"The product is off to a fantastic start and we have plans to enhance it, in addition to connecting it into the rest of the Skype customer base, which in and of itself will be viewed as a great value to our customers."īallmer emphasized that Microsoft will continue along Skype's path of supporting multiple platforms, including Apple's iOS and Google's Android. We're committed and want to build on that success," he said. "For business, we've had an incredible uptake of our Lync communications client. While the discussion was short on specifics regarding integration with existing Microsoft technologies, he indicated the potential to extend Skype across Outlook, Xbox, Kinect, Messenger, Hotmail and Lync.Įxtending Skype to Lync could have implications for enterprise customers using or considering that product. He said 600,000 new users sign up every day. Source: Microsoft Corp.īallmer talked up Skype's huge installed base of 170 million users and the fact that on average, 30 million people are online at any given time. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates at the San Francisco announcement of Microsoft's acquisition of Skype. "We believe that this is a platform and a set of services that can reach everyone on the planet," Bates said. Bates said he anticipates Skype's user base growing from millions to billions of subscribers. That new division will be headed by Tony Bates, now Skype's CEO, who will be president of the new Skype division. "We're adding a new division and a new promise to our customers, the promise of universal next-generation communications." "This is a big day for Skype, it's a big day for Microsoft," Ballmer said, attempting to justify the huge premium the company is paying for Skype. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today described the company's pending $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype as a major milestone in Redmond's effort to extend cross-platform communications across mobile devices, PCs and home entertainment systems.Įxecutives of both Microsoft and Skype appeared at a press conference in San Francisco that was webcast to discuss the deal, announced earlier this morning. Skype has 170 million users and had over 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations in 2010, according to the firm.Īccording to the Wall Street Journal, Google and Facebook were among the companies that previously explored an acquisition of or joint venture with Skype.News Ballmer: 'A Big Day' for Microsoft, Skype “Together, we will be able to accelerate Skype’s plans to extend our global community and introduce new ways for everyone to communicate and collaborate.”
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“Microsoft and Skype share the vision of bringing software innovation and products to our customers,” said Bates.
Skype will become a new business division within Microsoft, with Skype CEO Tony Bates assuming the title of president of the Microsoft Skype Division, reporting to Ballmer. “Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world.” “Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft said it will continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms.
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