Skype Targets Companies with SIP Service

Skype Targets Companies with SIP Service

Internet telephony firm Skype offering IT Services, aims to open up its platform to boost its usage in businesses.
The company is beta testing Skype for SIP, which would enable the integration of Skype on business telephony networks. Skype chief executive Josh Silverman says the product should be commercially available in 2010.

But Skype's founders have asked a US federal court to prevent Index Ventures and one of its partners from further participating in the proposed acquisition, according to a court filing.

Skype has registered 480 million users worldwide since it was launched. Calls to other Skype users are free, but the IT company charges for calls to traditional phone numbers and other additional features.



Silverman said it shouldn't matter what type of data is transmitted. "Data is data," he said. "Your carrier should not determine which data they like and don't like. It should be up to the customers how to use the data plans they buy [from cellular companies]," he said.