eBay to aquire Skype

eBay, the worlds online marketplace, has its sights on the internets main VoIP provider, Skype. In an announcement on September 12th, 2005, eBay stated that they "intend to make voice communications a part of the eBay marketplace – a huge step forward in making transactions faster and easier, as well as bringing even more interactivity and humanity to the eBay Community."

This comes only 12 days after eBay completed the aquisition of Shopping.com.

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