Microsoft Debuts Skype Phone, Meeting Services for Big Companies

Microsoft Corp.’s Skype wants your company to rip out its landlines and place calls over the Web instead.

Skype will roll out new products that will let companies replace their phone networks and broadcast meetings to thousands of people at once. The new features are part of Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud products and will be available later this year, said Zig Serafin, vice president of Skype for Business.