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Tom King 4/1/2011

Tom King 4/1/2011. Product. VoIP, instant messaging, video conferencing Landline and mobile phone calling SMS, voicemail, online numbers Clients on computers, several phones and devices. History. 2003 – founded by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Dane Janus Friis

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Tom King 4/1/2011

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  1. Tom King 4/1/2011

  2. Product VoIP, instant messaging, video conferencing Landline and mobile phone calling SMS, voicemail, online numbers Clients on computers, several phones and devices

  3. History 2003 – founded by Swedish entrepreneur NiklasZennström and Dane Janus Friis Software developed by Estonian developers behind KaZaA 2005 – purchased by eBay for $2.6 billion 2006 – 100 million users, client for Mac 2010 – eBay sells 70% of Skype to Silver Lake Partners

  4. History 2010 – Skype has 13% market share of international calls Q4 2010 – 663 million accounts 3/28/11 – over 30 million simultaneous users

  5. Money Bought in 2010 for $2 billion, valued at $2.75 billion $740 million revenue (2009 est.)

  6. Money Free instant messaging, voice chat, one-to-one video calls Pay-as-you-go plan from 2.3¢/min Subscription plans $2.99-$19.99/mo Skype Premium for group chats at $8.99/mo Skype credits for features such as SMS and WiFi access

  7. Target Market Everyone

  8. Competitors Various chat clients Various VoIP services Phone companies Google Voice

  9. Secret Sauce Cheap international calls Pay-as-you-go or subscription Free video calls

  10. Predictions Keep gaining international calling market share Look to add clients on more devices Lower prices to compete with Google

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