eBay To Buy Skype For $2.6 Billion

Posted by Zonk on Monday September 12, 2005 @12:12AM from the that's-a-lot-of-voice-communicating dept.

rfunches writes "It's not a rumour anymore. BBC News online reports that eBay will pay 'half the amount in cash and the other half in stocks to create an unparalleled e-commerce and communications engine'." The $2.6 billion purchase would give eBay access to the VoIP market, of which Skype claims it has 2 million users online at any given time. BBC speculates that eBay will use Skype to allow sellers and bidders to communicate via voice; I have also heard that live auctions a la Sothebys might also be a possibility. Also reported at Wall Street Journal (registration), New York Times."

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Re:Thanks for the tip! by mrbill101 · 2005-09-12 00:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Old news again. Sick io it.
Re:Skype is a dead-end. by Donny+Smith · 2005-09-12 00:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Hah! Skype is isolated?

YOU are isolated!
Re:What a shame... by aug24 · 2005-09-12 02:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Its", "its", "its", "its", "its", "its"!

Pronouns do not take possessive apostrophes!

J.

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