Microsoft ditches Windows Live Messenger for Skype
Microsoft has announced it intends to “retire” its instant message chat tool and replace it with Skype’s messaging tool. The news comes 18 months after the software giant announced it was paying $8.5bn...
View ArticleMobile subscribers in UAE get access to Skype calls
Subscribers to du’s fixed and mobile internet connections yesterday found they were able to access Skype calls to mobile phones and landlines. Although the block to the Skype website previously made it...
View ArticleSkype faces ban in Saudi Arabia
WhatsApp, Viber and Skype users in the Kingdom face the risk of being barred from these applications if the owners of these communication platforms do not provide a monitoring server by the end of this...
View ArticleSkype access in UAE officially confirmed
ABU DHABI // Millions of internet users can now make low-cost and free phone calls using Skype. The telecoms operator Etisalat today joined its rival du in unblocking the Skype website, from where...
View ArticleSkype not authorised in UAE, says telecoms authority
The internet phone service Skype remains unauthorised, despite the unblocking of its website by the UAE’s two internet providers. The internet regulator, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority...
View ArticleUAE Skype users will not face jail, confirms telecom regulator
DUBAI // The telecom regulator has denied saying that people using the Skype internet phone service could be fined up to Dh1 million. The claim was made on Sunday in a Dubai-based Arabic newspaper,...
View ArticleDenies report about penalties for Skype use – TRA UAE
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has denied claims published by a local newspaper about the unauthorised usage of the video-call service through Skype. The report, which claimed that...
View ArticleWeChat conquers iPhone, Whatsapp, Skype, BBM all under threat
App is number two free app downloads WeChat is now reported to be the second-most downloaded free app by iPhone users in the UAE and threatens to overtake Whatsapp, Skype and even BBM. According to app...
View ArticleKSA: Skype may go Viber way
Saudi Arabia’s telecommunications regulatory body, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), said in a statement yesterday that it is placing messaging applications Skype,...
View ArticleNSA leaks hint Microsoft may have lied about Skype security
Microsoft may have misled millions of Skype users around the world by making claims last year that have since been contradicted by intelligence leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. National...
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