01 September 2002 |
Skype receives an investment from Draper Investment Company |
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01 April 2003 |
Skype.com and Skype.net domain names registered |
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01 August 2003 |
First public beta version released |
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01 September 2005 |
SkypeOut banned in South China |
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01 September 2005 |
French Ministry of Research issue official disapproval of using Skype in public research and higher education |
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14 October 2005 |
Skype acquired by eBay for ?1.9 billion in cash and stock plus ?1.5 billion in earn out in 2008 |
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01 December 2005 |
Videotelephony introduced |
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01 January 2006 |
StreamCast Networks file a $4.1 billion USD complaint accusing Skype of stealing its P2P technology |
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01 January 2006 |
Skype users in the United Arab Emirates are blocked from using the Skype.com website |
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01 January 2006 |
The Sultante of Oman blocks access to Skype.com website in order to maintain Omantel's monopoly on telecomms services in the country |
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01 April 2006 |
There are now approximately 100 million registered Skype users |
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22 May 2006 |
The StreamCast law suit is amended to include eBay and 21 other parties as defendants |
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01 June 2006 |
Net2Phone filed a lawsuit against eBay and Skype accusing them in infringing on a 2000 patent |
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01 October 2006 |
Skype 2.0 for Mac is released with video |
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01 December 2006 |
Skype 3.0 for Windows is released |
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18 January 2007 |
New pricing structure kicks in, with connection fees for all Skype Out calls |
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29 January 2007 |
Nine million concurrent Skype users online |
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30 January 2007 |
SkypeOut calls no longers free to Canada and United States |
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01 March 2007 |
Skype 3.1 is released, which includes Skype Find and Skype Prime |
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01 March 2007 |
Skype also release 3.2 beta with Send Money which allows users to send money via PayPal from one Skype user to another |
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01 August 2007 |
Skype 3.5 released with additions such as video in mood, inclusion of video content in chat, call transfer to another group and auto-redial |
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16 August 2007 |
Skype collapses for the first time in its four year history; it is down for approximately 38 hours |
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