Skype targets businesses with new service
PostedbyChris BenjamininInternetonMar 23rd, 2009 | 0 commentsSkype is going after business customers with a new service designed to help cash-strapped companies reduce communications costs.
On Monday, Skype, which is owned by eBay, will announce a new version of its Internet calling service that allows companies to use their IP-enabled corporate phone systems to make Skype calls using regular office phones instead of using a headset that plug into a PC.
The new service called Skype For SIP allows companies to use the Skype service with their IP-enabled PBX’s, which use an open standard called SIP or Session Initiation Protocol. Companies using the service can make phone calls from their office phones to any regular phone or cell phone at the same cheap rates that Skype’s consumer customers can. The calls are carried over the public Internet.
Skype For SIP users will also be able to purchase online Skype numbers available in over 20 countries to receive calls from business contacts and customers who are using traditional fixed lines or mobile phones. Skype is launching the beta test of the service Monday and will offer it commercially later this year.
The majority of Skype’s 405 million registered users are consumers, but about 30 percent of these users also use the service for business, the company has said. Most of these business users have been small or medium-sized companies looking to keep costs down. Since the economic downturn began last year, executives at Skype say the company is seeing a surge in interest from businesses of all sizes that are looking to use the service to cut costs.
See the full article at CNET News.
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Skype targets businesses with new service
PostedbyChris BenjamininInternetonMar 23rd, 2009 | 0 commentsSkype is going after business customers with a new service designed to help cash-strapped companies reduce communications costs.
On Monday, Skype, which is owned by eBay, will announce a new version of its Internet calling service that allows companies to use their IP-enabled corporate phone systems to make Skype calls using regular office phones instead of using a headset that plug into a PC.
The new service called Skype For SIP allows companies to use the Skype service with their IP-enabled PBX’s, which use an open standard called SIP or Session Initiation Protocol. Companies using the service can make phone calls from their office phones to any regular phone or cell phone at the same cheap rates that Skype’s consumer customers can. The calls are carried over the public Internet.
Skype For SIP users will also be able to purchase online Skype numbers available in over 20 countries to receive calls from business contacts and customers who are using traditional fixed lines or mobile phones. Skype is launching the beta test of the service Monday and will offer it commercially later this year.
The majority of Skype’s 405 million registered users are consumers, but about 30 percent of these users also use the service for business, the company has said. Most of these business users have been small or medium-sized companies looking to keep costs down. Since the economic downturn began last year, executives at Skype say the company is seeing a surge in interest from businesses of all sizes that are looking to use the service to cut costs.
See the full article at CNET News.
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