September 09, 2005
eBay may acquire Skype VoIP
Previously there were rumours that Yahoo and News Corp planned to acquire Skype, the leading VoIP provider. Now it is said that eBay is interested in acquiring Skype VoIP Messenger. Skype is valued around $3 billion. According to Wall Street Jounal news, eBay and Skype reached an important stage of the talks.
The reason behind eBay's interest in Skype is that eBay-owned PayPal is one of the preferred ways of buying Skype Out credits. Over the past few years, eBay has become a direct competitor with Yahoo and Google in the commercial search and auction market. As Skype is associated with Chinese market with its VoIP service, eBay has taken interest in it to gain strong foothold in the Chinese market. searchenginejournal.com reports:
Some locales the big three are competing highly in are Europe, Japan and China. Skype has also been involved in the Chinese market, and is accepted internationally as the method of making Voice Over Internet Protocol calls, which makes it even more enticing to eBay.
Read More: eBay In Acquisition Talks With Skype VOIP
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