eBay to Purchase Skype?
Looks like eBay is interested in Skype now.
The Wall Street Journal reported today that EBay is in talks to buy the Luxembourg-based Skype, whose software allows Internet users to speak to each other for free. The acquisition would cost $2 billion to $3 billion, the paper said, citing people familiar with the talks.
Skype has held discussions with other potential purchasers including News Corp., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., the Journal said. The talks with EBay are at a sensitive stage and may still collapse, the newspaper said.
Hat tip to Usayd Network News.
What will eBay do for Skype?
The big thing is this:
In addition, the Ebay name and customer base may allow Skype to grow even more quickly. EBay could decide to turn the service into a complete broadband telephony solution ala Vonage and start taking on Vonage where it hurts, with a series of ads that challenge the famous WooHoo campaign Vonage has so famously deployed
Read more about what eBay may do for skype over here.
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