AmperorDirect Blog » eBay http://amperorblog.com Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:21:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Potential Skype Acquirers http://amperorblog.com/2009/02/potential-skype-acquirers/ http://amperorblog.com/2009/02/potential-skype-acquirers/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:18:31 +0000 Larry http://amperorblog.com/?p=85 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.

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