Some interesting phrases caught my attention:
- Skype now generates only $1.60 (revenue) per subscriber per year
- the barriers to competition are low and alternative offerings from the likes of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and AOL have emerged
- Skype outlined part of its plan (in September) to monetize its communications platform by launching its first Web service for developers looking to build mashup applications in the Skype environment
- Skype plans to incorporate more payment options for users who want to play games or buy widgets and applications developed on the Skype platform.
Looks promising! Skype is still alive. The only items i don’t feel good about are the games and widgets!
4 comments:
$1.60 based on how many users? It makes a huge difference how you count them. If you use your 40 million figure, which isn't far off, the revenue would be a lot more than $1.60 per user. I'm surprised that you would fail to mention this.
I agree completely with your comment! And i was (or am) waiting for the quarterly results to correct the statement of "1.6" above!
That is the reason why i didn't correct the statement!
Jean, the games Extras is exactly what makes Skype enjoyable for me. It's something I don't want to miss anymore
OK, Jörg, you have a point!
Games isn't my stuff (it doesn't mean i never game).
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