In addition, all UNHCR employees have to pay for personal calls,' a joint press statement noted. 'Aid workers such as these are typically separated from their families for months at a time, sometimes with very little notice, and have limited opportunities for communication. It will eventually be deployed in 120 hardship locations served by UNHCR staff. This reach should grow to almost 2,100 staff by the end of this month and to more than 3,000 by the end of next year. It is currently available to more than 1,000 UNHCR employees in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Chad, Congo, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda. The government of Luxembourg has provided generous financial support for the project. The new technology, created under a landmark partnership between the refugee agency and Skype that could also raise funds for UNHCR operations, has been tested in Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.GENEVA, December 9 (UNHCR) - Skype Limited has developed a low-bandwidth version of its popular communications software application to connect UNHCR field staff in remote regions with their colleagues, family and friends. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries.

Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies.

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