Skype, the world’s foremost provider of voice-over IP (VoIP) calling services, has been non-functional for several hours as of noon on Wednesday.
As many as 8 million connections are being lost with each hour of downtime. Frustrated users have already taken to Twitter to express their outrage.
Initial reports indicate that Skype’s mobile applications, including those for the Apple iPhone and phones running Google Inc.’s Android platform, are also inoperable.
Certain Skype services, such as Skype-to-Skype voice calling and group text chatting, appear to remain functional. Although the primary Skype-to-voice service seems to be down for everyone.
According to the company’s official Twitter account, Skype is aware of the outage and is currently investigating the cause.
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