2005/3/19 討論題綱SKYPE

國立中央大學 . 資訊管理系范錚強

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2005.03

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Skype — the Global Telephony Company

Skype is the Global P2P Telephony Company™ that is changing the telecommunications world by offering consumers free, superior-quality calling worldwide

VoIPVoice over IP (Internet Protocol)

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Quotes

“I knew it was over when I downloaded Skype,” Michael Powell, chairman, Federal Communications Commission, explained. “When the inventors of KaZaA are distributing for free a little program that you can use to talk to anybody else, and the quality is fantastic, and it’s free – it’s over. The world will change now inevitably.”

Fortune Magazine, February 16, 2004

“The idea of charging for calls belongs to the last century. Skype software gives people new power to affordably stay in touch with their friends and family by taking advantage of their technology and connectivity investments.”

Niklas Zennström, CEO & Co-founder of Skype

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Skype 的發展

8/29/2003Skype Beta Launched, Luxembourg

10/22/2003 over 100,000 simultaneous users and 1.5 million downloads of Skype in just 51 days

7/23/2004Skype Signs 4 Carrier Agreements for SkypeOut to provide Global Call Termination

10/20/2004One Million Simultaneous Users on Skype

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Skype Today

100 employees

Versions for multiple platformsWindows

Mac OS

Linux

Pocket PC

Over 29 million users worldwide

Over 130,000 new users every day

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