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… EXPANDS PROMOTION TO 15 DESTINATION COUNTRIES

LUXEMBOURG, 4th June, 2007 – Skype today announced that it is temporarily cutting in half the cost of sending SMS messages using Skype(tm). This means that sending SMS messages from Skype on a PC or Mac is extremely simple, handy, practical – and, once again, even cheaper.

In deciding to repeat the promotion, the company is building upon the success of a similar week-long promotion last month which led to a significant spike in SMS message volume sent via Skype. In addition, Skype has expanded the list of destination countries to which the ‘half off SMS’ messages can be sent this time around.

Between June 4 and June 10, 2007, Skype users anywhere in the world who send SMS messages to recipients in the following 15 countries – Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, the Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States – will be charged half the usual rate. More information about Skype’s half price SMS promotion can be found at skype.com/campaigns/halfprice.

Stefan Öberg, VP & GM of telecoms, Skype said: “We had such a great response from our users that we’ve included even more countries in the half-price SMS promotion this month. As the Skype community grows, users are beginning to take advantage of the full range of communications channels that are available via Skype. We are seeing similar usage patterns in how they take advantage of the ability to send SMS messages quickly and easily to friends, family and colleagues around the world from the comfort of their keyboards.”

More information about Skype SMS rates to all destinations can be found at skype.com/products/skypesms/rates.

Skype simplifies the way people keep in touch with one another. It is designed to give its more than 196 million registered users around the world free or very cheap ways to easily talk to or chat with their loved ones. In fact, Skype users can make free or very cheap voice calls, see one another via video calls and send text messages to anyone they know, no matter where they happen to be.

About Skype

Skype sets conversations free by providing new and easy ways to stay in touch over the internet. Millions of people every day make free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls and send instant messages using our software. Some pay a little per minute for long-distance and international calls to phones and mobiles and for SMS, voicemail and call forwarding, or they buy subscriptions that give unlimited calls nationwide.

We certify and sell hundreds of hardware products from more than 50 partners and work with third-party developers to create software to extend Skype’s functionality. Skype has been downloaded more than half a billion times and over 196 million people from almost every corner of the globe have registered. Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY), and you can learn more and get Skype at www.skype.com.

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