Skype Reportedly Has Over 100 Million Users

Ebay bought Skype last September — it looks like it was the right decision. Skype yesterday announced that it has more than 100 million registered users in about two and a half years, which the company claims is the fastest growth of any Internet program available. For those not familiar with the program, Skye allows users to talk for free from computer to computer, or pay a small fee to have the ability to place and receive calls from regular telephones. The success of companies like Skype and Vonage are forcing traditional telephone companies to rethink the way they do business in the United States.

This is impressive. Considering that ‘chat clients’ were far from new at the time, Skype knew what they were doing. Check out the full newsie at DailyTech.