2008 predictions had Skype all but disappearing this year. Facing problems with going mobile and complaints resulting from an increase in spam, Skype has been dealing with difficulties all year. However, the VoIP provider has also seen several successes that indicate it’s probably not going anywhere bad anytime soon.

Earlier this month, Skype announced that they had reached a milestone in serving 100 billion minutes of Skype-to-Skype calls. These are all free calls connecting people via Skype over the last five years. This week, they announced another achievement when they counted 12 million Skype users all online at the very same time. Over a quarter billion people reportedly use Skype.