By Ryan Singel March 24, 2009
Skype is now the largest provider of international phone calls in the world. That's according to telecom research firm Telegeography, which estimates that Skype’s cross-border traffic shot up to 33 billion minutes in 2008, up more than 40% from the year before. That includes about 25 million minutes of free "Skype-to-Skype" traffic that travels only through internet pipes and doesn't even go over the traditional telephone network. A little over 8 billion minutes are paid "Skype Out" calls that go from a user's computer to traditional telephones. "Skype’s traffic growth has been remarkable," said TeleGeography analyst Stephan Beckert. "Only five years after its launch, Skype has emerged as the largest provider of cross-border voice communications in the world."
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