Toll-free numbers are a significant boost to a business's ability to interact with customers, and Skype is an emerging tool that helps businesses expand their reach across country borders. While Skype ...

Microsoft has cut two of Skype’s central premium features: credit and custom phone numbers. Instead of credits, the company is now pushing subscriptions — priced regionally and globally, depending on ...

Skype Ltd. is sure to attract more consumers with its “free calling to the U.S. and Canada” deal. But might it also aid criminals and telemarketers, since IP-to-PSTN calls are tough to trace? (See ...

In the days before cell phones and applications like the new Skype for iPhone, there was this thing called the hotel room telephone. Here’s how it worked. You’d pick up the bedside phone, dial to get ...

Free services like Google Voice are great for US numbers but may require additional credits for international calls. Paid services, such as Vonage and RingCentral, offer robust features and global ...

Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, with some features shifting to Microsoft Teams. Users can port their numbers to alternatives like Google Voice, Zoom, or VoIP services. Some platforms offer free ...

Skype is so popular that in some circles people use the name of the service as a verb. Yet most people use Skype only for making free voice calls, and for conducting occasional video chats between far ...

Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft bought in 2011 ...