
In September 2005, eBay acquired Skype for $2.6 billion.

įirst released in August 2003, Skype was created by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Danish entrepreneur Janus Friis, in cooperation with four Estonian developers. As of March 2020, Skype was used by 100 million people on a monthly basis and by 40 million people on a daily basis.

Users may transmit text, video, audio and images. Skype also provides instant messaging services.

Skype is a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the internet.
