A once popular video-calling platform, Skype, is set to shut down on May 5. It brings an end to a 22-year period where it connected people across the world. One of the pioneers of internet communication,

Skype, the once-revolutionary voice-over internet platform, will cease to exist. Those still using it to make calls should check out these other options. When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the first time I remember feeling that an individual app—and not just the broader internet—was radically disrupting communications.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Microsoft has announced the Skype application is being closed today (Monday) after 20 years of operation. The app users will be moved to Microsoft Teams. In a statement, Microsoft reported: “Skype will be retired. This change will impact both free and paid Skype users, but not Skype for Business.”