Skype Launches Service for iPhone Users

Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay Inc, is planning to launch a service for iPhone and BlackBerry users in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers.

Skype Chief Operating Officer, Scott Durchslag, has high hopes for the application's success on Apple Inc's popular iPhone as he expects Skype's most feature-rich mobile offering to appeal to new and existing customers.

"The No 1 request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone. There's a pent-up demand," Durchslag says.

Skype has been pushing to make its service work on the most popular advanced phones with an aim to expanding its more than 400 million users who were mostly lured by the promise of cheap and sometimes free calls made using its computer application.

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