Pulver Communicates Liking For Skype VoIP

Skype picked up some major support for its free VoIP service Thursday, as U.S. Internet-telephoning pioneer Jeff Pulver announced that his pulver.Communicator will interoperate with Skype's service.


At the same time, Skype announced that its v1.1 for Windows was released this week; the Windows release had been available in a beta version earlier. Skype also introduced a Chat feature that enables up to 50 users to conduct multi-user or forum-style conversations over the free network.


According to the Pulver announcement, users can import Skype contacts into pulver.Communicator and carry out voice calling and Instant Messaging (news - web sites) and chats with Skype users. The program--which is free and works with PCs operating Windows XP (news - web sites)--also opens relationships with additional Internet networks, including AOL, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo!


FWD Communications, representing Pulver, said pulver.Communicator, now in its beta stage, enables users to make free calls to subscribers from more than 80 worldwide VoIP service providers.


Skype said its service has been the subject of more than 48 million downloads. More than 1.2 million Skype users were on-line Thursday morning. Leading U.S. VoIP provider Vonage announced Wednesday that it has signed up more than 400,000 users for its service, as its Internet-telephoning service continued to pick up momentum.


Skype said its v1.1 features improved contact-list management and various new avatars and tray alerts that assist users. In addition to its free service--which generally requires the use of headphones by users on both ends of conversations--Skype has introduced its paid SkypeOut service, which terminates calls over traditional telephone networks.


Asked whether the Pulver announcement was positive or negative for Skype, Kelly Larabee, a Skype spokeswoman, said the company didn't know, because no one from the Pulver camp had contacted Skype. However, she said: "We encourage all non-commercial integration of the Skype API."


She indicated that the fact the Pulver announcement stated that pulver.Communicator was free was an encouraging sign.

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