Record Number of Downloads for Award-Winning Skype for Pocket PC

Skype, the global Internet communications company, today reached a new milestone with the number of Skype™ for Pocket PC downloads surpassing five million since April 2004. And for the second year in a row, Skype for Pocket PC has won the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine’s “Best Software Award 2006” in the Phone and Fax category.

Skype for Pocket PC has been a key element of the company’s mobility strategy, extending Skype use beyond the computer and allowing more people to use Skype anywhere in the world where they have access to broadband Internet, when they want to connect with family, friends and colleagues.

Today, Skype for Pocket PC 2.1 is supported by more than 60 devices from 20 different manufacturers, all of which give consumers the ability to enjoy free, high-quality voice calls anyplace their device can connect to a high-speed Internet connection, via WiFi and 3G networks.

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