![]() German giant Siemens, for one, has already released a Skype adapter for cordless phones in Europe. SkypeIn represents a potential watershed, since it will enable Skype subscribers for the first time to receive incoming calls from the hundreds of millions of people who still use traditional phone services.įinally, Skype is working with equipment makers to develop hardware that will connect conventional phones to its free software and paid services. But the Dutch company has a long road ahead.Īlso last week, Skype quietly unveiled test versions of two new paid products-voice mail and a service dubbed SkypeIn that lets subscribers obtain ordinary telephone numbers. Skype maintains that the fraction of its million (and climbing) free users that buys add-on services will keep it and its free service in the black. How can it survive with that business model? ![]() ![]() Internet telephony provider Skype still has problems with quality, it has had a recent fiasco with billing, and it gives its core service away for free.
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