Sten Tamkivi's Presentation at Emerging Communication Conference & Awards 2009 Europe

Peace, Love& PSTNSten TamkiviChief EvangelistGeneral Manager, Skype Estonia

Skype’s share of global minutes
Source:Telegeography

Why is Skype gaining share?
Rich, intimate video conversations(and they’re free)
International long distance landscape changes

Why is Skype gaining share?

Skype is for the people I actually want to talk to

33%of Skype calls include video
Source: Skype

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2009 © Skype · Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbrwr/330796541/

4%annual ILD growth
TypicalYoY growth since 2003 · Source:Telegeography

-7%retail price
-4%wholesale price
13%volume
Typical YoY growth since 2003 · Source:Telegeography

Volumes shift to mobile
- but you knew that...
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Termination
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Origination

40,000country pairs

500,000,000hours of calls from the US to Mexico
For calendar year 2007 · Source:Telegeography

37%volume of calls between top 30
For calendar year 2007 · Source:Telegeography

Markets are different

in the US
46%video users
in China
24%video users

in the US
5%IM users
in China
24%IM users

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Developed
Origin
ILD corridors

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Top 30 corridors
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ILD corridors

(and they’re free)
· Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16105375@N00/1764118705/ · http://www.flickr.com/photos/ficknoster/547869347/

In the last 30 minutes
100,000hours of Skype-to-Skype calls
33,000hours of video calls
12,000hours of calls to landlines and mobiles
Source: Skype

by eCommConf on Nov 10, 2009