In October 2005, EBay acquired Skype for approximately $2.6 billion,anticipating that Skype will streamline and improve communications between buyers and sellers as it is integrated into the eBay marketplace.Buyers will gain an easy way to talk to sellers quickly and get
The information they need ,and sellers can more easily build relationships. The auction company hopes the acquisition willstrengthen its global marketplace and payments platform,while opening several new lines of business and creating significant new opportunities for the company.