Shock threat to shut Skype

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Daul <bdaul () pacbell net>
Date: July 31, 2009 7:20:29 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Shock threat to shut Skype

Asher Moses

July 31, 2009 - 1:38PM
eBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute  
with the founders of the internet telephony service.

The surprise admission puts a cloud over the 40 million active daily  
users around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch  
with friends and far-flung relatives.

A recent study by market researcher TeleGeography found Skype carried  
about 8 per cent of all international voice traffic, making it the  
world’s largest provider of cross-border voice communications.

The online auction powerhouse bought Skype from entrepreneurs Niklas  
Zennstrom and Janus Friis for $US2.6 billion in 2005, but this did not  
include a core piece of peer-to-peer communications technology that  
powers the software.

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http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/shock-threat-to-shut-skype-20090731-e3qe.html


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