Communications · Recorded milestone
Internet calling
Recorded year2003
Skype, from Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, makes free voice calls over the internet between computers anywhere, adding video in 2006.
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- TCP/IPRecorded · 1974enables
- Home broadbandRecorded · 1995enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.