eBay's Skype Acquisition

One of the areas of real growth in terms of internet use is that of internet telephony. This is further highlighted by the recent transaction of eBay's acquisition of Skype. eBay purchased Skype for $2.6 Bn (plus $1.5 bn in incentives if Skype meets future performance targets) despite Skype only reporting $60 m in revenues and no profit to date. Skype does have 54 million users and acquires more than 100,000 new customers a day, but clearly the transaction is about synergy, future growth of the skype customer base, which will result for the most part by the rapid growth of internet telephony. The following two blog articles offer insights into the merits of this transaction.

• eBay Acquires Skype
  
• Why eBay bought Skype
  

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