A wani lokaci a watan Fabrairun 2012, akwai 34 miliyan masu amfani lokaci-lokaci online on Skype.Da farko saki a watan Agusta 2003, Skype da aka halitta da Swede Niklas Zennström da Dane Janus Friis, a cikin hadin gwiwa tare da Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, da kuma Jaan Tallinn, Estonians suka ci gaba da backend da aka kuma amfani da music-sharing aikace-aikace Kazaa. A watan Satumba na shekara ta 2005, eBay sayi Skype ga $ 2.6 biliyan. A watan Satumba na shekara ta 2009, Silver Lake, Andre Hessen Horowitz, da kuma Canada Pension Plan Investment sanar da saye na Skype gaba daya ga 65% ga $ 1.9 biliyan daga eBay, wanda shirki ga sha'anin kasuwa darajar $ 2.92 biliyan. Microsoft sayi a watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2012, akwai 34 miliyan masu amfani lokaci-lokaci online on Skype. A watan Agusta shekara ta 2003, Skype da aka halitta da Swede Niklas Zennström da Danish Janus Friis, a cikin hadin gwiwa tare da Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, da Jaan Tallinn, Estonians
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