Skype, The Skype segment of 15-30 years old in France

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Skype is the first firm that revolutionized the telephony market. Thanks to it, people can call their friends or their family for free. Customers in the segment of 15-30 years are the most important part of Skype clientele. They are the digital generation, and use computers all the day and they do not watch TV. Most of their activities are confined to the Internet. The Skype concept is a great opportunity for this generation to be in touch with friends, colleagues for free and to change consumer behavior. Thanks to its partnerships, Skype can be present everywhere at any moments (now you can use Skype with your smartphone). This modification in consumer behavior led by Skype, worries huge operators who see their leadership threatened. The evolution of ways of communication became essential for all users (professionals and private individuals). Therefore, the appearance of the VoIP technology upset the classic means of communications, but limited itself by the difficulties of its technology. Nevertheless, the potential of the VoIP market is very important because of the indisputable attractiveness of the proposed features and the competitiveness of its cost. Thus in 2003, a new stage was crossed in telephony by Internet thanks to a new innovative technology. The creators of Kazaa, the famous software of data sharing based on the peer-to-peer technology, adapted Peer to Peer to telephony.

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[...] - October 20th 2004: Skype counts more than 1 million users. - February 14th 2005: 2 million users. - March 10th 2005: Launching of the 1st version of SkypeIn. - March 11st 2005 : Skype announces 29 million users 1 million SkypeOut subscribers 84 million Skype downloads 5.98 billion communication minutes treated It took 6 months to develop Skype instead of 4 to Kazaa Company history There are some important dates for Skype: - 1996: The beginning of the VoIP research www.skype.com www.wikipedia.org www.wikipedia.org www.wikipedia.org - 1999: 1st VoIP network - August 29th 2003: 1st Skype beta version launching. [...]

[...] Jean Mercier, is using Skype”, ruell-consulting 2005 II. key players 1. The competitors We can classify competitors in three categories using different technologies: - Internet access providers (Free, Neuf Telecom, Orange ) They include phone services in their broadband fixed price contract. These suppliers establish footbridges between Internet network and telephone lines thanks triway modems” which allow to receive data, the image and the voice such as the Freebox of Free and the Neufbox of Neuf Telecom (on the French territory). [...]

[...] Skype, The Skype segment of 15-30 years old in France Summary Introduction I. The company background and target market information 1. Company profile 2. Company history 3. VoIP technology 4. Target market information 5. Skype advantages compared with other VoIP softwares II. Key players 1. The competitors 2. The partners 3. [...]

[...] Why to have a phone line? It is not going to be made next year, it is going to take time."Niklas Zennström, CEO and co-founder of Skype. "We hope that people will not say any more I call you, but I Skype you. What we could translate by I call you without paying exaggerated costs and with a better quality of listening than a classical line" Janus Friis, Co- founder de Skype. Behind these assertions, both founders describe their vision of future concerning the telephony. [...]

[...] But, Skype uses the peer-to-peer network instead of a server or a service provider telephone lines. To understand how Skype constitutes for the Internet user a revolution of the VoIP both at the level of the quality of sound and at the level of its use. It would be interesting to know the consequences of the development and the extent of this new communication way in the telephony industry. www.skype.com www.wikipedia.org www.wikipedia.org www.infos-du-net.com I. The company background and target market information 1. [...]