Ebay to Aquire Skype for $2.6 Billion

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited September 2005 in Science & Tech
Online auction site ebay has made another blockbuster aquisition, today announcing it will purchase VoIP start-up Skype.
Ebay has agreed to buy Skype, the fast-growing provider of voice calls over the internet, for $2.6 billion, with the price rising to as much as $4.1 billion if the company hits certain performance targets over the next three years.
Submitted by: Camman

"Here's to hoping eBay doesn't do anything to dramatically alter the current Skype service...or its benefits as a free service."

Source: MSNBC

Comments

  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited September 2005
    Apparently the attraction for eBay is the ability to allow customers to communicate with each other anonymously and for free over a voice channel (to deal with complex auction questions), which also keeps more of the communication on eBay channels, preventing folks from cutting deals that decrease eBay's fees.
  • ronboronbo Connecticut
    edited September 2005
    Sure hope they keep it a free service. I use it everynight to talk to friends all over the world..
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