Skype, the popular application that allows users to make phone calls, send instant messages and communicate face-to-face over the Internet, is moving its operations to Palo Alto.

The company plans to completely relocate from its current offices in San Jose and Brisbane by Fall 2010, according to CEO Josh Silverman’s blog. Effective as early as October 2010, its 80 Bay Area employees will join the concentration of high-tech companies and firms in the area by working at the Stanford Research Park.

Owned by the University and located close to campus, Stanford Research Park is home to Hewlett-Packard’s headquarters and a number of other technology companies and law and venture capital firms. Both Facebook and Tesla have relocated to the industrial park in recent months.

Founded in Luxembourg, Skype is similarly stretching its limbs into the Silicon Valley in the hopes that the change of location will attract engineers characteristic of the technologically savvy Stanford and Palo Alto community — especially “engineers who are skilled at building ultra-scalable infrastructure,” Silverman said.

“Making this move is an exciting step for us,” Silverman wrote in his blog. “We hope to attract some of the best and brightest talent in the valley.”

Skype’s new office will be located at 3210 Porter Drive.

—  Uttara Sivaram