Microsoft to acquire Internet phone pioneer Skype

Microsoft to acquire Internet phone pioneer Skype - Microsoft on Tuesday for an Internet service to the U.S. dollar in cash to buy a phone company Skype for 8.5 billion U.S. dollars in the United States software giant announced the biggest ever acquisition.

Skype can be enjoyed by millions of people worldwide service is phenomenal, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement.

"With the future of communications in real time will make people easily, family, friends, clients and colleagues to get in touch with the world."

Skype, Microsoft Works MS Skype's president, reporting directly to Ballmer assumed the name, Tony Bates, CEO of Skype, and Microsoft would be in the new business sector, he says.

Skype for tens of millions of people own a PC or smartphone via the Internet through a low-cost or free to use for making calls. Skype voice and video calls over the Internet by sending a regular telephone network to be ignored.

Skype is the company's image management software, MS Internet, mobile lifestyle when he goes away once the hot market for smartphones can be a way to grow in the Order.

MS's biggest acquisition, for $ 6,300,000,000 Aquantive has yet to purchase 2,007 digital marketing company.

Skype is also Cisco, Google and Facebook will be attracted.

Both MS and Skype deal in Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft and the investment group owned by Silver Lake Board of Directors of the Luxembourg-based Skype was approved.

Bates, Microsoft and Skype software and innovative products to our customers and to attract agreed.

"Together, we all Skype to communicate and introduce new ways for co-operation and plans to expand our global community, can be accelerated," Bates said.

Egon Durban, he was managing director of Silver Lake "pleased that the world of fast communication syeoneulboda dynamic and comprehensive peace, because it is one of the platforms, Microsoft and Skype in the long term."

The company Skype KINECTS motion controller for Xbox games, console window, telephone and a variety of Windows devices, such as the Microsoft products supported. The MS in the non-MS platforms will help Skype client.

Skype was founded in 2003, online auction giant eBay in September 2005 acquisition. This year the event the company is worth 2.75 billion in November 2009 on the sale of an investment group led by Silver Lake said.

Skype has 170 million users by 2010, voice and video communication contains more than 207 billion Bunga.

Skype plans IPO last year and appeared on the path to profitability, but investors said they want to win obviously.

Of an investment group led by Silver Lake, another member, office, Joltid Europlay Capital Advisors Limited include Andreessen and Horowitz eBay.

The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, the companies said they expect to receive years later.

MS pre-market electronic trading in the shares fell $ 25.58 to 0.97 percent.

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