GENEVA: Internet phone company Skype has a bare-bones version of its software that is designed to work over very low bandwidth connections which often are the only links aid workers in far flung places have to the outside world.
Skype S.A. chief executive Tony Bates said the company redesigned its application after being approached by the UN refugee agency to help staff working in remote locations communicate with loved ones back home.
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