82 Quotes by Niklas Zennstrom

Yes the calls are free. But you're paying for the mobile access and that drives usage and something that drives usage is good for the operators.

We have a much higher penetration in countries like Brazil and Poland, where phone rates are high and service is hit or miss in some places.

We don't have any launch dates yet for any of those platforms. It's going to be wonderful to be able to make a Skype call from cell phones or PDAs.

Tom had implemented a text filter, which is what everyone else in that market is doing. Those are the regulations.

We were founded on Aug. 29, 2003, and now have 70 employees, about half in London and half in Tallinn, Estonia, and some in Luxembourg.

We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries. We're getting 80,000 new users each day. And more than half a million people are connected via Skype at any given moment.

At no charge, if they both have the software installed. Or by using SkypeOut if they need to call a land line or mobile at low rates.

People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

They are technology freaks and not the kind of guys who seek publicity, but a Vanity Fair shoot in Cannes gives them a broader appeal. We drink beer in the Electric and play pool at the Elbow Room.