If you are paying high telephony bills for international calls or conference calls I’m sure you can save a lot of money using Skype instead. But Skype also provides a number of other telephony services like text messaging and group conference calling that you can get if you purchase Skype credits or sign up for Skype Premium. Many of you probably know that you can send instant messages and do voice and video calls using Skype over the Internet for free.

Starting in April 2013 Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger and move users around the world (except for those in China) over to Skype. Skype is being used by over 280 million users and Microsoft is placing high bets on Skype which they acquired in 2011.

Last year Skype hosted the same amount of calls as one-third of the world’s phone traffic.

Last week a report from telecom market research firm TeleGeography showed that Skype voice and video traffic over the Internet grew 44 percent to 167 billion minutes in 2012. Business Productivity > Blog > How to save money using Skype How to save money using Skype

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