It’s no secret that eBay subsidiary Skype has been looking to open up new revenue streams—especially since Skype’s corporate bosses are finally sick of apologizing for paying some $2.6 billion to acquire the operation back in 2005. Now, Skype is attempting to move into the enterprise market, announcing a beta version of Skype for SIP telephony networks. SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol, and is used by million of business, corporate, and enterprise phones around the world: using Skype for SIP, employees will be able to place local and international calls via their SIP phones using VoIP technology with their standard office telephones. Users will also be able to receive calls from Skype users directly to their PBX systems.
