Skype Limited

<!--Please DO NOT move the article to Microsoft Skype Division until Skype Limited is actually Microsoft Skype Division. And don't suggest Skype has already been acquired by Microsoft until the deal has actually been completed. I.E. Don't make changes until what you are writing is true. -->Skype Communications, S.à r.l., or Skype Limited, is an Luxembourg-based company that develops and operates the VoIP software Skype. It has its headquarters in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Founded in 2003 by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Dane Janus Friis, the company is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in London, Stockholm, Tallinn, Tartu, Prague, and Palo Alto.

Skype was released as a simple computer-to-computer, or computer-to-telephone program. Support for paid services such as SkypeOut, SkypeIn, and voice mail allows the company to generate its revenue as well as making local and international telephone calls easier to perform via the user's computer, sometimes cheaper than other companies' rates for similar services.

eBay acquired Skype Limited in September 2005 and in April 2009 announced plans to spin it off in a 2010 IPO. It was acquired by Silver Lake Partners in...
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