Verizon Wireless and Skype Join Forces To Create A Global Mobile Calling Community

New Skype Mobile Product for Verizon Wireless Smartphones Brings More Value to U.S. Mobile Consumers

BARCELONA, Spain; BASKING RIDGE, N.J.; and LUXEMBOURG, February 16 - At the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Verizon Wireless and
Skype today announced a strategic relationship that will bring Skype to
Verizon Wireless smartphones in March. The new Skype mobile(TM) product
enhances Verizon Wireless' smartphones for users who have data plans by
offering a new way to call around the globe, while also giving hundreds of
millions of Skype users around the world the opportunity to communicate with
friends, family and business colleagues in the United States using Verizon
Wireless.

The two companies have created an exclusive, easy-to-use Skype mobile
offering for 3G smartphones. Verizon Wireless 3G smartphone users with data
plans can use Skype mobile to:

    - make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user
      around the globe on America's most reliable wireless network;
    - call international phone numbers at competitive Skype Out calling
      rates;
    - send and receive instant messages to other Skype users; and
    - remain always connected with the ability to see friends' online
      presence.

Initially, Skype mobile will be available on millions of best-selling
Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones with data plans, including the BlackBerry(R)
Storm(TM) 9530, Storm2(TM) 9550, Curve(TM) 8330, Curve(TM) 8530, 8830 World
Edition and Tour(TM) 9630 smartphones, as well as DROID by Motorola, DROID
ERIS(TM) by HTC and Motorola DEVOUR(TM).

John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for
Verizon Wireless, said, "Skype mobile on Verizon Wireless changes the game.
For Verizon Wireless' more than 90 million customers, Skype mobile adds great
value because we're effectively giving customers with smartphones and data
plans the option to extend their unlimited calling community to hundreds of
millions of Skype users around the globe. And you're not limited to using a
single type of phone; we'll have nine smartphones ready right at launch in
March."

Josh Silverman, chief executive officer of Skype, noted, "People want to
take their Skype conversations with them wherever they go, whether it's on a
PC, TV or increasingly mobile phones. Verizon Wireless will give U.S.
consumers the best Skype experience on mobile phones and will truly change
the way people call their friends and family internationally."

Customers interested in learning more about Skype mobile for Verizon
Wireless smartphones can visit www.verizonwireless.com/skypemobile.
Additional information about the service will be available next month.

Visit www.verizonwireless.com for more information about Verizon
Wireless or follow the company at twitter.com/verizonwireless. Learn
more and download Skype at www.skype.com or follow the company at
twitter.com/skypemobile.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless
voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers.
Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide,
Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and
Vodafone (Nasdaq and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit
www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality
video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log
on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About Skype

Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of
individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send
instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people
everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles.
Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone at www.skype.com.

Access to a broadband Internet connection is required. Skype is not a
replacement for traditional telephone services and cannot be used for
emergency calling.

Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks
of Skype Limited.

Jeffrey Nelson of Verizon Wireless, +1-917-968-9175 (mobile), Jeffrey.Nelson at verizonwireless.com; or Sravanthi Agrawal of Skype, +352621141696, sravanthi.agrawal at skype.net; or for U.S.-Based Media Contacts: Debra Lewis of Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7512, Debra.Lewis at verizonwireless.com; or Brianna Reynaud of Skype, +1-408-376-4927, brianna.reynaud at skype.net