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Skype shuts down after 22 years
- Microsoft shut down Skype, a pioneering VoIP internet phone service, on May 5, 2025, ending its 22-year run.
- Microsoft announced the shutdown in late February and stopped renewing Skype numbers and subscriptions on April 3.
- The shutdown forced millions of users, including Americans and expatriates who depended on U.S.-based Skype numbers, to seek alternatives.
- Users can port Skype numbers for $20, but cannot transfer them to international eSIMs due to fundamental VoIP and mobile network differences, said Pedro Maiquez.
- Microsoft is moving some Skype services to Microsoft Teams, but Teams Phone targets businesses, so users turn to competitors like Viber or virtual wireless carriers for alternatives.
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Skype is dead. And now what? The closing of Skype by Microsoft on May 5 caused millions of users to look for an alternative to the pioneer Internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft bought in 2011, was loved by an increasingly smaller group of users who appreciated that it allowed them to make cheap long distance calls, as well as communicate with other users through chat messages, voice or video calls. Some liked its simplicity and ease of …
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