Niklas Zennstrom Quotes (35 Quotes)

Skype is easy enough to use so that people don't need to be tech savvy - a lot of users just want to communicate with their friends and family, and they find this is the easiest, cheapest way.

Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.

Until now, we've been primarily focused on PCs. But our customers want a more ubiquitous experience. And, with a service for mobile phones, we plan to deliver this.

We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries.

With our work at Kazaa, we began seeing growing broadband connections and more powerful computers and more streaming multimedia, and we saw that the traditional way of communicating by phone no longer made a lot of sense.

And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.

People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet everywhere - WiFi and WiMax in particular.

The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It's time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century.

We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call.

There are different rumors every day. We don't comment on rumors. When we make deals, we announce them.

We were founded on Aug. 29, 2003, and now have 70 employees, about half in London and half in Tallinn, Estonia, and some in Luxembourg.

But that technology enabled the movie industry to make much more revenue. The single largest revenue source for the movie industry is videos.

When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music for free, who would want to buy a record in a record shop? But I think we all agree that radio stations are good stuff.

It is very similar to companies like Google and other internet companies. When you go and search on Google you don't pay for that. But sometimes you click on an advert and Google makes money on that.

If you could utilize the resources of the end users' computers, you could do things much more efficiently.

revolutionize the ease with which people can communicate through the Internet.

China is one of our absolutely top markets it is a big growth market for broadband,

If you can use a Web browser, you can use Skype.

In fact, we just surpassed our first 1 million simultaneous users online.

What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines.

I'm convinced over time, all voice communication will migrate to the Internet.

At no charge, if they both have the software installed. Or by using SkypeOut if they need to call a land line or mobile at low rates.

Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.

They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing.

We have a much higher penetration in countries like Brazil and Poland, where phone rates are high and service is hit or miss in some places.

Skype to Skype lets you call anyone else in the world who has downloaded the Skype application on their computer or PDA, for free.

We want to make talking over the Internet the most natural, simple thing for people all over the world to do - no matter which computer they use.

We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting.

Yes the calls are free. But you're paying for the mobile access and that drives usage and something that drives usage is good for the operators.

It was more a technical proof of concept that it was possible to transfer files between two end users rather than going through servers.

People do business in Sweden and it goes well they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

At the office, we actually don't have a land phone line. We use Skype mostly, and mobile phones to receive calls from people not on Skype.

We don't have any launch dates yet for any of those platforms. It's going to be wonderful to be able to make a Skype call from cell phones or PDAs.

They are technology freaks and not the kind of guys who seek publicity, but a Vanity Fair shoot in Cannes gives them a broader appeal. We drink beer in the Electric and play pool at the Elbow Room.

Another differentiator is that Skype is free and simple to set up, and it costs us virtually nothing for a new user to join the Skype network, which is why we can offer the service for free.