Download Skype 6.3.0.105 for Windows

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Skype is a popular Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Instant Messaging, and videoconferencing app for desktop computers and mobile devices. It also allows small file transfers between users.

Available for a wide variety of platforms like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, the iPhone, and even Maemo-powered smartphones, Skype is best known for its free voice, video, and text chat functions. Users and businesses using the app worldwide can keep in touch through “Skype-to-Skype calls”—without paying a single cent.

The program, developed and freely distributed by Skype Limited, can also make calls to landlines and cell phone numbers anywhere in the world via its paid SkypeOut feature. Users can pay only for the SkypeOut minutes they need, or opt for a monthly subscription that promises the same credit for 60% less. SkypeOut users also get an “online number” to share as a contact point, or as a way to identify themselves to whoever they call.

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