New York: Internet in the U.S. software giant Microsoft, Skype phone service for $ 8.5 billion, the company announced. Skype is phenomenal service used by millions of people around the world, loved, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a statement. , All are the future of real-time communications designed to enable people to just be with family, friends, colleagues and clients call anywhere in the world.
Microsoft said the new Microsoft MSN, Skype and CEO of Tony Bates will be the new president of the subsidiary of Microsoft, Skype and will report directly to Ballmer. Microsoft and Skype, said the leaders, both of Redmond, Microsoft, based in Washington, and Skype, which is part of the investment group Silver Lake has been approved. Bates said that Microsoft and Yahoo, the software innovation and vision for our customers.
Together we can make Skype plans to expand our global community and opportunities for all communications and collaboration to accelerate, says Bates. Silverlake director Egon Durban said he was excited about the long-term future of Skype with Microsoft, they are ready, a communication platform for the implementation of the most dynamic and filled;.
The company claims Skype devices and Microsoft Xbox game console and controller support the smooth rotation, Windows Mobile and a wide range of devices in Windows.Microsoft is also a Skype client on platforms other than Microsoft, they said.
Skype was founded in 2003 and acquired by auction giant eBay in September 2005. She was sold to a group of investors led by Silver Lake, in November 2009. Millions of people use Skype to call low-cost or free on the Internet on their computers or phones. Skype goes beyond the normal telephone network, voice and video over the Internet.
The acquisition of Skype could spill paths from Microsoft, the number of its software for image management and market dynamics is called as the smartphone lifestyle to the mobile Internet. Skype announced last year, plans an IPO, and it seemed that the path to profitability, but investors are willing to pay.
Microsoft said the new Microsoft MSN, Skype and CEO of Tony Bates will be the new president of the subsidiary of Microsoft, Skype and will report directly to Ballmer. Microsoft and Skype, said the leaders, both of Redmond, Microsoft, based in Washington, and Skype, which is part of the investment group Silver Lake has been approved. Bates said that Microsoft and Yahoo, the software innovation and vision for our customers.
Together we can make Skype plans to expand our global community and opportunities for all communications and collaboration to accelerate, says Bates. Silverlake director Egon Durban said he was excited about the long-term future of Skype with Microsoft, they are ready, a communication platform for the implementation of the most dynamic and filled;.
The company claims Skype devices and Microsoft Xbox game console and controller support the smooth rotation, Windows Mobile and a wide range of devices in Windows.Microsoft is also a Skype client on platforms other than Microsoft, they said.
Skype was founded in 2003 and acquired by auction giant eBay in September 2005. She was sold to a group of investors led by Silver Lake, in November 2009. Millions of people use Skype to call low-cost or free on the Internet on their computers or phones. Skype goes beyond the normal telephone network, voice and video over the Internet.
The acquisition of Skype could spill paths from Microsoft, the number of its software for image management and market dynamics is called as the smartphone lifestyle to the mobile Internet. Skype announced last year, plans an IPO, and it seemed that the path to profitability, but investors are willing to pay.
