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Overview of Skype for Computers

Founded in 2003, Skype has become a leading platform for real-time communication globally, with over 22,000 employees and backing from Microsoft. It offers three main services: Skype In, Skype Out, and Skype for Business. After being acquired by eBay in 2005 and later sold to Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion, Skype has transformed how people connect with each other worldwide.

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Overview of Skype for Computers

Founded in 2003, Skype has become a leading platform for real-time communication globally, with over 22,000 employees and backing from Microsoft. It offers three main services: Skype In, Skype Out, and Skype for Business. After being acquired by eBay in 2005 and later sold to Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion, Skype has transformed how people connect with each other worldwide.

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Skype – Assignment - Group 02

Skype:

Founded in 2003, Skype has been, as their mission statement says, “the fabric of real-time
communication on the web” for millions across the globe. Based in Luxembourg, Skype runs
several facilities located in Europe, the US, and recently in China. Staffed with over 22,000
employees, and recently backed by Microsoft, Skype is on the frontline of peer-to-peer
communication.

Three Categories:

1. Skype In

2. Skype Out

3. Skype for Business

Skype & Ebay:

In 2005, eBay Inc. purchased Skype for US$2.6 billion. Due to difficulties and disagreements
between the two companies, eBay announced in April of 2009 it would begin preparations for
making Skype an independent company by 2010. During these preparations, an emerging Silicon
Valley-based venture capitalist firm, Andreessen & Horowitz, made their first investment to
finance Skype. In May 2011, Microsoft purchased Skype for US$8.5 billion.

Summary

Released in 2003, Skype went from a fancy novelty online to a mainstream form of
communication. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, states that Skype is paving the way to “the
future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients
and colleagues anywhere in the world.” Thanks to its extremely innovative system, our friends
and family are closer and this world is even smaller.

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