Skype handles more international calls than AT&T

Skype has become the world's single largest provider of international calls, surpassing even incumbent telcos like AT&T, according to ars technica.

Reasearch company TeleGeography estimates that Skype's international traffic jumped by 41 percent in 2008 and topped 33 billion minutes of use, most of that in free calls. Traditional international calls grew only 12 percent in 2008.

... Most of Skype's usage, though, generates no revenue. Its free computer-to-computer calls (certain handsets and mobile devices can now be used as well) have become a hugely popular way of making international calls.

Skype's revenues are more modest than the big telcos, despite its usage numbers; at eBay's annual meeting earlier this month, the company said that Skype pulled in $550 million in 2008.

emily | 10:06 AM | Random Stats / Infographics |
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