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Niklas Zennström
AS Profile Skype sold out to eBay but Niklas Zennström hasn't sold out to anyone, according to the Agenda Setters panel, and is setting agendas in the telecoms and ecommerce worlds by championing easy-to-use voice over IP. [25 Sep 2006]
Q&A: Seven years of Agenda Setters
AS Analysis Niklas Zennström of Skype fame and before that Kazaa satisfies a lot of the classic Agenda Setters criteria - repeatable success, affecting IT on a global basis with something like peer-to-peer, in the most recent case for VoIP, and longevity. [25 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Niklas Zennström
News Today it's the turn of last year's number 4, Skype CEO Niklas Zennström. Niklas Zennström earned a high placing on the 2005 Agenda Setters list on the back of the success of Skype and more generally the voice over IP technology his company... [18 Sep 2006]
Skype and Kazaa hit with Rico lawsuit
News Also named as defendants are Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, who are also the developers behind the Kazaa file-swapping software. StreamCast Networks, creator of the Morpheus file-swapping software, has filed a lawsuit naming Kazaa... [28 Mar 2006]
Microsoft and Skype polarised over software patents
News Among those was fellow panellist Niklas Zennström, CEO of voice over IP (VoIP) darling Skype, bought in September by eBay for a sum upwards of $2.6bn. Zennström said: "Software patents are hindering innovation. [29 Nov 2005]
'Skype not blocked in China'
News But, according to the FT, Skype knows of no Chinese telecoms operator using Verso's product and Skype CEO Niklas Zennström called the move a "smart PR trick". Zennström, however, told the FT the company is in talks with the Chinese government and... [16 Nov 2005]
Leader: Give Skype a break
Leader CEO Niklas Zennström has told us point-blank he's never intended to compete with the corporate VoIP players - the Avayas, Ciscos and Nortels. Our recent story about whether businesses should ban Skype because of the threat it poses to corporate... [11 Nov 2005]
Google's Schmidt named the top man in tech
News Skype's Niklas Zennström dropped one spot from 2004 but still makes a strong showing at number 4. Along with Vonage's Jeffrey Citron (36), Zennström was chosen for the threat voice over IP presents to the big telcos, and the shake-up this... [27 Sep 2005]
The anti-establishment vote
AS Analysis Two men - Skype CEO Niklas Zennström at number four and Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron at 36 - claimed a spot on the list for being leaders in the VoIP revolution. Judging by the voting, the panel did decide in the end that Zennström and Citron deserved... [26 Sep 2005]
Why less wireless?
AS Analysis Sure, there are plenty of people in the top 50 doing interesting things over wireless networks and devices, and if we extend our grouping to communications more broadly we get to include everyone's favourite disruptive individual - Skype's Niklas... [26 Sep 2005]
Niklas Zennström
AS Profile Niklas Zennström has dropped one spot on the Agenda Setters list from last year but you'd never have guessed - judging by the amount of noise surrounding his voice over IP company. Zennström reached such celebrity heights as to be photographed in... [23 Sep 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Niklas Zennström
News Today we see what Skype's Niklas Zennström has been up to. Last year Skype CEO and co-founder Niklas Zennström was an up-and-comer. If you want to pass on your comments for our experts - about Niklas Zennström or any other contender - drop us an... [19 Sep 2005]
Skype signs up with first 3G mobile partner
News Skype CEO Niklas Zennström said the VoIP provider has its eyes on a more global mobile strategy. Skype has announced it has signed a deal with its first mobile operator. The net telephony firm has agreed a partnership with the third largest German... [02 Sep 2005]
Leader: Google - good luck
Leader Did you catch the photos of Friis and co-founder Niklas Zennström on the glossy pages of this month's Vanity Fair? Today's launch of Google's new IM and voice over IP client, Google Talk, may not have been a shocker (as rumours circulated earlier... [24 Aug 2005]
Zennström: 'Skype to reach billions with video phones'
News Voice over IP company Skype has tens of millions of users but envisions attracting billions with the help of video phones, says company CEO and co-founder Niklas Zennström. Zennström demonstrated a beta video version of Skype during his keynote at... [21 Jul 2005]
