[Asterisk-Users] Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion

Mon Sep 12 15:30:04 MST 2005

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:38:31PM -0400, Race Vanderdecken wrote:

> Hmmm,
> 	Let me see.
> 	"Skype has 54 million registered users that the online retailer
> eBay can add to its marketing arsenal. The initial payment of $2.6
> billion values those registered users at just more than $48 each"
> 	Skype has current revenue of about $60,000,000 a year.

Skype's revenues were something like $6.8m last year, expect $60m this
year and $200m next year ...

Steve

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