Skype Teams With IPEVO

Skype has teamed with IPEVO, a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary of PChome Online specializing in Skype-enabled devices, to offer affordable Skype devices in the US through IPEVO’s Web site.

IPVEO designs and develops a wide range of easy-to-use and affordable Skype devices, including corded and cordless USB phones, speaker phones and mobile devices. PChome Online launched the first co-branded website with Skype in July 2004 in Taiwan. This collaboration helped make Taiwan one of the most successful markets for Skype. PChome-Skype has attracted 7.5M downloads and 2.4M people have registered with Skype. PChome also offers Skype’s premium services such as SkypeOut, Skype Voicemail and SkypeIn and has attracted around 200,000 paid customers throughout Taiwan since November 2004.