Q40984
Sign in to saveSkype () was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for IP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also had instant messaging, file transfer, debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other features. It was available on various desktop, mobile, and video game console platforms.
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Key facts
- Software.title
- Skype
- Software.name
- Skype
- Software.logo
- Skype logo (2019–present).svg
- Software.logo size
- 140px
- Software.logo alt
- Logo of Skype (2019–present)
- Software.screenshot
- Skype screenshot.png
- Software.screenshot alt
- Screenshot of Skype version 8 for Windows desktop
- Software.caption
- Skype 8 for Windows
- Software.author
- Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn
- Software.ver layout
- stacked
- Software.operating system
- Windows, Windows Server, Windows Phone, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, Wear OS, HoloLens, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
- Software.replaces
Article
30 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Microsoft acquisition
- Post-acquisition
- Features
- Usage and traffic
- Closure
- System and software
- Client applications and devices
- Windows client
- Other desktop clients
- Mobile clients
- Other platforms
- Third-party licensing
- Technology
- Protocol
- Protocol detection and control
- Audio codecs
- Video codecs
- Skype Qik
- Hyperlink format
- Security and privacy
- Cybercrime on application
- Service in the People's Republic of China
- Localization
- Customer service
- Educational use
- See also
- References
- External links
Skype () was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for IP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also had instant messaging, file transfer, debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other features. It was available on various desktop, mobile, and video game console platforms.
Skype was created by Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, and four Estonian developers, and first released in August 2003. In September 2005, eBay acquired it for $2.6 billion. In September 2009, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board bought 65% of Skype for $1.9 billion from eBay, valuing the business at $2.92 billion. In May 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion and used it to replace its own Windows Live Messenger. As of 2011, most of the development team and 44% of all the division's employees were in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia.