Skype, the global Internet communications company, celebrates the first anniversary of its Skype Developers Program. In a year, the program has attracted more than 3,500 developers worldwide to create applications that work with Skype.

Designed to encourage and support innovative development on the Skype Application Protocol Interface (API), the Skype Developers Program has led to hundreds of products. The initiative helps drive the growth of the Skype ecosystem and helps extend the range of products and features that people enjoy. Moreover, the program has opened new ways for developers to turn their passion into an attractive source of income.

Wizzard Software is pleased to announce that WizzTones, Wizzard Software's premiere software application for Skype, has been chosen to be featured on a Skype partner CD to be distributed at the 2006 eBay Developers Conference (DevCon) being held in Las Vegas, June 10th through June 12th, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Vapps, the global infrastructure supplier of VoIP conference call solutions announced an initiative to provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Skype's 100 million registered users through Highspeedconferencing.com. The announcement follows on the heels of SkypeOut calls becoming free to Skype users in the U.S. and Canada.

"Skype is made up of people looking to communicate with co-workers, family and friends," said Michael Jackson, Director, Paid Products, Skype. "With Vapps' technology, conference calling can now be used, not only as a business tool, but also as a method to connect as many as 500 contacts on one call from any country. We are very excited that Vapps is offering this to Skype callers at no cost for the service or the calls."

SPIRIT DSP (www.spiritDSP.com/voip), the world's leading provider of embedded voice and communication software products, announced that Trinity Convergence, Inc., provider of VoIP software framework to manufacturers of consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment, has licensed and deployed SPIRIT's award-winning voice processing software. Trinity licensed SPIRIT's low-MIPS high-quality voice processing products running on ARM9 and MIPS processors into its famous VeriCall family of embedded software frameworks. Trinity VeriCall software is using SPIRIT vocoders since 2005.

VoIPVoice, the leading manufacturer of innovative Voice over IP (VoIP) products, is delighted to announce the release of their long-awaited CyberPhone W for Mac. As a testament to its industry-leading simplicity, quality and design, it has just become the first Skype-certified device to be available in all Apple stores.

The introduction of the new Cyberphone W for Mac heralds a new era in the accessibility of Skype, the industry-leading VoIP provider. This product broadens Skype's appeal to consumers who prefer to use a conventional telephone handset and who opt not to be bound to their PCs by headsets.

TelEvolution, developer of PhoneGnome, the telephony industry's first true PSTN to Internet telephony solution, announced the newest capability of the PhoneGnome family, GnomeLink for Skype. GnomeLink extends the capability of PhoneGnome, adding interoperability with Skype. GnomeLink allows PhoneGnome users to call Skype users from their PhoneGnome-enabled home phone, and to answer Skype calls on their PhoneGnome-enabled home phone.

Skype, the global Internet communications company, Language Line Services, the world’s leading provider of language services, and Voxeo, the leading provider of standards-based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) platforms, announced a joint solution that makes it easier than ever for businesses and individuals to communicate cost-effectively from English into more than 150 languages (www.languageline.com/skype). Using an innovative mix of Internet calling technology and world-class personal interpreter services, the revolutionary service gives Skype users the ability to talk instantly to anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time, regardless of language.

Polycom, Inc., the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, and Skype, the global Internet communications company, today announced an agreement to deliver integrated, high-quality communications solutions for businesses who use Skype. Skype estimates that business customers make up 30 percent of its more than 100 million registered users.

The first joint product from this alliance is the Polycom Communicator, a Skype Certified, co-branded USB speakerphone that leverages Polycom's renowned Acoustic Clarity Technology to deliver hands- free, natural, two-way voice communication for Skype voice and video conversations, without echoes or feedback. The Polycom Communicator complements the new Skype for Business offering, providing an affordable and portable personal speakerphone solution that delivers business-quality, high- fidelity wideband voice communications for individuals or small groups. It delivers a best-in-class user experience with outstanding voice quality, integration with Skype software, and portability. In addition to the core speakerphone capabilities, the Polycom Communicator also offers high-quality audio output for playing music, games, etc. from a laptop or desktop PC.

Congratulations Skype, "Internet telephony provider Skype announced Friday it now has more than 100 million registered users worldwide." This is one large milestone to pass with many more to come I'm sure.

Users of the Internet phone application Skype can buy more ringtones. "Users of Skype's popular VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) application can buy a greater selection of ringtones under a deal the company has reached with four music publishers, it said this week."

With the launching of its Skype-for-Business service, Luxembourg-based VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) provider Skype Technologies is allowing small businesses to leverage voice-mail and off-network calling and to link multiple accounts through a control panel, reports CMP Media's VARBusiness.

The feature "Got Skype?" which appears in the April 17, 2006, issue of the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration, notes that nearly 300 million people now are calling one another anywhere in the world for free, without a microphone and speakers or a headset connected to a computer, by using the provider. Skype could have a huge impact by further driving down the cost of phone service and by easing the integration of telephones and its network via new wares.

EQO Communications, a market-leading mobile presence technology provider, announced immediate availability of Mobile Instant Messaging for Skype, as part of EQO's innovative Mobile Internet Phone Service for Skype product. The software is available for free as a Beta product to consumers via the EQO (pronounced "echo") web site (http://www.eqo.com) and supports more than 40 different phone handset models from vendors including Nokia, Motorola and Sony-Ericsson.

CSR PLC the wireless specialist and global leader in Bluetooth technology, announced the world's first true plug and play dongle for making wireless voice over IP (VoIP) calls. The CSR Voice Dongle 1 package incorporates all the elements required for manufacturers to produce a low cost plug and play USB dongle for making Skype VoIP calls over a Bluetooth mono headset. The first complete solution of its kind, Voice Dongle 1 will allow CSR customers to create a product which pairs automatically with the user's Bluetooth headset, integrates seamlessly with the computer's Skype software and requires no separate installation software. This benchmark design package is available now to CSR customers worldwide.

Netopia, Inc., a market leader in broadband gateways and service-delivery software, introduced the latest version of its award-winning Timbuktu Pro software for both Macintosh and Windows, which enables users to remotely view and interact with individual desktops through any Internet connection. Released today, Timbuktu Pro 8.6 integrates with Skype, the peer-to-peer Internet telephony application. Additionally, the new Macintosh version of Timbuktu Pro can now be run on the new Intel-based Macintosh computers.

iSkoot, a mobile Internet phone company, introduced the iSkoot Mobile Network, a gateway that connects cellular voice and PC-to-PC networks. iSkoot Mobile Network allows consumers to place and receive Internet calls with their mobile phones without the need for PCs, special hardware, custom phones or Wi-Fi hot spots.

While the initial offering is for Cingular customers, and supports Skype Software only, iSkoot plans to expand the reach of Skype service to a wider selection of carriers and Internet phone services, such as Google Talk and other PC calling platforms. To take advantage of the iSkoot Mobile Network, Cingular users need only to download a small piece of software to their mobile phones. The Beta version of the iSkootMobile phone application for Skype Software is now available for free at http://www.iskoot.com and go.iskoot.com. Beta users who download the small client software will receive free unlimited use for the term of the beta.