The SkypeOut online service, which allows a subscriber to call fixed or mobile numbers, is an electronic communications service within the meaning of the Directive (2002/21/EC) governing the activities of electronic communications networks and services, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday 5 June (Case C-142/18).
Skype Communications, the publisher of Skype software, offers additional functionality to the software (SkypeOut) that allows its user to call, from a...