1. Our connected future & the rise of
real-time video Richard Cole Product Manager
Platform, Skype

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1980’s
Message boards/
Comments chains
BBS
IRC

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1990’s
Live chat

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2000’s
Social Media

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Today
Rise of video

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124 million*
113 billion#
23 million&
Concurrent users
at any given time
Skype to Skype Calling
minutes in 2009
Connected Users
Source: * Skype| From the three months ended June 30, 2009 to the three months ended June 30, 2010, average
monthly connected users grew from 91 million to 124 million. # Skype | For the year ended December 31, 2009,
Skype-to-Skype voice and video minutes totaled 113.0 billion minutes. & Skype | March 2010

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It’s about the video

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SQCIF

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CIF

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VGA

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HD

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3
4
G.729 SILK NB SILK MB SILK W8 SILK
SWB
Higher Call Quality = Higher Satisfaction
Call Quality
Mean
Opinion
Score
Source: Skype | Dec 2009 | from a sample of 2,747,346 calls

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50
G.729 SILK NB SILK MB SILK W8 SILK
SWB
Higher Call Quality = Longer Calls
Source: Skype | Dec 2009 | from a sample of 2,747,346 calls
Call Quality
Average
call minutes

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of Skype calls include video
40%
Source: Based on 2009 average estimates from Skype

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Our Goal: To Be Available
Across Multiple Platforms
Mobiles Consumer
electronics
WebPCs

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The Platform Model
+ =Developers Speed
& ubiquity
Existing
services

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Your products & software

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Interoperability
Multiple
device platforms
Different
A/V standards
Different
operating systems
Challenges

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But, Skype is cross platform…
and users are too

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APIs & SDK Users Partners

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SILK

27. Thanks