Skype provides a telecommunications platform that offers free video chat and voice calls to internet-connected devices.
Founded in 2003 BY Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis, Niklas Zennström, it is headquartered in Luxembourg. Skype is operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft.

1# Nel Settembre 2005, eBay ha acquisito Skype per 2,6 miliardi di dollari.

2# Microsoft ha acquistato Skype nel maggio 2011 per 8,5 miliardi di dollari, e ha sostituito il suo Windows Live Messenger con esso. 

3# Nel 2019, Skype è stata annunciata come la sesta app mobile più scaricata del decennio, dal 2010 al 2019.

1#  In September 2005, eBay acquired Skype for $2.6 billion.

2# Microsoft bought Skype in May 2011 for $8.5 billion, replacing their Windows Live Messenger with it. 

3# In 2019, Skype was announced to be the sixth most downloaded mobile app of the decade, from 2010 to 2019.