Skype is growing by a staggering (at least to me) 380,000 people every day. Every 12 days, they add the equivalent of the population of Singapore (over 4 Million) to their user database. They have achieved a total of 405 million users worldwide, with 15 million concurrent users (apparently an important milestone for Skype.)
Another interesting statistic: Last year Skype enjoyed over 550 Million dollars in revenue, with an 8th consecutive quarter in profit – even with the current downturn in the economy. The company announced these statistics recently during a launch of their Skype 4.0, which Skype describes as ‘the most exciting and fundamental change to Skype’s software in the company’s history’.
One interesting upgrade to Skype 4.0 is called Super Wideband Audio, that improves overall audio quality, and enables higher quality video transmissions as well.
Skype claims that outside research confirms that 95% of users are saving money on their calling costs, and that about a third of users cut their phone bill by half or more. Many Skype services are free when used with in-network calls, and other services are very low cost by comparison, especially for small or medium sized business applications.
This may just be a great time to give Skype a try.Check out our Skype review here.
Source: PCWorld.com – Read original Skype story here.
