Once upon a time due to long -distance communication fees, Skype has replaced the phone in recent years, in recent years, smartphones -specific communication applications and WhatsApp and Zoom has been behind its competitors.
Microsoft wanted to spread Skype in a business environment, but he succumbed to Slack.
The American giant decided to give up Skype, which he bought by paying $ 8.5 billion.
In 2016, Microsoft announced that there is more than 300 million SKPE users per month, but the number of daily users decreased to 36 million in 2023. In contrast, Microsoft’s Teams reached 320 million users per month.
Founded in 2003 by Scandinavian entrepreneurs, Skype once belonged to Ebay. When Microsoft wanted to buy it, it was in the hands of a consortium.
Microsoft, who bought Skype by paying $ 8.5 billion, had made the biggest purchase of that period. However, Steve Balmer’s Skype bought things did not go well. New initiatives such as Telegram, Snapchat, Wechat and WhatsApp rose by solving the problems Skype could not solve.
Skype’s beginning was Slack. The efforts to turn Skype into Snapchat, which started to experience reliability problems, did not result.
Following all these developments, Microsoft decided to close Skype in order to focus on Teams. Skype employees will be shifted to other areas. Nobody will be dismissed. It was learned that Skype’s services will be stopped in May.
Skype’s X account is also shared by “May 2025 on Skype will no longer be used. In the coming days with your Skype account Microsoft Teams Free by logging in to all your conversations and people. Thank you for being a part of Skype.”
