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	Skype Fast Facts

Q2 2008 FAST FACTS

• Founded in August 2003, Skype is the leading global Internet communications company.
  
  
• Skype is headquartered in Luxembourg with offices in Europe, United States and Asia.
  
  
• Skype was acquired by eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) in October 2005.
  
  
• Millions of people every day use Skype software to communicate with others through free voice and video calls, as well as instant messages. Many people also use SkypeOut or one of our global subscriptions to save money when calling landlines and mobiles at home and abroad.
  
  
• Skype is a global phenomenon - in Q2 2008, Skype added nearly 29 million users - ending the quarter with more than 338 million users, representing an increase of 54 percent from a year ago.
  
  
• Skype's 338 million registered users have made more than 100 billion minutes worth of free Skype-to-Skype calls.
  
  
• Skype is available in over 28 languages and is used in almost every country around the world.
  
  
• 30% of Skype users use Skype for business purposes.
  
  
• More than 25% of Skype-to-Skype calls include video.
  
  
• Skype's popularity is being fueled by an active ecosystem that includes 15,000 developers and over 50 partners. Today, there are more than 190 Skype Certified hardware products and there are over 227 software Extras for Windows, Mac and Linux users.
  
  
• Skype for Windows Mobile has been downloaded more than 7 million times.
  
  
• Skype adapts its bandwidth usage in order to always guarantee the best possible audio and video quality at any given time. The bandwidth Skype uses ranges from 8-50 kilobits per second for a voice call and 250-500 kilobits per second for a video call.
  
  
• Skype software is extremely secure, sustainable, and scalable. At peak times, there are over 12 million concurrent users and over 250,000 simultaneous calls. There are more than 100,000 information queries on the network each second.
  
  
• In Q2 2008, Skype posted total revenue of $136 million, an increase of 51 percent versus the same period one year ago, while delivering the sixth consecutive quarter of profitability.
  
  
• In Q2 2008, Skype-to-Skype minutes were up 38 percent to 14.8 billion, and SkypeOut minutes increased 42 percent versus last year to 1.9 billion.