “Through our partnership with Intel we can ensure that Skype performs better than any other Internet calling application and drive widespread business and consumer adoption.”

“Intel views the PC as a tool for collaboration for home and business users,” said Robert B. Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Business Client Group. “Skype is advancing this capability and today Intel dual-core processors allow you to host Skype conferences of up to ten participants with enhanced call quality on both laptop and desktop PCs. We will continue to work together on aligning our future PC platform technology with Skype’s growing roadmap of rich application features.”

For more information, visit: http://www.intel.com/go/skype.

About Skype

Skype is the world’s fastest-growing Internet communication offering, allowing people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video communication for free. Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype also has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). To learn more visit skype.com.

Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling

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