Skype Signs On Four Carriers in Preparation for New Pre-Pay Service

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: July 26, 2004 9:20:32 AM PDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Skype Signs On Four Carriers in Preparation for  
New Pre-Pay Service
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Claudio Gutierrez.  DLH]

> From: Claudio Gutierrez <gutierrezclaudio () terra cl>
> Date: July 26, 2004 6:25:01 AM PDT
> To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Subject: Skype Signs On Four Carriers in Preparation for New Pre-Pay  
> Service
>
> Skype Signs On Four Carriers in Preparation for New Pre-Pay Service
> Erika Morphy, www.newsfactor.com
>
> VoIP communications provider Skype Technologies has formed agreements  
> with COLT, iBasis, Level 3 and Teleglobe to provide call-termination  
> services worldwide. The agreements are integral to the company's plans  
> to roll out SkypeOut, a soon-to-be-launched pre-pay service for global  
> calling.
>
>  "It is very significant for the company, because it means they will  
> be able to offer connections to PSTN companies," Jon Arnold, telecom  
> analyst with Frost & Sullivan, tells NewsFactor.
>
> In practical terms, it means that current Skype customers will be able  
> to call outside the Skype universe with the prepaid service, which is  
> why it has been called SkypeOut. Arnold said that the company also  
> plans to offer a service called SkypeIn -- a service in which people  
> who are not Skype customers can call Skype users.
>
> <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=620&e=2&u=/nf/ 
> 20040723/bs_nf/26002>


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