05.05.2025 18:00
The video and voice communication application Skype, owned by the American technology giant Microsoft, has ceased its services as of today.
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Microsoft has terminated the services of its video and voice communication application, Skype.
SKYPE HAS TERMINATED ITS SERVICES
The video and voice communication application Skype, owned by American technology giant Microsoft, has ceased its services as of today. Skype, which offered voice and video communication, has been discontinued after more than 20 years of service.
LAUNCHED IN 2003
Microsoft announced that the services of the application, launched in 2003 and reaching over 300 million active users in 2010, would be terminated "to better adapt to customer needs." The company stated that it would focus on the Microsoft Teams application and that user data from Skype would be automatically transferred to this application.
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