Skype is gaining global market share for minutes due to its ability to provide rich, intimate video conversations free of charge. The international long distance landscape is also changing, with declining retail and wholesale prices and shifting volumes to mobile networks. Skype accounts for a significant portion of calls between certain countries, such as hundreds of millions of hours annually between the US and Mexico.

2. Peace, Love& PSTNSten TamkiviChief EvangelistGeneral Manager, Skype Estonia

3. Skype’s share of global minutesSource:Telegeography

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

5. Why is Skype gaining share?Rich, intimate video conversations(and they’re free)

6. Skype is for the people I actually want to talk to

7. 33%of Skype calls include videoSource: Skype

8. International long distance landscape changes Slide 82009 © Skype · Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbrwr/330796541/

9. 4%annual ILD growthTypicalYoY growth since 2003 · Source:Telegeography

10. -7%retail price-4%wholesale price13%volumeTypical YoY growth since 2003 · Source:Telegeography

11. Volumes shift to mobile- but you knew that...–+Fixed++MobileTerminationFixedMobileOrigination

12. 40,000country pairs

13. 500,000,000hours of calls from the US to MexicoFor calendar year 2007 · Source:Telegeography

14. 37%volume of calls between top 30For calendar year 2007 · Source:Telegeography

15. Markets are different

16. in the US46%video usersin China24%video users

17. in the US5%IM usersin China24%IM users

18. E–DD–DDevelopedD–EE–EEmergingDestinationEmergingDevelopedOriginILD corridors

19. 310Developed152EmergingDestinationTop 30 corridorsEmergingDevelopedOriginILD corridors

21. Rich, intimate video conversations(and they’re free)International long distance landscape changes

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

23. In the last 30 minutes100,000hours of Skype-to-Skype calls33,000hours of video calls12,000hours of calls to landlines and mobilesSource: Skype