Broadreach, which operates wired and wireless public access networks around the UK, has agreed to allow free access to Skype's voice-over-IP service. The deal, announced on Monday, means that Skype ...

Department Editor Evan Hansen runs the Media section at CNET News.com. Before joining CNET he reported on business, technology and the law at American Lawyer Media. Net phone phenom Skype is preparing ...

Internet telephony company Skype and wireless broadband operator Broadreach will offer free telephone calls over the Web from laptops and handheld computers at 350 locations in Britain, including ...

Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, with some features shifting to Microsoft Teams. Users can port their numbers to alternatives like Google Voice, Zoom, or VoIP services. Some platforms offer free ...

Skype Ltd. is sure to attract more consumers with its “free calling to the U.S. and Canada” deal. But might it also aid criminals and telemarketers, since IP-to-PSTN calls are tough to trace? (See ...

Sometimes web-based services and sites get sold for eye-catching amounts of money. But Microsoft's proposal to buy Skype for $8.5 billion - yes, that's a "b" - caught even the most jaded techies ...

Making telephone calls over the Internet is nothing new. Once the arena for hobbyists and techies, Internet telephony is now a proven technology. Internet phone calls are so reliable and popular that ...

One of the cult hits of the Internet has been a service called Skype, based in Luxembourg, that allows its registered users to make free computer-to-computer phone calls to each other anywhere in the ...

Skype is riding a VOIP wave it helped create with free computer-to-computer calls, but it's far from being alone in the fast-growing industry Skype users in the U.S. and Canada can call free to ...

Internet phone provider Skype is expanding its Wi-Fi calling options with the launch of three new wireless phones that will have the Skype Internet calling software embedded. On Thursday Skype ...

Skype will help ease the pain of holiday travel this winter by offering free Wi-Fi at over 50 U.S. airports to certain customers. The promotion, which begins Wednesday, December 21, and lasts until ...