• name

  Skype

• homepage url

  skype.com

• crunchbase url

  skype

• employee count

  1,001

• sector

  Technology

• industry

  Telecommunications and Technology

• monthly webtraffic

  58.73M

• monthly webtraffic growth

  11.61%

• stage

  Venture Round

• raised capital

  7.76M

Description

Skype is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing, and voice calls. It also offers instant messaging, file transfer, and debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones.