TONY BATES (CEO, Skype): Thank you, Melissa, it's great to be here.īLOCK: What about that message, take a deep breath, what does that mean? Well, joining us from London to talk about his company is Skype's CEO Tony Bates. Today Skype has about 560 million registered users and most of them don't pay a dime for their service. With the program you can use your Internet connection to make voice calls, video calls, as well send instant messages. Skype was founded in 2003 as an alternative to expensive phone plans. Those four words are the first thing you see when you launch the desktop application for Skype, the company that helped pioneer a marriage between the telephone and the Internet. I'm Melissa Block.Īnd it's time now for All Tech Considered.īLOCK: Take a deep breath. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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