eBay Buys Skype For Up To $4.1bn

September 12th, 2005 • Related • Filed Under

I guess I spoke too sooneBay have just bought Skype for $1.3bn in cash and $1.3bn in shares. If targets are met eBay will pay a further $1.5bn in 2008 or 2009 giving a total price of$4.1bn.I really can’t wait to see what eBay plan to do with Skype as I’m sure they have more planned than allowing sellers and buyers to talk to each other, or for users to charge up their Skype accounts via Paypal.

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