BEGINNING OF SKYPE
Skype is a web based video chat program, used for communicating around the world (5). Skype can call any country except for Egypt, Morocco, and Nigeria (6). Skype can carry text, images, live video and even high-quality stereo sound to friends, family and others with Skype or a land line (8).
Niklaz Zennstrom and Janus Friis created Skype becuase they wanted to make an easier way to communicate using the bandwidth of an Internet connection (2,3&10). Skype is a Chuvash word meaning "the whole world can talk for free." Skype was originally called Skyper (1). Skype was created in Sweden, 2003 and is about 10 years old. Niklaz and Janus first met at a Swedish telecom company called Tele2. In 1999 they decided to form a development team for Skype (4).
Niklaz Zennstrom and Janus Friis created Skype becuase they wanted to make an easier way to communicate using the bandwidth of an Internet connection (2,3&10). Skype is a Chuvash word meaning "the whole world can talk for free." Skype was originally called Skyper (1). Skype was created in Sweden, 2003 and is about 10 years old. Niklaz and Janus first met at a Swedish telecom company called Tele2. In 1999 they decided to form a development team for Skype (4).
Skype right now
Skype has 45 million users. Skype`s latest version is Skype imac app (4).
Future of skype
Niklaz and Janus plan to continue developing of Skype into a formidable competitor for the big telecom companies (8).