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Skype hints at video services

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Sep 30, 2005

The eBay-owned firm has launched Skype for Windows 4.1.

 

Users can now to forward incoming Skype calls to another Skype account for free. Users can also also forward their calls to up to three landline or mobile numbers for as little as 2 cents a minute depending upon the local rates.

 

The firm has also launched Personalise Skype, a feature that lets callers send and receive pictures, sounds and ringtones over the Skype network.

 

According to a report in The Times, the platform could be used to transfer video data in the future.

 

Saul Klein, Skype’s vice-president of marketing, told Times Online that video services had been discussed within Skype and suggested the company would unveil further new services in the next few months.

 

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