Skype creeps under phone giants’ radar | CNET News.com
At a time when major U.S. telephone operators are spending billions of dollars to expand, telephone software maker Skype on Tuesday says it’s building a global phone network virtually for free.
New renditions of Skype software for Linux and Macintosh operating systems are expected to become available on Tuesday. The new releases are a significant expansion for 17-month-old Skype. Since its debut, Skype’s free software only worked on Microsoft devices, though test versions of the Linux and Macintosh software have been available since last year.