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The Story of Skype Sten Tamkivi, Chief Evangelist   European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders , Stanford University, March 9th , 2009
Skype – The European Innovation Success Story
Enabling the world’s  conversations Voice Video Data IM SMS Identity
Over 25%   of call minutes carry video 28  Languages  Available in nearly every country on  E arth 8% of world’s calling minutes* *Source: Telegeography 08 30%  of users use Skype for business purposes 100  Billion   Skype-to-Skype Minutes as of Feb ‘08 405 Million Global Users
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Thank you Skype:sten

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The Story of Skype (Stanford 2009)

  • 1. The Story of Skype Sten Tamkivi, Chief Evangelist European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders , Stanford University, March 9th , 2009
  • 2. Skype – The European Innovation Success Story
  • 3. Enabling the world’s conversations Voice Video Data IM SMS Identity
  • 4. Over 25% of call minutes carry video 28 Languages Available in nearly every country on E arth 8% of world’s calling minutes* *Source: Telegeography 08 30% of users use Skype for business purposes 100 Billion Skype-to-Skype Minutes as of Feb ‘08 405 Million Global Users
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