Tom King 4/1/2011

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

 2003 – founded by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström 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 History

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

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

Everyone Target Market

 Various chat clients  Various VoIP services  Phone companies  Google Voice Competitors

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

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