AmperorDirect Blog

There is speculation that eBay wants to sell Skype again. London Times published a list of potential suitors and listed why these companies may be interested. The article estimated that Skype would worth $1.6 billion, which is quite a bit less than the 2005 price tag of $2.6 billion squandered by eBay.

Potential interested parties are:

• Microsoft: integrate Skype into its consumer communication products
• Google: Enhance its own messaging, audio and video services
• Yahoo: Enhance its own product offerings
• Facebook: Offer new audio and video features to its existing chat and notification product

Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have the cash to pull the trigger; however I am not sure if Skype worths $1.6 billion to any of these companies.